Postdoctoral Fellow

SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS

REF. 10587

FIXED TERM: Salary: A$83K – A$89K per year (plus up to 17% employer superannuation plus leave loading)

Applications are sought for a Postdoctoral Fellow position to work on an ARC Discovery Project of Chief Investigators A. Prof. J. Dick, A. Prof. F. Y. Kuo and Prof. I. H. Sloan and Partner Investigators Prof. M. Giles (Oxford) and Prof. M. Griebel (Bonn). Although  experience in one of the areas of quasi-Monte Carlo, numerical PDEs, computational finance, constructive approximation is preferred, all candidates with strong qualifications in a relevant field of numerical analysis and related fields of research are encouraged to apply and will be carefully considered.

The successful applicant will play a leading role within a collaborative research team.

Travel support is available for the position and no teaching duty is required.  Applicants should have a PhD degree or be close to completing one.

The position will be at UNSW, initially for a fixed-term of 2 years, but will likely be extended for a further period subject to availability of funding.  The position is available for an immediate start.

In collaboration with the research team members, it is expected that the Postdoctoral Fellow will publish in leading international journals.

An applicant may be required to undergo pre-employment checks prior to appointment to this role.  Applicants should systematically address the selection criteria in their application.   Having read the documentation, you may then direct any enquiries to A. Prof. Josef Dick by email to Josef.dick@unsw.edu.au, A.Prof. F.Y. Kuo by email to f.kuo@unsw.edu.au or Prof. I.H. Sloan by email to i.sloan@unsw.edu.au.

For full details of this position and application procedure, go to https://www.jobs.unsw.edu.au/postdoctoral-fellow-7

Applications close: 19 March 2015