OCE Postdoctoral Fellowship – Computational Scientist/Statistician
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
- Great opportunity to work in a leading scientific institution with dedicated professionals
- Offering outstanding career development and professional support
- Come, join CSIRO – Australia’s premier science & technology research organisation
CSIRO Mathematics Informatics and Statistics is seeking to appoint a highly motivated graduate who will take a substantive role in developing a theoretical and computational framework in which deterministic simulations can be embedded within stochastic or Bayesian risk meta-models in order to understand and quantify risk and consequences from extreme flow events (such as flooding, dam breaks, tsunamis, landslide and storm surge). The framework will be generic in approach with significant mathematical and algorithmic development.
You will be embedded within a world leading computational modelling group with significant expertise in flow modelling, extreme event modelling and in the development of software systems. A key element of the role will be drawing on these multi-disciplinary capabilities and their own computational and statistical expertise in order to develop a new and inherently cross-disciplinary capability.
Location: Clayton, Victoria Australia
Salary: $73K- $80K per annum
Ref No: 2011/162
Tenure: 3 Years
To be successful you will have:
- A PhD degree (or will shortly satisfy the requirements for a PhD degree) in computational and/or statistical science or related discipline
- A strong background in contemporary statistical methods and/or risk analysis, especially Bayesian methods and hierarchical modelling techniques;
- Demonstrated capability in statistical computing using packages such as R or SPLUS and strong scientific programming skills with expertise in C++;
- Evidence of strong oral and written communication skills, including the ability to publish the results of scientific research in scientific journals.
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