One CANSSI Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship is available at the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Simon Fraser University. Faculty mentor will be Professor Jiguo Cao (http://people.stat.sfu.ca/~cao/) and Professor Farouk Nathoo (University of Victoria, https://www.math.uvic.ca/~nathoo/).
The successful applicant will have a Ph.D. in Statistics, Computing Science, or a related field. He/she will have strong statistics, computing and mathematics skills and a demonstrated record of research. This position is partially supported by the Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute (CANSSI).
The Postdoctoral Fellow salary will be $70,000 per year plus benefits. The term of the fellowship is two years. The postdoctoral fellowship will include a substantial research project in statistics or inferential data science, a substantial interdisciplinary or applied collaboration/interaction, teaching experience, broadly defined, equivalent to 1-2 courses total over two years, and opportunities for professional development.
Applications are due by January 19, 2021. More details can be found at http://www.canssi.ca/research-and-training-opportunities/canssi-postdoctoral-fellowships/
Application information: Please email your CV to Jiguo Cao (jiguo_cao@sfu.ca). The application will be reviewed immediately after receiving the application.