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. 15/01)
in
the Research Group
”Stochastic Algorithms and
Nonparametric Statistics”
(Head: Prof.
Dr. V. Spokoiny) starting
at the earliest possible date.
Within a third-party funded project, the applicant will investigate inference
methods for sparse correlation and factor loading matrices. The project
involves to develop new algorithms and to put these into prototypic
software. An application of the derived methods and algorithms is, in close
interaction with reserachers from the Leibniz
Institute for Neurobiology (LIN) Magdeburg, planned to investigate the dynamics
of fMRI, EEG and MEG based learning experiments.
Applicants must at a minimum hold a
master’s degree in mathematics, physics or computer science. Applicants
with PhDs are welcome. The successful candidate should have profound
knowledge on at least one of the fields
·
multivariate
statistical inference
·
efficient
optimization methods under sparsity regularization
and have experience in programming using R and
C/C++.
Please direct your queries to Dr. Jörg Polzehl (Joerg.Polzehl@wias-berlin.de).
The
salary is according to the German federal public service tariff. The
appointment is limited for two years (at most until June 30,
2017).
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 15/01 exclusively in electronic
form in a single pdf file by February 15, 2015, to: