Opportunity for statisticians in developing countries

LISA (Virginia Tech’s Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Statistical Analysis) is requesting statisticians in developing countries to apply to become the first “LISA Fellow” as part of the LISA 2020 program to create a network of 20 new statistical collaboration laboratories in developing countries by 2020. The LISA Fellow will be trained to communicate and collaborate with non-statisticians and, beginning in Fall 2013, will work in LISA at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, USA for one year helping researchers in many different fields use statistics and data science to answer their research questions and improve human welfare. Initial funding for the LISA Fellow and LISA 2020 comes from a Google Research Award given to Dr. Eric Vance, the Director of LISA. Details about the LISA 2020 plan and the application to become a LISA Fellow are available at http://www.lisa.stat.vt.edu/LISA2020. Review of applications will begin May 1, 2013.