KTH is the largest technical university in Sweden. Education and research cover a broad spectrum within natural sciences and engineering, as well as architecture, industrial engineering and management, urban planning, work science and environmental engineering. KTH has 13 344 full-time equivalent students of whom 6 955 at Bachelor (first) level and 5 545 at Master (second) level. In addition 1 314 full-time equivalent students at doctoral studies (third) level and 3 900 employees.
The School of Engineering Sciences carries out research at the international front line in a wide area, from research within fundamental disciplines such as physics and mathematics, to engineering mechanics with applications like aeronautics and vehicle engineering. We offer the engineering programs Engineering Physics and Vehicle Engineering, as well as programs for Engineer and Education, Open Entrance and a number of master programs.
The Division of Mathematical Statistics within the Department of Mathematics offers a position as PhD student in mathematical statistics.
The Division of Mathematical Statistics has wide ranging activities in financial mathematics and mathematical statistics. This applies both to the undergraduate education and the research activities of the division. The research activities include among other things analysis of risk, stochastic processes, asymptotic theory and large deviations, simulation, stochastic control, pricing of financial derivatives, statistical analysis and decision theory.
Qualifications
A suitable background is for instance an engineering degree with emphasis on mathematics.
A certain degree of teaching is required of Junior Researcher.
Employment
The employment starts 2010-12-15 or as agreed upon.
