Aio/oio (Ph.D. student) positions in Stochastics
These are four-year jobs for students wishing to prepare for a Ph.D.
degree, with a salary increasing to about 2500 euros per month in the
last year. For general information about these positions see the information
on the site of the Department of Mathematics
: here
.
Requirements are:
- Master's degree in mathematics, econometrics or statistics with sufficient
background in mathematical statistics and/or probability.
- Excellent grades.
Example research plans or subjects in statistics:
- Bayes estimators for infinite-dimensional parameters
- very high-dimensional semiparametric models
- mathematical finance
- statistical genetics
- financial time series
See the
research pages for a general description of these and other
subjects.
Applications can be directed to Prof.dr. A.W. van der Vaart ,
or any other member of the Section Stochastics. Please send:
- curriculum vitae.
- indication of study results (for instance a "cijferlijst").
- which research subject you are interested in.
-
- (if not a local student)
letters of recommendation or names of referents.
You may of course also ask me in person for more information.
Applications for aio/oio-positions are accepted at any time of the
year.
Talented master students in mathematics can also qualify during their
final year for a Research student assistantship that can be used as
preparation for a PhD project. See below the
description form the departmental pages.
Research student assistantships.
A limited number of positions of research assistant are available. Outstanding students could apply for such a position after finishing 24 ECTS in courses. An assistantship is a paid job, typically for six months for one or two days a week focused on solving open problems connected to the research programs of the department. This research work can make part of the master thesis project and is carried out under responsibility of one of the faculty members of the department. Assistantships are open to both Dutch and international students. Talented students are advised to contact one of the faculty members directly, and work out a research proposal. The assistantships are awarded by the Head of the Department of Mathematics after advice by the Scientific Committee.