The Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics (WIAS) is an institute of the Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V. (FVB). The FVB comprises eight non-university research institutes in Berlin which are funded by the federal and state governments. The research institutes are members of the Leibniz Association.

WIAS invites applications for a

Research Assistant Position

(Ref. 14/36)

in the Research Group

”Stochastic Algorithms and Nonparametric Statistics”

(Head: Prof. Dr. V. Spokoiny) starting at 01.02.2015 within the framework of the interdisciplinary project “Stochastics, optimization and control theory”.

Applicants must at a minimum hold a master’s degree in mathematic. Applicants with PhDs are welcome. The successful candidate should have profound knowledge on stochastic analysis, statistics, optimization, and control theory.

Please direct your queries to Prof. Dr. V. Spokoiny (spokoiny@wias-berlin.de).

The salary is according to the German federal public service tariff. The appointment is limited for three years.

The Weierstrass Institute is an equal opportunity employer. We explicitly encourage female researchers to apply for the offered position. Among equally qualified applicants, disabled candidates will be given preference.

All applicants’ materials (curriculum vitae, photocopies of certificates and a list of publications, including a cover letter) shall be sent with the reference number 14/36 exclusively in electronic form in a single pdf file by November 30, 2014, to:

jobs@wias-berlin.de.