[Statlist] PhD position University of Bern

[ricc@rdo@g@tto m@iii@g oii st@t@u@ibe@ch]

UNIVERSITY OF BERN
(INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS AND ACTUARIAL SCIENCE)

PhD POSITION in STATISTICS

Funding is available for a PhD student (3 years) to work on a project in one of the following areas: Statistical forecasting including elicitability and related topics, stochastic simulation, large deviations and related computational techniques. The student will be supervised by Prof. Johanna Ziegel or Prof. Riccardo Gatto depending on the choice of topic. 

The prospective PhD student should have a solid background in mathematics, mathematical statistics and/or probability theory.

The salary will be at the level foreseen by the SNF for PhD students, see http://www.snf.ch/SiteCollectionDocuments/allg_doktorierende_d.pdf. There might be a possibility to complement the salary by taking up teaching and statistical consulting duties. 
The starting date is 1 September 2018 or by mutual agreement.

Applications (cover letter, CV, and transcripts from the studies) giving the name and address (postal and e-mail) of an academic referee should be e-mailed as a single file to

Prof. Johanna Ziegel
johanna.ziegel using stat.unibe.ch

and

Prof. Riccardo Gatto
riccardo.gatto using stat.unibe.ch

All applications received before 10 June 2018 will be considered. Later applications will be considered until the position is filled.

Informal e-mail enquiries are welcome. http://www.imsv.unibe.ch