Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Mathematical Foundations of Data Science

We invite applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to work on an
exciting new project to address significant mathematical and engineering
challenges arising from multidimensional big data.





The position will be based at the Mathematical Institute, and form a key part
of a substantial new Centre for Intelligent Multidimensional Data Analysis
(CIMDA) funded by the Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Commission. It is
available full time for 12 months. The position is available for an immediate
start.





The successful candidate will work with leading researchers in stochastic
analysis and data science at Oxford as part of a larger, multidisciplinary
team. They will manage and conduct their own academic research and
administrative activities, write up their results for publication and
participate fully in the activities of the research community at Oxford.
Potential research directions include, but are not limited to, scalable
optimization algorithm development and analysis; stochastic processes and
rough paths; reduced precision and parallel-in-time computations; high-
dimensional matrices and tensors and their decompositions; hypergraphs models;
learning of non-Euclidean data; and sparse deep neural networks.





Applicants will have, or be close to completing, a PhD in mathematics or a
related discipline, and possess sufficient specialist knowledge and research
experience in one or more of the areas of data science, machine learning,
numerical analysis, optimization, scientific computing and their applications,
to work within established research programmes. They will have excellent
communication skills, including the ability to write for publication, present
research proposals and results, and represent the research group at meetings.





We proudly hold a Race Equality Charter Bronze Award and a departmental Athena
SWAN Silver Award, which guide our progress towards advancing racial and
gender equality. As part of our commitment to openness, inclusivity and
transparency, we would particularly welcome applications from women and black
and minority ethnic candidates, who are currently under-represented in
positions of this type at Oxford.





Please direct informal enquiries to the Recruitment Coordinator (
recruitment@maths.ox.ac.uk), quoting vacancy reference 172244.





Applicants will be selected for interview purely based on their ability to
satisfy the selection criteria as outlined in full in the job description. You
will be required to upload a statement setting out how you meet the selection
criteria, a curriculum vitae including a full list of publications and a
statement of research interests. You will be asked to provide the contact
details of two referees as part of your online application. **(NOTE:
Applicants are responsible for contacting their referees and making sure
reference letters are sent directly toreferences@maths.ox.ac.uk by the closing
date).**





Only applications received before 12.00 noon UK time on **Wednesday 15 May
2024** can be considered.





To apply for this vacancy please click the “apply” link below.