PhD studentships in Statistics at the Open University in UK

We invite applications for two full-time three-year PhD studentships in Mathematics and Statistics commencing 1st October 2014. PhD students are based at the University’s Walton Hall campus in Milton Keynes, UK.

Studentships cover full-time fees and include a stipend (currently £13,726 per annum + £1250 per annum to cover training and conference participation).

Overseas applicants are also welcome but those from a non-European Economic Area country that is not majority English-speaking must hold a Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) certificate for English at B2 level or higher.

There are currently three PhD projects available in Statistics:

(1) Real time forecasting and monitoring of high frequency data

(http://www.mathematics.open.ac.uk/80256EE9006B7FB0/(httpAssets)/C161D4B5436F288380257C45003D38C4/$file/2014projectAF.pdf)

– Álvaro Faria;

(2) Application and comparison of transformations for orthogonality

(http://www.mathematics.open.ac.uk/80256EE9006B7FB0/(httpAssets)/465E9707D388EB0E80257C580041FC48/$file/2014projectPG.pdf)

– Paul Garthwaite; and

(3) Forecasting and monitoring traffic network flows

(http://www.mathematics.open.ac.uk/80256EE9006B7FB0/(httpAssets)/15C3470756931F2B80257C45003D6EC5/$file/2014projectCQ.pdf)

– Catriona Queen.