UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

Department of Statistics

 

 

Two Postdoctoral Research Assistants

Fixed term contract for 2 years

Project:   "Bayesian Inference for Big Data with Stochastic Gradient Markov Chain Monte Carlo”

We invite applications for two EPSRC-funded postdoctoral research position to work on the project "Bayesian Inference for Big Data with Stochastic Gradient Markov Chain Monte Carlo”. The posts will be supervised by Profs Yee Whye Teh and Arnaud Doucet in the Statistics Department, and form part of a joint project with Professor Christophe Andrieu (Mathematics, Bristol University).  Both are a 2-year fixed term positions and have flexible start dates between 1st March 2013 and 1st March 2014.

Candidates should have completed, or be soon to complete, a doctorate in Statistics, Machine Learning, Computer Science or affiliated areas. Experience in the areas of Monte Carlo methods, computational statistics, or large scale probabilistic inference are essential.  The posts are available for 2 years, have a salary on the University grade 7 scale (currently £29,249 to £39,257), includes membership of the University pension scheme and have an annual leave entitlement of 38 days per year (inclusive of all public holidays and university closed periods). Requests to work on a part time or flexible basis will be considered.

Applications for this vacancy are to be made online. You will need to upload a supporting statement, Curriculum Vitae including list of publications, statement of research interests and details of two referees, who should send their references by the closing date.

To apply for this role and for further details, including a job description and selection criteria, please visit: 

https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=106059

Only applications received before 12 noon (UK time), Friday 8th February 2013 will be considered.  Interviews will take place in the week beginning 4th March 2013.

 

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Jennie McKenzie

Administrator

Dept of Statistics

University of Oxford

1 South Parks Road

Oxford OX1 3TG

 

Tel: 01865 272869