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[Andreas Papritz]

Dear Madam, dear Sir,

I would be most grateful if you could pass the enclosed ad on to any
potential candidate.

Sincerely yours

Andreas Papritz


Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, ETH Zurich,
Grabenstr. 3, CH-8952 Schlieren, Switzerland
phone +41 44 633 6072, fax +41 44 633 1123

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Scientific collaborator with skills in statistical data analysis and  
programming

Description:
We seek a scientific collaborator with good experience in statistical  
data analysis and programming to work with us in the project  
“SimSurvey” for a period of 12 months (50% part-time employment). The  
project "SimSurvey" is an e-learning project funded by ETH Zürich. The  
aim is to develop a web-based simulation tool which will be used in  
teaching spatial statistics (geostatistics) and survey strategies to  
students of environmental sciences and related fields. "SimSurvey" will  
offer teachers of such courses the possibility to create scenarios that  
mimic the spatial distribution of soil pollutants around diffuse and  
point sources. The students then can practice to find optimal sampling  
designs in order to map and reconstruct the spatial pattern of the  
pollutants, with the help of classical statistical as well as modern   
geostatistical tools. The successful candidate will join a team of 4  
environmental scientists and engineers and will be mainly responsible  
to implement the necessary geostatistical functions for "SimSurvey" in  
the programming language R and to design a numerically efficient  
interface to PHP.

Education:
Candidates are expected to have a sound basis in statistics, in  
particular with respect to spatial statistics and sampling, and they  
should have advanced programming skills (preferably knowledge of the  
programming language R). Candidates with a diploma or master degree in  
environmental sciences or engineering, mathematics or statistics or an  
equivalent qualification are preferred. Experience in developing  
teachware and e-learning tools is not a prerequisite, but very welcome.

Company:
ETH Zürich

Workplace:
Zürich

Entrance upon:
asap, to be negotiated

Duration of appointment:
12 months (50% part-time employment)

Contact address:
Prof. Dr. Rainer Schulin, Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, ETH Zürich,  
Grabenstrasse 11a, 8952 Schlieren

Email:
rainer.schulin at env.ethz.ch, andreas.papritz at env.ethz.ch

Keywords:
geostatistics, statistics, soil pollution surveying, sampling,  
e-learning, teachware, GIS