JOB: Assistant Professor of Data Science, Univ. of Warwick, UK

Dept. of Statistics and Dept. of Computer Science (joint appointment)

An enthusiastic individual is sought to be part of the newly created Warwick Data Science Institute (WDSI), which reflects the commitment of the Department of Statistics and the Department of Computer Science, in collaboration with the Warwick Mathematics Institute, to a coherent methodological approach to the fundamentals of Data Science and the challenges of complex data sets. In addition, the departments of Computer Science and Statistics have created a joint undergraduate degree programme in Data Science, which has recruited its first students in September 2014. You would be naturally involved in this exciting development, which constitutes the first course of its kind in the UK.

You will have knowledge of the current issues in Data Science and the drive to address them at a fundamental level while being part of a collaborative team from researchers across the mathematical sciences at Warwick. You will help shape Warwick’s research and teaching leadership in this fast-developing discipline.

This is an opportunity to join one of the world’s most prominent and most research-active departments of Statistics and an excellent department of Computer Science to be part of an exciting new collaboration between the Mathematical Science departments at Warwick.

Informal enquires can be addressed to any of Professors Mark Steel (M.Steel@warwick.ac.uk), Stephen Jarvis (S.A.Jarvis@warwick.ac.uk), David Firth (D.Firth@warwick.ac.uk), or Graham Cormode (G.Cormode@warwick.ac.uk), or to any other senior member of the Warwick Computer Science and Statistics departments.

You should have a PhD in Statistics, Computer Science or Mathematics or an equivalent qualification.

Closing date: 14 December 2014. It is expected that interviews will take place in January 2015.
Please would all applicants ensure that their referees send a letter of reference by email to Paula.Matthews@stats.warwick.ac.uk (Department Administrator) by the closing date.

Job reference: 74745-114

More details and a link to the application form: http://warwick.ac.uk/statjobs
Further information about the University of Warwick: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/humanresources/jobsintro/furtherparticulars

Further information about the Department of Computer Science: http://www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/
Further information about the Department of Statistics: http://warwick.ac.uk/stats
More information on WDSI: http://warwick.ac.uk/wdsi