Professor of Statistical Science, Bristol, UK

The University of Bristol seeks an outstanding candidate to appoint as Professor of Statistical Science (Full Professor in the US system). The successful candidate will become a member of the Probability and Statistics Group within the School of Mathematics. We are seeking applicants who have demonstrated, or shown potential for, the highest achievement in any area of mainstream Statistics or cognate areas (e.g. applied probability, machine learning, data science, biostatistics).

The Professor of Statistical Science is expected to lead a research programme of the highest international standard and will be expected to contribute to the nurturing of research groups of academics, postdoctoral researchers and graduate students, and to seek funding to grow such groups. The Professor will contribute to our existing comprehensive training in Statistical Science at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The School also expects strong engagement with its collective leadership.

The Probability and Statistics Group at the University of Bristol is internationally recognised with interests spanning a broad range of areas and numerous collaborations with other disciplines. The School of Mathematics is one of the leading centres for research and teaching in mathematics in the UK. In addition to Probability and Statistics there are groups working in Applied Mathematics and Pure Mathematics. In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), Applied Mathematics ranked third, Pure Mathematics ranked joint fifth and Statistics ranked joint fourth in terms of grade-point average.

The School has strong links with the Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research, which supports activities in Probability and Statistics among others, funds a total of about 20 postdoctoral, and runs a co-ordinated series of seminars, research programmes, conferences and workshops.

With a population of over 400,000, Bristol is the largest city in the South West and the region’s leading centre for business, culture and education.
Bristol recently came top in the 2013 MoneySuperMarket’s “Quality of Living Index” ranking with the quote “Bristol beats other cities hands down” and in “The Sunday Times” “Best Places to Live in Britain” 2014.

The School of Mathematics is a supporter of the LMS Good Practice Scheme aiming at advancing women’s careers in mathematics and we therefore particularly welcome applications from women for this post.
http://www.maths.bris.ac.uk/admin/life/women/

In order to receive full attention, applications should be received by 12:00 pm (i.e. midnight) on Friday 13th June 2014.

It is expected that the final selection process will be held in the first half of July 2014.

To discuss any aspect of the post, please contact Professor Christophe Andrieu, +44 (0)117 928 9134 or c.andrieu@bristol.ac.uk

Alternatively, please feel free to contact :

Professor Noah Linden, Head of the School of Mathematics, +44 (0)117 928 8633 or hod-maths@bristol.ac.uk