[Forum SIS] post-doc position - fourth level

[Domenico Marinucci]

A POST-DOCTORAL POSITION IN PROBABILITY AND MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS 
 
Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position in Probability and Mathematical Statistics at the Department of Mathematics- University of Rome Tor Vergata.


 
TITLE
 
PASCAL: PROBABILISTIC AND STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES FOR COSMOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS - Fourth Level

 

 

QUALIFICATIONS AND ASSESSMENT GROUNDS FOR APPOINTMENT


The candidate should have completed a PhD in Mathematics, Statistics, Physics or related fields.




JOB DESCRIPTION


The postdoctoral position is part of the ERC project PASCAL, (Principal Investigator: Domenico Marinucci, http://www.mat.uniroma2.it/~marinucc/). Other related positions are expected to be announced soon. The successful applicant is expected to work on the themes of the project which include, but are not restricted to: Random fields on the sphere, spectral representations, characterizations of isotropy and Gaussianity, geometry of Gaussian fields, angular power spectra and polyspectra, spherical wavelets/needlets, statistical estimation for spin fiber bundles, Poisson processes and adaptive estimation of density functions on the sphere, with applications and motivations from the analysis of Cosmic Microwave Background radiation data, Cosmic Rays, Weak Gravitational Lensing experiments. 

 

 

SALARY
 
Salary is fixed at 34,000 euros per year (e.g., 2580 Euros net per month approximately), plus pension benefits. Financial support will be available for travels. The position is for 2 years.

 

 

HOW TO APPLY

 

Candidates must apply by email to the address:

 

applications at uniroma2.it

 

specifying in the subject "PASCAL - fourth level grant" and including the following:

 

a) a contact email address;

b) curriculum vitae;

c) date and title of their undergraduate or Master's degree;

d) date and title of their PhD degree;

e) a list of relevant publications;

f) any other document deemed useful for the present selection procedure.

The candidate should ask for at least two recommendation letters to be sent directly to the same email address as for the application. The subject of the email messages should indicate the applicant's name.

 

For the purposes of the completion of the admission application the only languages permitted are Italian and English. The application and all the other documents must be received by January 31, 2012.

 

 

INFORMATION
 
For further information please contact Prof. Domenico Marinucci at marinucc at mat.uniroma2.it


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Domenico Marinucci
Dipartimento di Matematica
Università di Roma Tor Vergata
http://www.mat.uniroma2.it/~marinucc/
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