Postdoctoral Scholar - Department of Statistics


Position Overview


School / Campus / College: College of Arts and Sciences

Organization: Statistics

Title: Postdoctoral Scholar - Department of Statistics


Position Details


Position Description

Tyler McCormick and colleagues are seeking three or more Postdoctoral Scholars (12-month service period) to collaborate in research and join an interdisciplinary team working on methodology, data collection, and analysis directed by scientific questions in the social and health sciences. 

The scope of the positions is open.  Potential projects include, but are not limited to:

  • Improving data collection efficiency and accuracy in link-tracing designs (e.g. Respondent driven sampling)
  • Partial graph data collection strategies for networks (e.g. Aggregated Relational Data)
  • Large scale models for anomaly detection on graphs
  • Developing models to represent structure in networks using low dimensional manifolds
  • Modeling demographic and health trends in low-resource settings
  • Developing a decision-making framework for policy decisions based on predictions from statistical and machine learning models

Postdoctoral scholars are represented by UAW 4121 and are subject to the collective bargaining agreement, unless agreed exclusion criteria apply. For more information, please visit the University of Washington Labor Relations website (https://hr.uw.edu/labor/2019/06/03/agreement-reached-with-uaw-postdoctoral-scholars-on-2019-2021-contract). 

Qualifications

Applicants must have a Ph.D. in Statistics, Computer Science, Economics, Sociology, or related field.

Instructions

Applicants should submit a cover letter, a statement describing your experience and commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, curriculum vitae, names of three references, and PDFs of any relevant papers not published or available online. 

Review of applications will begin immediately, though applications received by March 1, 2023 are guaranteed full consideration and review of applications will continue until the positions are filled. Please email Tyler (tylermc@uw.edu) if you're interested and would like to discuss potential projects.  Please see thmccormick.github.io for further information.  

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, gender identity or expression, age, disability, or protected veteran status.

Benefits Information

A summary of benefits associated with this title/rank can be found at https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/benefits-orientation/benefit-summary-pdfs/. Appointees solely employed and paid directly by a non-UW entity are not UW employees and are not eligible for UW or Washington State employee benefits.

Commitment to Diversity

The University of Washington is committed to building diversity among its faculty, librarian, staff, and student communities, and articulates that commitment in the UW Diversity Blueprint (http://www.washington.edu/diversity/diversity-blueprint/). Additionally, the University’s Faculty Code recognizes faculty efforts in research, teaching and/or service that address diversity and equal opportunity as important contributions to a faculty member’s academic profile and responsibilities (https://www.washington.edu/admin/rules/policies/FCG/FCCH24.html#2432).

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Disability Services

To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact the Disability Services Office at 206-543-6450 or dso@uw.edu.

COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements and Information

Under University of Washington (UW) Policy, University-compensated personnel must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and provide proof thereof, or receive a UW-approved medical or religious exemption. This requirement will be a condition of any offer associated with this recruitment. For more information, please visit https://www.washington.edu/coronavirus/vaccination-requirement/.