Assistant Professor in Statistics

Assistant Professor in Statistics
Assistant Professor in Statistics

Published	Deadline	Location
today	20 Nov	Delft

Are you up to the challenge of developing yourself as a strong academic in a collegiate mathematics department? By making a change through leading education and ground-breaking research in the area of statistics? And thus generating impact in societally relevant themes? Then this is the position you are looking for!

Job description

TU Delft is pleased to invite applications for an Assistant Professor (Development Track) in Statistics. The Assistant Professor will be appointed at the Faculty of EEMCS, at Delft Institute of Applied Mathematics, within the Statistics section. We offer a full-time position, but candidates preferring a part-time position are also explicitly invited to apply. Our new colleague will have demonstrated excellence in research and preferably have some experience in teaching and supervision of students. The responsibilities include:

• Setting up a successful research programme.
• Acquiring and managing externally funded projects.
• Participating in our teaching programme, which includes service teaching for engineering students.

You will also be responsible for teaching and supervising students and interns at various levels (Bachelor, Master, and PhD). Currently, there is a lot of interest in subjects related to Statistical Learning, so knowledge and interest in that subject is more than welcome.

The Development Track is a process leading up to a permanent appointment with the prospect of becoming an Associate Professor. It offers young, talented academics a clear and attractive career path. During the Development Track, you will have the opportunity to develop into an internationally acknowledged and recognised academic. We offer a structured career and personal development programme designed to offer individual academics as much as support as possible.
Statistics Section

Research at the statistics section is broad, ranging from fundamental to application oriented. Subjects include for instance Bayesian nonparametric statistics, shape constrained statistical inference, statistics for stochastic processes, Monte Carlo simulation, reliability theory, etc.

The group consists of 15 faculty members (full, associate and assistant professors, including DT, and full time lecturers) and around 20 PhD students / Postdocs. For more information on the section and its members, visit Statistics (tudelft.nl)

Specifications

• 36—40 hours per week
• €3974—€5439 per month
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Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)

Requirements

You are a university graduate with a PhD in Mathematics or a related relevant discipline (e.g. Econometrics), in the area of statistics. 

You:

• have a proven track record in the field of statistics, as evidenced by refereed publications in top quality journals
• are a motivating role model, able to make significant contributions to research and to inspire students to pursue their career in (applied) mathematics
• are an enthusiastic team player
• have excellent communication skills
• are or at least show the potential to be an inspired and dedicated teacher.

Conditions of employment

Fixed-term contract: 6 years.

At the start of the Tenure Track, which at EEMCS we implemented as Development Track, you will be appointed as Assistant Professor for the duration of six years. Department chairs, section leaders and you will agree upon expected performance and (soft) skills. You will receive formal feedback on performance and skills during annual assessment meetings and the mid-term evaluation. If the performance and skills are evaluated positively at the end of the Development Track, you will be appointed in a permanent Assistant Professor position.

TU Delft offers:

• Salary and benefits in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities. (Salary range: € 3.974,00 – € 5.439,00).
• A customisable compensation package.
• A discount for health insurance and sport memberships.
• A monthly work costs contribution.
• The possibility to arrange flexible work schedules.
• An International Children’s Centre that offers childcare and an international primary school.
• Dual Career Services to offer support to accompanying partners.
• Salary and benefits in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities.
• Training to improve the English competency (TU Delft sets specific standards for the English competency of the teaching staff).
• The opportunity to obtain your teaching certificate (if you have less than five years of experience and do not yet have your teaching certificate, we allow you up to three years to obtain this, since inspiring, excellent education is our central aim).

Assistance:

When you are (considering) contributing your talent and knowledge to our academic community, we will accompany and inform you very intensively from an early stage. It is a great adventure to live in Delft and work at TU Delft. Relocating to a new country, however, involves challenges, such as arranging housing and healthcare, and possibly responding to a partner’s career goals. TU Delft’s ‘Coming to Delft Service’ addresses the needs of new employees from abroad and those of their partners and families. We will do our best to help you settle in. We hope you will find useful information on our website.

Employer
Delft University of Technology

Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context.

At TU Delft we embrace diversity as one of our core values and we actively engage to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish. We value different perspectives and qualities. We believe this makes our work more innovative, the TU Delft community more vibrant and the world more just. Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale. That is why we invite you to apply. Your application will receive fair consideration.

Challenge. Change. Impact!

Department
Faculty Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

The Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS) brings together three disciplines – electrical engineering, mathematics and computer science. Combined, they reinforce each other and are the driving force behind the technology we use in our daily lives. Technology such as the electricity grid, which our faculty is helping to make future-proof. We are also working on a world in which humans and computers reinforce each other. We are mapping out disease processes using single cell data, and using mathematics to simulate gigantic ash plumes after a volcanic eruption. There is plenty of room here for ground-breaking research. We educate innovative engineers and have excellent labs and facilities that underline our strong international position. In total, more than 1,100 employees and 4,000 students work and study in this innovative environment.

Click here to go to the website of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science.
Delft Institute of Applied Mathematics

Research at Delft Institute of Applied Mathematics (DIAM ) is conducted in six sections: Analysis, Applied Probability, Discrete Mathematics & Optimization, Mathematical Physics, Numerical Analysis, and Statistics. Our research on the construction and analysis of mathematical models related to science and engineering is both fundamental and applied in nature and is often inspired by technical and societal challenges. To come up with innovative solutions we maintain intensive contact with other TU Delft departments, technological institutes and research departments. DIAM also plays a central role in the TU Delft Institute for Computational Science and Engineering and with the Delft Blue High Performance Computing facility.

Besides research, education is an important cornerstone of our department. We offer the Applied Mathematics BSc and MSc programmes, as well as mathematics courses within other programmes at TU Delft, and national programmes such as “MasterMath”. Together with KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden) and the Technical University of Berlin (Germany) we have also initiated the international joint Master’s programme COSSE (Computer Simulations for Science and Engineering). The department is also very active in innovating mathematics education (PRIME ). Moreover, it also runs various MOOCs, among which Pre-University Calculus .

We value the kind and inclusive atmosphere at our institute and pride ourselves on our sense of community and the spirit of “getting things done together”, which we combine with mutual appreciation for individual success.

To foster interaction and cooperation, we organize lunch seminars where colleagues from the various sections discuss their work, and we arrange an annual social As activity where all staff members interact informally to get to know each other in a different setting.

Additional information

For more information about this position, please contact Prof.dr.ir. Geurt Jongbloed , Full professor.

For questions regarding the recruitment process or other HR-matters, please contact Chantal Hitzert , HR advisor.

Working at TU Delft

Join the oldest and largest technical university in the Netherlands. Work on clever solutions for worldwide challenges, to change the world and make an impact. Ready to bring your energy to our research?

Challenge, change, impact!

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Application procedure

Are you interested in this vacancy? Please apply before November 21, 2022 via the application button and upload a detailed CV, your motivation, your vision on the position, your  list of publications, contact information of at least three scientists whom we can contact for letters of recommendation and a research and teaching statement.

• A pre-employment screening can be part of the selection procedure.
• You can apply online. We will not process applications sent by email and/or post.
• Acquisition in response to this vacancy is not appreciated.