RESEARCH FELLOW (110377-0325)

Location
University of Warwick Campus, Coventry
Department
Statistics
Position Type
Fixed Term
Duration
Fixed term contract for 36 months
Salary
£35,116-£45,413 per annum
About the Role

FOR INFORMAL ENQUIRIES, PLEASE CONTACT PROFESSOR GARETH ROBERTS AT GARETH.O.ROBERTS@WARWICK.AC.UK

Fixed term, full-time contracts of 36 months available. Start date to be agreed with the successful candidate.
We invite applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to join the OCEAN project (On intelligenCE And Networks: Mathematical and Algorithmic Foundations for Multi-Agent Decision-Making, https://oceanerc.com). This timely project will develop statistical and algorithmic foundations for systems involving multiple incentive-driven learning and decision-making agents, including uncertainty quantification at the agent’s level. The project will bring together ideas from Statistics, Probability, Machine Learning, Statistics and Game Theory and is an ambitious 10M Euro project funded by ERC (UK component from the UKRI funding guarantee), and led by 4PIs: Gareth Roberts (Warwick), Eric Moulines (Ecole Polytechnique), Christian Robert (Dauphine) and Michael Jordan (Berkeley).
About You
We are seeking to recruit a Research Fellow to join the team of investigators led by Gareth Roberts. The successful applicant will be based at Warwick but expected to work alongside other researchers from Roberts’s team (including Adam Johansen at Warwick, Murray Pollock and Hongsheng Dai at Newcastle University, and Louis Aslett at Durham University), as well as researchers from the teams in Paris and Berkeley. They will participate in the many collaborative activities of OCEAN, while also enjoying the vibrant research environment of the Warwick Computational Statistics group.
We encourage applications in all areas of the theory, methodology and applications of Computational Statistics or Machine Learning. Previous knowledge of statistical privacy, distributed inference, and/or game theory would be useful, but are not expected.
You should have, or be close to completing, a PhD in Statistics, Probability, Machine Learning or a related discipline. You will work directly with the investigators to undertake and support research necessary to achieve the aims within this grant. This will include, for example, publishing in leading methodological/application journals, presentation of research at workshops and conferences, developing code implementing new statistical methods, and active involvement in project meetings. You will be experienced in one or more of the following areas: Statistics, Computational Statistics, Theory and methodology of Stochastic Algorithms, High-Performance Computing, and Machine Learning. You will have demonstrated the ability to develop new statistical or machine learning methodology. We are particularly keen to encourage applicants with strong computational skills, as part of a team of researchers with skills that cover theoretical, methodological, and applied statistics. A demonstrable ability to produce academic writing of the highest publishable quality is essential.
Candidates who are considering making an application are strongly encouraged to contact Professor Gareth Roberts (gareth.o.roberts@warwick.ac.uk).
For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.
If you are near submission or have recently submitted your PhD but have not yet had it conferred, any offers of employment will be made as Research Assistant at the top of level 5 of the University grade structure. Upon receipt of evidence of the successful award of your PhD, you will be promoted to Research Fellow on the first point of level 6 of the University grade structure.
About the Department
The Department of Statistics is committed to promoting equality and diversity, holding an Athena SWAN Silver award which demonstrates this commitment. We welcome applicants from all sections of the community and will give due consideration to applicants seeking flexible working patterns, and to those who have taken a career break.
Further information about working at the University of Warwick, including information about childcare provision, career development and relocation is at https://warwick.ac.uk/services/humanresources/workinghere/
About the University
Born in the 60s with a mindset of boldness, imagination and collaboration, the University of Warwick is a world-leading research-intensive university with the highest academic and research standards. We’re one of the world’s top universities, ranked 67th in the world and 10th in the UK, with 92% of our research assessed to be ‘world leading or internationally excellent’*.

You’ll be joining a diverse, innovative and globally connected community committed to igniting real world progress. Here at Warwick, we offer you opportunities to follow your ambitions as long as you bring the energy and determination to succeed.

• QS World University Rankings 2024

** Research Excellence Framework 2021
To find out more about us visit our website.
How to Apply

CLOSING DATE: THURSDAY 10TH APRIL 2025 AT 11.55PM

To apply, submit an application form by the closing date. Please plan for any potential delays as you will not be able to submit an application past this deadline (even if you opened the form at, say, 11.30pm).
Please attach a CV and cover letter.
Your CV should include your most recent employment experience, any other relevant experience, and education history.
Your cover letter must detail how you meet each of the essential criteria found in the
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