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Vacancies and Research Scholarships

Currently available vacancies:

  • PhD Studentship - Joint project with Office for National Statistics

  • PhD Studentships - Project proposals accepted

    • 3.5 Year Fully Funded PhD Studentship in Statistics
    (Joint project between Cardiff School of Mathematics and Office for National Statistics)

    The Knowledge Transfer Network for Industrial Mathematics (https://connect.innovateuk.org/web/mathsktn) receives from EPSRC (
    http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/) an annual allocation of so-called Industrial CASE Studentships to enable PhD students establish industrial-academic
    collaborations in mathematics.

     

    Cardiff School of Mathematics and the Office for National Statistics (ONS)
    were recently successful in applying for an Industrial CASE Studentships to allow a PhD student to work on a statistical project motivated by a real
    practical problem faced by the ONS. The student will be based at Cardiff
    School of Mathematics, but will spend a minimum of three months at the ONS (Newport).

     

    PhD Title:
    “Examination of approaches to weighting for non-response and calibration to known totals in longitudinal surveys of households”

     

    PhD Brief:
    Longitudinal surveys are characterised by waves, repeated approaches to the same subjects, typically with follow-up rules for people who move to
    different addresses or different household structures between interview
    occasions. The way in which these samples evolve over time, through
    patterns of non-response, sample attrition, movements from eligible to
    ineligible status, leads to practical statistical challenges in (a) defining the target cross-sectional and longitudinal populations of interest, (b) compensating for differential non-response and attrition to produce estimates which are (at least) approximately unbiased; and (c)
    developing weights which compensate appropriately for the original sampling design and any subsequent changes to sample and follow-up rules, for both cross-sectional and longitudinal populations. This project will aim to investigate and develop models for such non-response and attrition.

     

    For an informal discussion of the project, please contact either Dr
    Jonathan Gillard (GillardJW@Cardiff.ac.uk) or Prof Anatoly Zhigljavsky (
    ZhigljavskyAA@Cardiff.ac.uk).

     

    Postgraduate Research Opportunities

    The School of Mathematics at Cardiff University invites applications
    for 3.5 year research studentships in any of the following areas:

    The studentships will be based at Cardiff University, in a lively and
    vibrant research environment.

     

    Further information for prospective research students and specific advice
    regarding the application process for research degrees within Cardiff
    School of Mathematics can be found on our Information for Prospective
    Postgraduate Research Students page.

     

    Informal enquiries can be addressed by email to Dr Karl Michael Schmidt (Director of Postgraduate Studies, Email: SchmidtKM@cf.ac.uk) or Professor Tim Phillips (Director of Research, Email: PhillipsTN@cf.ac.uk).


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