Research Associate in Mathematics

This post is for a fixed term of 12 Months

We are looking for a highly motivated individual for this postdoctoral research position in the general areas of Bayesian inference and statistical physics. The emphasis of this research will be on employing theoretical and numerical methods from Bayesian statistics and statistical physics to study mode decomposition in optical communication and imaging.

You should have excellent mathematical and computational skills and have a background in statistical physics and Bayesian inference.

Further details on the research project can be found on Job Details.

Informal inquiries should be directed to Professor David Saad

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