Con preghiera di diffusione.

IMPORTANTE: Il candidato deve gia avere un dottorato di ricerca. Non sono considerati candidati che non hanno ancora ottenuto (o stanno per ottenere) un dottorato di ricerca.

È richiesta buona conoscenza di Statistica Bayesiana e metodi computazionali.

È una posizione di due anni basata a Newcastle. Il progetto sarà supervisionato da me, Prof. Cristiano Villa e Prof. Kevin Wilson.

Cordiali Saluti,

Fabrizio

-- Fabrizio Leisen Professor of Statistics King’s College London Department of Mathematics Strand | WC2R 2LS | London

JOB: Research Associate in Bayesian Statistics

School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics, Newcastle University

Full advert: https://jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastle-Research-Associate-in-Bayesian-Statisti...

Applications are invited from outstanding individuals for a Research Associate in Bayesian Statistics, to start from August/September 2024 for a period of two years.

The project is at the forefront of Bayesian inference and aims to design a novel Bayesian methodology to implement Bayesian Additive Regression Trees (BART) models to deal with non-linear phenomena. In particular, the aim is to bridge the Loss-based methodology to the framework of BART, building on the previous works of Dr Cristiano Villa and Prof. Fabrizio Leisen on model selection, linear regression models and Gaussian graphical models.

The successful candidate will work on developing prior distributions to estimate the structure of the trees and the number of trees in a BART model, and building scalable and efficient computational tools to ease the implementation of the methodology.

The candidate must have a solid background in computational methods for Bayesian inference to develop efficient algorithms for the new proposed modelling framework. Within the project, the candidate will also perform theoretical modelling and data analysis, as well as disseminate the outputs through publications and presentations at scientific meetings.

The successful candidate will join the growing Statistics group at Newcastle University and interact with the Statistics group at King's College London.

The position is offered on a fixed term basis for two years from the start date, or tenable until the project end date, whichever is soonest. Generous funds are available for travel, training and other support.

To apply, please complete the online application and attach a CV and covering letter by the deadline of 23rd June 2024. In your covering letter, please outline how you are either working towards, meet or exceed all the essential requirements for the role holder as outlined in the full advertisement, and highlight any expertise relevant to the project.

For all information enquiries about the position, please contact Dr Kevin Wilson (kevin.wilson@newcastle.ac.ukmailto:kevin.wilson@newcastle.ac.uk), Prof Cristiano Villa (cristiano.villa@dukekunshan.edu.cnmailto:cristiano.villa@dukekunshan.edu.cn) or Prof. Fabrizio Leisen (fabrizio.leisen@kcl.ac.ukmailto:fabrizio.leisen@kcl.ac.uk).

Kind Regards

Kevin

Dr Kevin Wilson Reader in Applied Statistics School of Mathematics, Statistics & Physics Newcastle University kevin.wilson@newcastle.ac.uk

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