DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS & ACTUARIAL SCIENCE
UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO
Open Positions in Statistics
The Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at the University of Waterloo invites applications for one or more tenure-track or tenured positions in Statistics. These may be at the ranks of Assistant, Associate, or, in very special cases, Full Professor. Applicants must have a PhD in an area of the statistical, mathematical or actuarial sciences, a potential or proven ability to develop an internationally recognized research program in Statistics, excellent communication skills, and a strong commitment to teaching at the graduate and undergraduate levels.
The University of Waterloo is one of Canada’s leading universities with more than 30,000 full and part-time students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science is one of the top academic units for the statistical and actuarial sciences in the world and is home to more than 40 research active full-time faculty. It offers a vibrant research environment for a wide range of areas including mathematical statistics, applied probability, longitudinal data analysis, event history analysis, statistical learning, computational statistics, finance and risk management, survey methods, industrial statistics, and interdisciplinary collaborative work. The Department benefits from close relationships with many research groups on campus including the Survey Research Centre, the Business and Industrial Statistics Research Group, the Computational Statistics Research Group, the Waterloo Research Institute in Insurance, Securities, and Quantitative Finance, the School of Public Health and Health Systems, the Propel Centre for Population Health Impact, the Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change and Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience. The Department is also home to over 150 graduate students in programs including Statistics, Biostatistics, and Actuarial Science.
Applications will be accepted until positions are filled, with all applications received by November 15, 2012 being fully considered. Completed applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis before this deadline. The salary offered will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Please submit a detailed cover letter, a curriculum vitae, and arrange for at least three letters of reference to be sent directly to
Professor Christiane Lemieux, Chair
Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science
University of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo ON N2L 3G1, CANADA
sas-chair@uwaterloo.ca
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. The University of Waterloo encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including women, members of visible minorities, native peoples, and persons with disabilities.