[Statlist] PhD Position in Probability at the University of Bern

[Ilya Molchanov]

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

PhD POSITION in PROBABILITY THEORY

Funding from the SNF (Swiss National Science Foundation) is available
for a PhD student (3 years) to work on the project `Poisson
approximation and extreme values in stochastic geometry' awarded by
SNF to Prof. Ilya Molchanov and Dr. Matthias Schulte. The whole
project funds two PhD positions and one PostDoc and focuses on topics
such as the Malliavin-Chen-Stein method, extreme values in stochastic
geometry, random simplicial complexes and metric measure spaces.

The advertised PhD position will be supervised by Ilya Molchanov. The
research topics concern properties of point processes in metric
measure spaces, related extreme values, and some generalisations of
convex hulls involving marked point processes. Interactions with other
members of the team will be encouraged. It is anticipated that the
prospective PhD student has a background in mathematics with emphasis
on probability theory.

The salary will be at the level foreseen by the SNF, see
http://www.snf.ch/SiteCollectionDocuments/allg_doktorierende_d.pdf.

There is a possibility to complement the salary by taking up teaching
and statistical consulting duties in the department. The starting date
is September 2018 or as can be arranged by a mutual agreement.

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

Prof. Ilya Molchanov
ilya.molchanov using stat.unibe.ch

Deadline: 25/February 2018.  E-mail enquiries are welcome.