East China Normal University
School of Statistics and Key Laboratory of Advanced Theory and Application in Statistics and Data Science, Ministry of Education
Faculty positions - Assistant/Associate/Full Professor
The School of Statistics and Key Laboratory of Advanced Theory and Application in Statistics and Data Science at East China Normal University (ECNU) invite applications for full-time faculty positions at Assistant, Associate or Full Professor level. Applicants must have a doctoral degree in statistics, biostatistics, computer science，insurance，financial engineering or a closely related discipline. Candidates with research interests in all areas of statistics, data science and insurance are welcome to apply. Primary consideration will be given to candidates with research interests in computational statistics, machine learning, mathematical statistics, biostatistics, insurance and financial engineering. Candidates for Full Professor should have a recognized record of methodological research, experience of extramural funding, and demonstrated leadership potential. Candidates for Associate Professor should have a good record of publication and other evidence of research capability. Assistant Professor applicants should provide evidence of methodological and interdisciplinary research potential and should, preferably, have relevant postdoctoral training. Faculty responsibilities include methodological research, research collaboration, and teaching.
Salary and start-up funding will be commensurate with qualification and experience. Other than regular faculty recruitment, we also provide multiple 'talent plan' options offering competitive packages for excellent candidates.
About East China Normal University, School of Statistics and Key Laboratory of Advanced Theory and Application in Statistics and Data Science
Founded in October 1951, East China Normal University (ECNU) is one of China's key research universities under the direct auspices of the Ministry of Education and sponsored by the prestigious national program Project 211, Project 985 and “Double-First-Class”. Currently it has almost 30000 students, in which half of them are postgraduate students, and more than 4000 faculty and staff members. It is located in Shanghai with two campuses in Putuo and Minhang Districts respectively totaling an area of 220 hectares.
School of Statistics, formerly the Department of Statistics starting from 1984, was one of the first three mathematical statistics departments established in China. It runs one of the top statistics programs in China (Class A according to 2017 China Discipline Ranking) and currently has 39 faculty members. It offers B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Statistics and actuarial science. For more information about the university and the department, please visit: www.ecnu.edu.cn and http://stat.ecnu.edu.cn/.
Key Laboratory of Advanced Theory and Application in Statistics and Data Science, founded in 2018 by the approval of Ministry of Education, is the first interdisciplinary key laboratory of MOE that combines statistics and data science in China. It currently has 33 full time members and 18 part time members with research background of statistics, computer science, education etc.
To apply the positions:
Application screening begins immediately and continues until positions are filled. Applicants should send a curriculum vitae, a summary of research plan, and three letters of reference to Professor Yingchun Zhou (yczhou@stat.ecnu.edu.cn).