Position as PhD Research fellow (Stipendiat SKO 1017) available at the Department of Mathematics, University of Oslo.
The Department of Mathematics is part of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. The department has three sections: Mathematics, Mechanics, and Statistics and Insurance Mathematics. The position is affiliated with the Section for Statistics and Insurance Mathematics, which currently has 11 full-time academic positions, 3 adjunct positions, and 7 PhD students.Job description:Much of the research at the Section for Statistics and Insurance Mathematics is organized in the research group for Statistics and Biostatistics. The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences has appointed the group as one of the top-tier research groups at the faculty. The research of the group focuses on methodological and applied problems in statistics; in particular many research projects originate in the use of statistics in biology, medicine, and technological and economic risk assessments.
The research group for Statistics and Biostatistics is an active part of Statistics for Innovation (http://projects.nr.no/sfi/), which is a centre for research based innovation designated by the Norwegian Research Council with the Norwegian Computing Center as host institution. The aim of Statistics for Innovation is to develop core statistical methodologies, strategically necessary to achieve innovation goals in the four key sectors: petroleum, finance, marine, and health.
The doctoral fellow will be a member of the research group for Statistics and Biostatistics and, once appointed, a project plan will be worked out in accordance with the activities of the research group and the themes of Statistics for Innovation.
