Apologies in advance for cross-posting.

The newly-formed Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics (AMS) of
the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) invites applications for
two tenure-track or tenured faculty positions, starting in Fall 2001. The
levels of positions are listed below.

* Two Assistant to Associate Professor positions in statistics, especially
  in the area(s) of Bayesian inference, prediction, and/or decision-making
  (Positions #446 and #443Z). Preferred expertise in the development of
  methodological research solutions to real-world problems, such as the
  analysis of data generated by the Human Genome Project, in collaboration
  with substantive investigators in engineering and other campus Schools 
  and Departments.

The AMS Department of UCSC has only recently come into existence, with the
appointments of Professor David Draper in Statistics as the founding Chair
and Associate Professor Neil Balmforth and Assistant Professor Hongyun
Wang in Applied Mathematics. The Department has a firm growth plan in
place to reach 12 faculty by 2005, and the prospects for substantial
additional growth in the following years are excellent (for example,
enrollment projections, if realized, could make possible the approximate
doubling of the Department between 2005 and 2010). It is intended that the
research environment of AMS will be enlivened by a regular stream of
visitors beginning in autumn 2001, and M.S. and Ph.D. programs will be set
up in both statistics and applied mathematics as soon as possible given
the rate of growth of the faculty.

On the statistics side of AMS, the intention is to develop a fully
Bayesian Statistics Group that will rapidly take its place as a national
and international center of excellence in Bayesian theory, methods, and
applications to real-world scientific and decision-making problems. The
applied mathematics side of the Department will emphasize topics such as
dynamical systems, fluid mechanics, chaos, biophysics, molecular biology,
numerical analysis, and parallel computing.

AMS is part of the Jack Baskin School of Engineering, which is entering an
exciting phase of expansion aimed at areas that will be in great demand in
the next decade. In addition to very strong Departments of Computer
Science, Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering, additional
programs currently under development include biomolecular science and
engineering, software engineering, and engineering management. Members of
the AMS Department are encouraged to interact with other departments, both
within the School of Engineering and in the sciences.

We seek candidates who emphasize applications in science and engineering
in their research and will take advantage of opportunities for
interactions with colleagues in our interdisciplinary environment. In the
sciences, UCSC has internationally recognized programs in astronomy,
physics, earth and ocean sciences and molecular biology. Research and
instruction are supported by excellent computing facilities and
state-of-the-art laboratories. UCSC is the University of California campus
nearest to Silicon Valley and has close research ties with the local
computer industry. Faculty salaries are competitive, and opportunities for
consulting are extensive.

Here is one example of the collaborative opportunities for statisticians
joining AMS. The Center for Biomolecular Science and Engineering (CBSE;
www.cse.ucsc.edu/centers/cbe) at UCSC, under the leadership of Professor
David Haussler (of the Department of Computer Science), has recently
played a key role in the Human Genome Project by putting the pieces of the
genome together and starting the data analysis to discover what is in it.
There will be an entire special issue of Science, and a special issue of
Nature, devoted to the Human Genome Project, and Haussler and his
colleagues will be on the lead paper in Science. The CBSE is currently
getting 20,000 hits a day to the web page (genome.ucsc.edu) on which they
have published their human genome data. The Center is currently recruiting
to fill eight positions in bioinformatics, computational biology and
chemistry, microarray and nanotechnology, functional genomics, and
molecular modeling, and the 39 faculty members in the Center, from six
departments (including Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Molecular,
Cell and Developmental Biology, Chemistry and Biochemistry, and
Environmental Toxicology) are eager to create and extend collaborations
with statisticians in AMS.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: For the tenure-track position(s), Ph.D. or
equivalent in relevant field (Ph.D. by July 1, 2001 preferred, otherwise
must be conferred within one year of appointment); demonstrated potential
for excellence in research; teaching experience or strong commitment to
graduate and undergraduate teaching. For the tenured position(s), Ph.D. or
equivalent in relevant field; outstanding record as researcher and
educator, appropriate to the level of appointment.

POSITIONS AVAILABLE: Fall 2001

APPLY TO: Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, a statement of
research interests and plans, a statement of teaching interests and
experience, and the names, affiliations and email addresses of at least
four references to:

  Chair, AMS Search Committee  
  Jack Baskin School of Engineering  
  1156 High Street  
  University of California  
  Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA

For consideration at the Assistant Professor level, please indicate
position #446 in the cover letter. For consideration at the Associate
Professor level, please indicate position #443Z in the cover letter.

For additional information on the positions email [log in to unmask]
and/or David Draper ([log in to unmask] ; he will join the AMS Department
in January 2001, but this email address may be used now).

Further details about the Jack Baskin School of Engineering at UCSC
are available at www.cse.ucsc.edu .

CLOSING DATE: Applications received by January 8, 2001 will receive full
consideration. Interviews are planned for late January and early February.

UCSC is an affirmative action/equal employment opportunity employer: women
and minorities are encouraged to apply.

UC Santa Cruz is nestled within 2,000 acres of redwood forest and meadows,
overlooking the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary of California's
beautiful Central Coast, about 70 miles from San Francisco and 30 miles
from Silicon Valley. Further information about UC Santa Cruz is available
at www.ucsc.edu .

Additional details on AMS and the advertised positions may be found at

  http://www.bath.ac.uk/~masdd/ams-jobs.html




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