[Statlist] Open PostDoc position at the University of Geneva

[Sebastian Engelke]

The Research Center for Statistics invites applications for the 
following position opening March 1, 2022, or upon agreement

POSTDOC (100%)
Research Center for Statistics, University of Geneva

Statistical models for climate extremes or financial crises are based on 
extreme value theory. There is currently a high interest in modeling 
such extreme events in complex scenarios with underlying graphical 
structures, and in exploring connections to high-dimensional inference 
and causality. The prospective PostDoc will work at the interface of 
these research fields and potential topics include the development of 
statistical methods to learn sparse structures in multivariate extremes.

The PostDoc will be part of the group of Prof. Sebastian Engelke within 
the SNSF Eccellenza grant on "Graph structures, sparsity and 
high-dimensional inference for extremes".

Requirements
- PhD in Statistics or Probability Theory;
- expertise in at least one of the areas extreme value theory, empirical 
process theory, graphical models, causality;
- promising publication record;
- excellent programming skills;
- excellent oral and written skills in English, French skills would be 
an advantage.

Starting date: March 1, 2022, or upon mutual agreement.

Further information: Hired on a 1-year contract renewable for a maximum 
duration span of 3 years.

Your application must include a motivation letter, a detailed CV, a copy 
of the PhD, and contact information for 3 references.

Applications must be submitted on:
https://jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_portal.show_job?p_web_site_id=1&p_web_page_id=53994 


For further information, please contact Prof. Sebastian Engelke 
(sebastian.engelke at unige.ch).

Homepage
http://www.sengelke.com/

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Dr. Sebastian Engelke
Associate Professor
Research Center for Statistics
University of Geneva
CH-1205 Geneva
Switzerland
Tel: +41 79 404 3476
www.sengelke.com