As part of its 50th Anniversary Lectureship Scheme Lancaster University is
currently advertising six positions in key challenge areas of data
science. The Anniversary Lectureships are designed to identify academic
leaders of the future and attract the highest calibre of applicants.
Benefits include no direct teaching load for at least the first two years
and the opportunity to play an influential role in Lancaster's new Data
Science Institute. Three of the positions are directly associated with
Lancaster’s Data Science Institute, with additional Data Science related
posts advertised in Pervasive Data Science, Network Modelling and Social
Statistics/Data Science. For more detail on the 50th Anniversary
Lectureship scheme see: www.lancaster.ac.uk/anniversary-lectureships.

Details of positions that may be of interest to list members can be found
below:
Lectureship in Data Science x3
Lectureship in Network Modelling
Lectureship in Social Statistics/Data Science


Lectureship in Data Science x3

50th Anniversary Lectureships - Data Science
Salary: £33,574 to £46,414
Closing Date: Monday 29 February 2016
Interview Date: To be confirmed
Reference: AL17
As part of a major investment in Data Science we are seeking applications
from outstanding individuals for three new academic positions in
Lancaster’s Data Science Institute. This is an opportunity to join a
world-leading community of researchers at an exciting time. Data Science
is a key area of growth for Lancaster University and is founded on
historic strengths in Computer Science, Statistics and Operational
Research coupled with an outstanding track record in multidisciplinary
research.

The posts form part of strategic investment that has seen the University
make a substantial commitment in the form of over 15 new data science
related academic positions in the last 12 months.Together with more than
70 academics with existing expertise at Lancaster, these positions are a
key part of the new world-class, multidisciplinary Data Science Institute
that is starting to set the global standard for an interdisciplinary
approach to contemporary data-driven research challenges in areas
including data and society, health, and the environment. Appointments will
help play a key role in shaping this exciting new initiative.

Applications are particularly encouraged from those who can make
significant contributions in one of the following key areas of Data
Science:

Trust, privacy and ethics of data
Data visualisation
On-line inference
Novel systems architectures for data science
The posts are available at grades 7 and 8 (Lecturer, equivalent to
Assistant Professor), according to the experience and research
track-record of the successful candidates.

For an informal discussion about these posts, please contact Professor
Nigel Davies (+44 1524 510327, email: [log in to unmask]) or
Professor Idris Eckley (tel +44 1524 593066, email:
[log in to unmask]).

For further information about Data Science activities at Lancaster please
refer to http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/dsi.



Lectureship in Network Modelling

50th Anniversary Lectureships - Mathematics and Statistics
Salary: £33,574 to £46,414
Closing Date: Monday 29 February 2016
Interview Date: To be confirmed
Reference: AL12
We are seeking outstanding individuals in the areas of statistical
analysis and modelling of networks. Applications are encouraged from those
who can make fundamental contributions to the statistical methods and
theory for network data or the probabilistic modelling of such data,
especially in the presence of massive data. We are particularly keen for
candidates to have experience working at the interface of methodology and
application, and an interest in research that can lead to impact on how we
make sense from real-world networks.

This is an opportunity to join a world-leading community of researchers at
an exciting time. The successful candidates will be based within the
Statistics group at Lancaster. This group consists of around 25 faculty,
50 PhD students and 5 PDRAs. It has an outstanding research track record
as evidenced in research assessment exercises and provides a vibrant
environment for researchers with excellent facilities and support. The
group co-runs STOR-i (www.stor-i.lancs.ac.uk), the only Doctoral Training
Centre in the UK specifically focused at the statistics and OR interface.

The post forms part of ongoing strategic investment in Statistics and Data
Science at Lancaster that includes three other 50th Anniversary
Lectureships currently advertised in Data Science. These are on top of
recent investment that has seen the establishment of new groups in
Statistical Learning and in Probability, as well as five posts in Data
Science filled in 2015.

For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Professor Paul
Fearnhead (+44 1524 594145, email [log in to unmask]).



Lectureship in Social Statistics/Data Science

50th Anniversary Lectureships - Sociology and Data Science
Salary: £33,574 to £46,414
Closing Date: Monday 29 February 2016
Interview Date: To be confirmed
Reference: AL08
As part of a major investment in Data Science we are seeking applications
from outstanding individuals with interests in Social Statistics/Data
Science to join the Child and Family Justice Research Centre. The Centre
is a new interdisciplinary research grouping resulting from collaboration
between Sociology, the Lancaster Law School and the Data Science
Institute. The Centre aims to achieve step-change in child and family
justice research through innovative national and international research
that sheds new light on outcomes for children and families. You must have
a keen interest in social issues, and either hold or be willing to develop
substantive knowledge of law and policy relating to children and families.

In addition, you will join Lancaster’s vibrant Data Science Institute.
Data Science is a key area of growth for Lancaster University and is
founded on historic strengths in Computer Science, Statistics and
Operational Research coupled with an outstanding track record in
multidisciplinary research. Together with more than 70 academics with
existing expertise at Lancaster, these positions are a key part of the new
world-class, multidisciplinary Data Science Institute that is starting to
set the global standard for an interdisciplinary approach to contemporary
data-driven research challenges in areas including data and society,
justice, health, and the environment. Appointments will help play a key
role in shaping this exciting new initiative.

You must be able to bring to the Centre a range of statistical/data
science methodologies for working with quantitative social science data
and must be able to work across disciplinary boundaries. Applications are
particularly welcome from candidates with:

Experience in working with administrative and survey datasets
Experience or keen interest in range of data linkage techniques.
An interest in cohort studies and linked clinical trials data
For informal discussion about this post please contact Professor Karen
Broadhurst, Department of Sociology Email: [log in to unmask]
(Sociology) And /or: Professor Idris Eckley, Data Science Institute Email:
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