Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Bayesian Statistics & Statistical Learning at Karlsruhe Institu[...]

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Bayesian Statistics & Statistical Learning at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Aug 26, 2024

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (f/m/d)
– Focus on: Bayesian Statistics & Statistical Learning –

The newly established Research Group Methods for Big Data at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Scientific Computing Center welcomes applications for a postdoctoral research fellow (f/m/d).

In this project you will:

1. Develop novel statistical methods that leverage the potential of Bayesian statistics and machine learning.
2. Investigate theoretical properties of the developed methods.
3. Implement the developed methods.
4. Contribute to joint research inside the group.
5. Publish the results at leading journals, workshops, and conferences.

Job requirements:

1. Excellent university degree (master) and completed PhD in statistics, mathematics, data science, or statistics-oriented computer science.
2. Strong expertise in the theoretical and computational aspects of Bayesian statistics.
3. Profound expertise in at least one of the following areas (in addition to Bayesian statistics): High-dimensional statistics, Distributional and advanced regression, Survival analysis, Variational inference, Copula modelling.
4. Track record and excellent publications in at least one of the main research areas above.
5. Strong computational and mathematical skills.
6. Solid programming skills in any scientific programming language, e.g., Python, R.
7. High proficiency in English, both written and spoken for your scientific publications and presentations.
8. High degree of creativity, commitment, analytical competence, and interdisciplinary teamwork.

We offer you an exciting and varied job within an agile team as well as a wide range of training opportunities and flexible and family-friendly working time models. For more information about SCC as your new work home, please visit here .

We are looking forward to your application (Motivation letter / CV / Certificates)!

Salary: Salary category 13, depending on the fulfillment of professional and personal requirements.

Organizational unit: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Scientific Computing Center (SCC).

Application up to: 30.09.2024.

Contact person in line-management: For further information, please contact Prof. Dr. Nadja Klein, E-Mail: .

We prefer to balance the number of employees (f/m/d). Therefore, we kindly ask female applicants to apply for this job. Recognized severely disabled persons will be preferred if they are equally qualified.

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