Statistics Faculty Position at The University of Texas at Austin

The McCombs School of Business jointly with the Division of Statistics and Scientific Computation (SSC) at the University of Texas at Austin invites applications for an Assistant Professor Statistics faculty appointment to begin Fall 2013.

The successful candidate will be appointed in the Information, Risk and Operations Management (IROM) department in the Business School and will be expected to teach undergraduate and graduate statistics courses, supervise graduate students, collaborate with other faculty, and be involved in service to the university and the profession. Teaching and service duties are equally divided between IROM and SSC.

Preference will be given to candidates whose core research interests in statistical methodology are accompanied by evidence of well-developed collaborative interests in applied work.

The Division of Statistics and Scientific Computation currently has 11 regular-rank core faculty in statistics and machine learning whose associative affiliations encompass biology, computer science, mathematics, neuroscience, business and psychology. The IROM department houses 5 members of SSC's core faculty.

We have an aggressive growth plan in place, with aspirations to become a globally recognized center of excellence for research and education in statistical methodology, applied statistical modeling, computationally intensive methods, and machine learning. We have recently created a PhD program in Statistics with our first class starting in the fall of 2013.

All applicants should submit a CV and a statement of research interests, and should arrange for three letters of support to be provided under separate cover.

Minimum qualifications are an earned PhD in statistics or a related area, and evidence of excellence in teaching and research.

All materials should be submitted via e-mail to search committee co-chairs Carlos Carvalho and Tom Shively at:  search@ssc.utexas.edu.

The application pool will remain open until the position is filled, but screening will begin on December 1, 2012.