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Director of the Institute of Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) at Pennsylvania State University
As one of Penn State’s interdisciplinary research institutes housed within the Office of the Senior Vice President for Research (OSVPR), ICDS supports a broad swath of the research portfolio—exploring the origins of far-away galaxies to materials for next-generation energy production; from ways to overcome societal discord to environmental challenges. The Director will build on a legacy of visionary excellence and guide Penn State’s future investments in computational and data sciences research, AI, quantum computing, and other disciplines to reach the next level.
Deadlines: Review of applications begins April 7, 2025
Past Job Opportunities
Assistant Professor of Physics and Statistical and Data Sciences at Smith College
Department of Physics and the Program in Statistical and Data Sciences, Smith College
Details: The Department of Physics and the Program in Statistical and Data Sciences at Smith College invite applications for a joint tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor, to begin July 1, 2025. Teaching responsibilities for this position will rotate through introductory and advanced courses in the standard undergraduate physics curriculum, and introductory and intermediate courses in data science and/or statistics, using Python and/or R. A Ph.D. in Physics or a closely related field is expected by the time of appointment; the candidate’s research should make extensive use of advanced data science tools and methods to further our physical understanding. Additional degrees in data science and/or statistics are welcome but not required. Candidates from groups underrepresented in Physics are encouraged to apply. Details about the Department of Physics and the Program in Statistics and Data Sciences may be found at https://www.smith.edu/academics/physics and https://www.smith.edu/academics/statistical-data-sciences. For more information and to apply, visit https://apply.interfolio.com/151219. Applications are due on or before 10/4/24. EO/AA/Vet/Disability Employer.
Deadlines: Application deadline is October 4, 2024
Open-rank tenure-track position in astrostatistics at Penn State
Center for Astrostatistics, Department of Statistics, Penn State
Details: https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/list/20684
Deadlines: Application deadline is October 15, 2024, continuing until selection
Assistant Professor Big Data Astronomy
Radboud Universiteit in Nijmegen, Netherlands
Details: https://aas.org/jobregister/ad/d2d32e7c
Deadlines: Application deadline is April 21, 2024
TITAN – Frugal AI and Application in Astrophysics Postdocs (2 positions)
Crete, Greece
Details: An ERA Chair HORIZON EUROPE grant funded by the EU; 2 years with possibility of extension; Salary 45.000-50.000 €/year (gross income depending on family status). The two positions are to work in cosmology and/or machine learning in the context of cosmology. Subjects of interest are optical and radio weak-lensing, High order statistics, EoR, inverse problems, deep learning, components separation, data on manifold, high dimensional and big data processing, etc.
Interested candidates are invited to communicate with J.-L. Starck (jstarck@cea.fr) and P. Tsakalides (tsakalid@ics.forth.gr), sending a cover letter and their CV by May 31, 2023. CVs can be sent before the deadline as positions could be filled before if an ideal candidate is found.
Deadlines: Application deadline is May 31, 2023, selection deadline is when filled.
Research Assistant/Associate in Supernovae/Astrostatistics/Data Science
with Dr. Kaisey Mandel
Institute of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge, UK
Details: https://jobregister.aas.org/ad/a5f865dd
Deadlines: Application deadline is Dec 15, 2022, selection deadline is Feb 15, 2023
Assistant Professor of Statistics - Cluster Hire
to deepen UW-Madison leadership in multi-messenger/time domain Astrophysics
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Details: https://jobs.hr.wisc.edu/en-us/job/515875/assistant-professor-of-statistics-cluster-hire
Deadlines: open until filled, anticipated begin date August 21, 2023
Ten PhD and Postdoc positions
related to Euclid, SKA, and JWST; cosmology (weak lensing); machine learning, and/or astrostatistics methodologies
at CEA Saclay France or project partners FORTH Heraklion Greece, ENSICAEN Caen France and Nice University
Details: http://www.cosmostat.org/jobs
Deadlines: First deadlines are on Nov 15, 2022 and last deadlines are on Jan 31, 2023