ONE POST-DOCTORAL POSITION IN ROME – TOR VERGATA

Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position at the Department of Mathematics- University of Rome Tor Vergata.

TITLE

PASCAL: PROBABILISTIC AND STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES FOR COSMOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS – Fourth Level

QUALIFICATIONS AND ASSESSMENT GROUNDS FOR APPOINTMENT

The candidates should have completed, or should be expecting to complete soon, a PhD in Mathematics, Statistics, Physics or related fields.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The postdoctoral positions are part of the ERC project PASCAL, (Principal Investigator: Domenico Marinucci, http://www.mat.uniroma2.it/~marinucc/). The successful applicant is expected to work on the themes of the project which include, but are not restricted to: Random fields on the sphere, spectral representations, characterizations of isotropy and Gaussianity, geometry of Gaussian fields, angular power spectra and polyspectra, spherical wavelets/needlets, statistical estimation for spin random fields, Poisson processes and adaptive estimation of density functions on the sphere, with applications and motivations from the analysis of Cosmic Microwave Background radiation data, Cosmic Rays, Weak Gravitational Lensing experiments.

SALARY

Salary is fixed at 34,000 euros per year (e.g., 2580 Euros net per month approximately), plus pension benefits. Financial support will be available for travels. The position is for two years.

HOW TO APPLY

Candidates must apply by email to the address:

Pascal_4th_level_2014@applications.uniroma2.it

specifying in the subject “PASCAL - fourth level grant” and including the following:

a) a contact email address;

b) curriculum vitae;

c) date and title of their undergraduate or Master’s degree;

d) date and title of their PhD degree (or expected completion date);

e) a list of relevant publications;

f) any other document deemed useful for the present selection procedure.

The candidate should ask for at least two recommendation letters to be sent directly to the same email address as for the application. The subject of the email messages should indicate the applicant’s name.

For the purposes of the completion of the admission application the only languages permitted are Italian and English. The application and all the other documents must be received by April 30, 2014.

INFORMATION

For further information please contact Domenico Marinucci at marinucc@mat.uniroma2.it