[Forum SIS] Job: PhD in Statistics in Oslo. Fraud detection.

[Arnoldo Frigessi]

The Department of Mathematics of the University of Oslo offers a three 
years fellowship to a PhD student in statistics/machine learning/data 
science.

See:
https://www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-stillinger/stilling/145821/phd-research-fellowship-in-statistics

Deadline: Wednesday, January 31, 2018

The fellowships is part of a large program on personalised fraud 
detection. The successful PhD candidate will develop new statistical 
methodology for detecting different types of fraud, including insurance, 
social security and tax fraud, as well as for anti-money laundering. The 
project will involve among others development of statistical and 
machine-learning techniques for prediction, classification, anomaly 
detection and dimension reduction. Working language is English.

The PhD studies at the University of Oslo are characterized by a strong 
research profile: the PhD thesis usually includes several papers which 
are published in leading scientific journals, while the candidates are 
required to take a small number of advanced courses as part of the 
training component of their degree. The PhD candidate will be employed 
by the University of Oslo, thus enjoying all legal benefits in such a 
position, including health insurance, pension contributions and family 
welfare benefits. Very competitive salary.

For further information regarding the position, please contact: 
associate professor Ingrid Hobæk Haff , ingrihaf at math.uio.no 
<mailto:ingrihaf at math.uio.no>

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