Université de Potsdam

There are openings for
– postdoc positions
– PhD positions
in the institute for mathematics of the University of Potsdam (https://www.math.uni-potsdam.de/en/), in statistics and machine learning. For Postdoc positions, a PhD in mathematical statistics or theoretical machine learning is required, and for PhD positions, a master in mathematics or related fields is required. The positions will be supervised by Alexandra Carpentier (https://sites.google.com/site/alexandracarpentierresearch/home) who will be taking a position in Potsdam in Fall 2021. Topics in machine learning and statistics include sequential learning, high dimensional statistics, adaptive inference.

The duration of both contracts (PhD or postdocs) is up to 3 years with the possibility of an extension. Positions come with a teaching load of 4 hours a week (of exercise sessions), and are on the salary scale E13 according to the German TVL (with eventual previous expertise taken into account for postdoc positions). The wished starting date is October 2021 but this can be discussed.

Please contact Alexandra Carpentier (alexandra.carpentier@ovgu.de) in case of interest.