Post-doctoral research fellowship at the University of Florence (ITALY)

The Department of Statistics, Informatics, Applications "G. Parenti" - DiSIA at University of Florence (Firenze, Italy) invites applications for a Post-doctoral research fellowship within the Research Project "Mixture and latent variable models for causal inference and analysis of socio-economic data" FIRB-Futuro in Ricerca 2012 funded by the Italian Ministry of Research and Higher Education.

The research activity will focus on "Bayesian Inference for identifying and estimating causal effects in comple

x settings" (Please refer to http://local.disia.unifi.it/mattei/FIRB_2012.html for details regarding the project)

 

CANDIDATE PROFILE:
The successful candidate will be a highly motivated researcher with a PhD in Statistics. Other desirable qualifications include significant programming skills, demonstrated research abilities and a background in Bayesian inference. Knowledge of Italian is not required; for help regarding the application process, the candidate can contact Alessandra Mattei (email: mattei@disia.unifi.it)

DEADLINE: APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY MARCH 27th, 2013, 1:00 p.m. (Rome local time)

TERM OF APPOINTMENT: One-year contract, renewable for one additional year, starting on May 1st, 2013.

Please refer to http://www.unifi.it/upload/sub/assegni/2013/disia_dd13_270313.pdf for further details regarding the position and the application process.