Employment Opportunities in Sweden

Chalmers University of Technology

Division of Mathematical Sciences

Göteborg, Sweden

Full Professor and Associate Professor in Mathematical Statistics

Chalmers announces a position of Full Professor in Mathematical Statistics, which in Sweden also includes theoretical and applied probability and the University of Gothenburg announces a position of Associate Professor in Mathematical Statistics, in particular in Statistical Inference, see: http://www.chalmers.se/math/EN/ . Applications must be received no later than 22nd May, 2008.

The department. The positions are both tied to the stochastics group at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, which serves Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg. It consists of approximately 25 researchers/teachers (including 12 professors), and about the same number of graduate students. The group typically has several guest postdocs, attracts many international visitors for shorter or longer periods, and arranges 2-4 international workshops every year. The atmosphere at the department is open, friendly and international.

Research centres. The group is host to the Stochastic Centre, a centre for basic research funded by the Swedish Research Council as a “Strong Research Environment” (http://www.chalmers.se/math/EN/research/stochastic-centre), and GMMC, the Gothenburg Mathematical Modeling Centre, which is aimed at research leading to practical use in a 5-10 year timespan (http://www.chalmers.se/math/EN/research/gmmc). In addition to Stochastics, GMMC includes research groups in Optimization, Numerics, and Quality Science. The group cooperates closely with the Fraunhofer-Chalmers Research Centre for Industrial Mathematics and with many departments in Gothenburg and from all around the globe, and with local and international industry. The group is responsible for undergraduate teaching, directs a masters program in mathematical biology and is part of a masters program in mathematics. Teaching responsibilities also include graduate courses for our PhD students and for PhD students from other departments, and service courses for the medical faculty and for industry.

Current research. Our research covers the entire span from basic theory to projects in cooperation with industry. We are open to starting research in new areas. At present some main directions are:

Markov Processes: A short list of areas: Markov Random Fields, Coupling, Branching Processes, Graphical Statistical Models, Rate of Convergence to Equilibrium, and Spatio-Temporal Point Process Models.

Discrete Probability: We work broadly on topics such as Percolation, Interacting Particle Systems, Large Complex Networks and Probabilistic Analysis of Algorithms.

Risk and Reliability: Major areas are Statistical Extreme Value Methods, Material Fatigue, Mechanical Reliability, Ocean Engineering, and Financial Risk Management.

Biomathematics: Our work in this area is in close cooperation with biologists, and includes Bioinformatics, Systems Biology, Theoretical Biology, and Biological Image processing.

Statistical theory and methods: Graphical Markov Models, Methods for Longitudinal Studies, Multivariate Analysis, Applied Bayesian Analysis.

Conditions. The positions are permanent and offer very flexible working conditions, much independence, good possibilities for support, for international travel of guest researchers, and for arranging workshops.