Post-doc position in Data Science

As part of a great multidisciplinary team, I am looking for a post-doc candidate for the project: “Capturing & Interpreting Visitor Flow & Characteristics for Attractions, Museums & Galleries”

At University of Edinburgh

This project aims to provide a data-driven innovation approach for museums, galleries and attractions. We are looking for candidates with either a strong Data Science (understood in a general way. Any of the following: Statistics, Optimization, Machine Learning, Mathematical Modelling or similar), or strong IT background. Ideal candidate would have some of each.

The candidate is expected to develop solutions for collecting and analysing data. The candidate will liaison with the different stakeholders to deliver useful results that add value to their current procedures.

The fellow will be appointed on Grade 7 of the academic scale (£33,199 – £39,609).
Each year, the fellowship is supported with up to £2500 to support attendance at conferences and meetings and £6000 to support other research costs.

Other details, such as edibility criteria can be found on the general-purpose advert at https://www.vacancies.ed.ac.uk/pls/corehrrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=049565. The website https://www.ed.ac.uk/human-resources/jobs/train-ed contains information about the call.

The deadline for the FINAL proposals is 31st October. We can work on that together and help you in shaping it for the particular project.

If you are interested, please contact us as soon as possible at:
RYAN-SAHA Joshua Joshua.Ryan-Saha@ed.ac.uk
LACKA Ewelina ewelina.lacka@ed.ac.uk
MARTIN-BARRAGAN Belen Belen.Martin@ed.ac.uk
ANSELL Jake Jake.Ansell@ed.ac.uk