Doctoral
Position in Statistics for 4 years, workload 40 hours/week, starting with October 1st 2013.
Requirements: Candidates holding
(or expecting to receive) a master in mathematics, statistics,
economics or related areas are
invited to apply. The degree should be awarded before the starting
date.
In the framework of the
Interuniversity Attraction Pole (IAP) P7/06 StUDyS the Université libre de
Bruxelles (ULB) announces a PhD
position in statistics. A general description of the project can be
found on http://iap-studys.be/Project
We are 7 participating researchers
from ULB (Mathematics Department and ECARES) working, among others, in the
following areas:
-optimal inference in elliptical
families,
-multivariate sign and rank
techniques,
-depth-based methods,-robustness methods,
-outlier detection,
-time series,
-forecasting,
-factor models,-functional data,
-monetary policy,
-business cycles,
-portfolio theory,
-inverse problems,
-sparsity
-enforcing regularization theory,
-lifting,
-wavelets and applications,
-learning theory,
-minimum risk,
-multiscale methods.
The candidate should be interested in one or more of
these areas and indicate this in his/her
application.
Application: A full application consists of:
(1) a detailed CV,(2) a statement of motivation,
(3) 2 reference letters,
(4) degree certificates and grade transcripts.
The application deadline is April 30, 2013. We encourage, however, to apply as soon
as possible, since we might fill the position at an earlier stage.
Please, submit your application via
email to Siegfried Hörmann: shormann@ulb.ac.be