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The Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI), was established in 2002. SAMSI is a partnership of Duke University, North Carolina State University (NCSU), the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), and the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS), in collaboration with the William Kenan, Jr. Institute for Engineering, Technology and Science. SAMSI is part of the Mathematical Sciences Institutes program of the Division of Mathematical Sciences at the National Science Foundation. SAMSI is housed at the NISS/SAMSI building in the Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. SAMSI's mission is to forge a synthesis of the statistical sciences and the applied mathematical sciences with disciplinary science to confront the very hardest and most important data- and model-driven scientific challenges.
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2014-15 Postdoctoral Fellowships
Duties & Responsibilities:
Up to 6 postdoctoral fellowships are available at the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute for either of the two SAMSI Research Programs for 2014-15: Beyond Bioinformatics: Statistical and Mathematical Challenges, and Mathematical and Statistical Ecology. Appointments, for up to 2 years, will begin in August 2014, and will offer competitive salaries, travel stipend and health insurance. 2014-15 Program on Beyond Bioinformatics: Statistical and Mathematical Challenges (Bioinformatics) The aim of the SAMSI Bioinformatics program is to bring together researchers to address challenges arising in processing and analysis of genomic and related data to answer biological questions. The program will address topics including the statistical pre-processing of emerging high throughput data, methods for assessing dependence in high-dimensional data (in particular, multivariate discrete counts), integration of multi-omics data, modeling dynamics of mixtures (eg. populations of cells, variants, metagenomics) and other topics arising in big data and machine learning methods for ‘omics data. For additional information on this program, please see: http://www.samsi.info/bioinformatics 2014-15 Program on Mathematical and Statistical Ecology (Ecology) The aim of the SAMSI program on Mathematical and Statistical Ecology is to bring together researchers in statistics, applied mathematics and the ecological sciences to develop improved modeling tools. SAMSI seeks postdocs with a primary expertise in at least one of these three areas and an interest in developing interdisciplinary research. Specific areas of expertise include multi-scale modeling, the analysis of dynamical properties such as tipping points, statistical analysis of large spatio-temporal datasets and statistical methods for large multivariate datasets. Applications areas include forest degradation, the influence of climate change on ecological systems, inverse problems for the global carbon cycle, and landscape genomics. There will be opportunities for collaboration with national organizations such as the US Geological Survey, the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the National Ecological Observatory Network. For additional information on this program, please see: http:// www.samsi.info/ecology
Position Qualifications:
Application to SAMSI In your cover letter, please indicate your interest in one of the two programs (Bioinformatics or Ecology). Criteria for selection of SAMSI Postdoctoral Fellows include demonstrated research ability in statistical and/or applied mathematical sciences, computational skills along with good verbal and written communication abilities, and finally, a strong interest in the SAMSI program areas. The deadline for full consideration is December 15, 2013, although later applications will be considered as resources permit.
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To apply, go to mathjobs.org, SAMSIPD2014 Job #4946
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Application Deadline:
12/15/2013
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