Institute of Statistical Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Application
Details
Posted: 10-Sep-24
Location: Taipei City, Taiwan
Type: Full Time
Categories:
Biometrics/biostatistics
Mathematical statistics
Statistical theory/probability
Required Education:
Doctorate
Position description
The Institute of Statistical Science of Academia Sinica is seeking visionary scientists to join our interdisciplinary research community. Applications are invited for tenure-track appointments as Full/Associate/Assistant Research Fellows (equivalent to Full/Associate/Assistant Professors in Universities). This tenure-track faculty position expects candidates to have new insights into statistics, data sciences, and computer science-related fields, including artificial intelligence.
Qualification
Candidates hold Ph.D. degrees in statistics, data sciences, computer science, or any related fields. Candidates with peer-reviewed papers or works published within the last five years are preferred.
Job description
Academia Sinica, Taiwan’s most preeminent academic research institution, offers generous research funding, travel support, faculty housing, and other benefits. The Institute of Statistical Science provides a secure and stimulating research environment, with more than 30 faculty members, supportive administrative and IT teams, and many international visiting scholars annually. Unlike the universities, our faculty members have the freedom to choose to teach or not to teach.
Application Materials
(1) A cover letter; (2) An up-to-date curriculum vita; (3) A detailed publication list; (4) Research proposals about current and future work; (5) Three letters of recommendation; (6) Representative publications and technical reports; (7) Master’s and doctoral advisers’ names. Additional supporting materials, such as transcripts for new Ph.D. degree recipients, may also be included. We have a rolling recruitment process and will review applications as they are received. Applicants are advised to submit their applications early. Electronic submissions are encouraged. Applications should be submitted to
The Search Committee Institute of Statistical Science, Academia Sinica 128, Sec. 2, Academia Rd, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan, R.O.C. E-mail: recruit@stat.sinica.edu.tw
About Institute of Statistical Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Brief History
In July 1980, during the 14th Convocation of Academicians of Academia Sinica, a group of twenty-one academicians, including Academicians Yuan-Shih Chow, George C. Tiao and Ching Chun Li, drafted a resolution calling for the establishment of the Institute of Statistics. On July 1, 1982, the Preparatory Office was founded with Dr. Min-Te Chao as the Director. Five years later, the Institute of Statistical Science was formally founded on August 3, 1987 and Dr. Chao was the Founding Director from 1987 to 1993. The successive Directors were Dr. Ching-Zong Wei (August 1993-August 1999), Dr. Chen-Hsin Chen (August 1999- December 2002), Dr. Ching-Shui Cheng (January 2003-December 2005),Dr. Gwo Dong Lin (Acting Director, January - June 2006), Dr. Ker-Chau Li (July 2006 - July 2012), and Dr. Chen-Hsin Chen (Acting Director, July 2012 - July 2013), Dr. Ching-Shui Cheng (July 2013 - June 2016). Dr. Jeng-Min Chiou is the Acting Director since July 2016.
Research Projects
The Institute of Statistical Science conducts fundamental and applied research related to statistics and probability. The Institute respects independent research of individual principal investigators, encoura...ges team work of research groups, and promotes multidisciplinary collaborations and cross-institution research projects. The Institute currently has 35 research fellows, 22 postdoctoral fellows, 57 research assistants, and approximately 20 supporting staff members in administration and computing.. Major research areas include probability and its applications, mathematical statistics, biomedical statistics, bioinformatics, systems biology and statistical genetics, functional brain images, educational and behavioral statistics, mathematical finance, time series, spatial and environmental statistics, experimental design, statistical machine learning, statistical graphics and information visualization and social networks.
Significant Research Achievements
Research fellows in the Institute have published research work in reputed international journals and books and are actively involved in the organization and participation of international conferences. In the past 3 years, researchers of the institute have published 202 articles in SCI journals 200 and other articles and monographs. The international journal Statistica Sinica published by the institute has won the Outstanding Journal Award conferred by NSC for 8 successive years and has become one of the major statistical journals in the world.
