Postdoctoral Research Fellow (f/m/d)
– Focus on: Bayesian Statistics & Statistical Learning –
Job description
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:
-develop novel statistical methods that leverage the potential of Bayesian statistics and machine learning
-investigate theoretical properties of the developed methods
-implement the developed methods
-contribute to joint research inside the group
-publish the results at leading journals, workshops and conferences
Details on the research group can be found at https://kleinlab-statml.github.io/
Job requirements:
-Excellent university degree (master) and completed PhD in statistics mathematics, data science, or statistics-oriented computer science
-Strong expertise in the theoretical and computational aspects of Bayesian statistics
-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
-Track record and excellent publications in at least one of the main research areas above
-Strong computational, mathematical skills
-Solid programming skills in any scientific programming language, e.g. Python, R
-High proficiency in English, both written and spoken for your scientific publications and presentations
-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 https://www.scc.kit.edu/en/aboutus/working-at-scc.php
We are looking forward to your application (Motivations 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)
Starting date
01.10.2024
Contract duration
limited until 31.07.2028
Application up to
30.09.2024
Contact person in line-management
For further information, please contact Prof. Dr. Nadja Klein, E-Mail: nadja.klein@kit.edu.
Application
Please apply here:
https://jobs.pse.kit.edu/en/jobs/167232/apply
for this vacancy number 459/2024 .
Personnel Support is provided by
Mr Meschar
phone: +49 721 608-25029,
Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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.