Postdoctoral positions
at Columbia University's Applied Statistics Center

A message from Andrew Gelman, Director of the Applied Statistics Center:

"We have some exciting opportunities for postdocs at our new Applied Statistics Center at Columbia. We're especially interested in students with interests in social and environmental science and policy, with experience in Bayesian computation and ability to program in R and other languages. We want to hire the very best Ph.D.'s - those who could get assistant professor positions but would rather first spend two years in an active research environment doing path-breaking applied statistics.

What will you be doing? First off, there are a number of interesting applied projects of mine (e.g. studies of social networks and political polarization, a project on more efficient modeling of laboratory assays, representation in small and large states) along with corresponding methodological research projects (e.g. weakly informative priors, multilevel models with interactions, statistical graphics and model summaries, models for survey weighting and causal inference). Postdocs have the opportunity to work directly with me and my collaborators on these projects.

Along with this are several other projects at Columbia with which I am involved (arsenic in Bangladesh drinking water, maintenance of the Con Ed electricity network, and various projects in epidemiology, law, social work, and other fields). These provide a postdoc with the opportunity to get deeply involved in applied projects with some supervision on my part but with more independence on your part.

The Applied Statistics Center has formal connections with epidemiology, social work, law, computer science, political science, engineering, statistics, and the Earth Institute, as well as informal connections with faculty in economics, sociology, business, and other units on campus. The statistics postdocs serve a vital role in bridging these disciplines, and I think it will be an exciting place for you - a great way to start off an academic or research career.

There are several things you can apply for:

• Postdoc opportunities at the Applied Statistics Center (2 year position). Applicants should email a c.v., research statement, copies of their papers, and three letters of recommendation to the Coordinator of the Applied Statistics Center.


• Postdoc opportunities at the Earth Institute (2 year position). The deadline for this year has passed, but check back in a few months for more about next year's application process.
  
• The Columbia Science Fellows program, which is an exciting mix of teaching and research. The application deadline is January 18. For more information, go to their web site.


• A non-tenure track assistant professor position at the Statistics Department. Check here for information about applying. If you want to apply for this, let me know as well as applying directly.

You can apply to any combination of these postdoc opportunities. We look forward to receiving your application!"