University of Virginia

Position Title/Short Description

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Social & Decision Analytics Division researchers address complex social problems by leveraging the diversity of data flows available today including administrative and government records, surveys, social media, and sensors. Through team collaboration, the postdoctoral candidate is expected to develop the capacity to discover, repurpose and redirect these data flows to solve critical social problems. Computational complexity is at the heart of SDAD research and SDAD leverages all the research capability of BII, along with the High Performance Computing infrastructure.

Required Qualifications:
• Applicants must be on track to receive a PhD in statistics, social and behavioral sciences, digital humanities or in a very closely related field by May of 2019 and must hold a PhD at the time of appointment.
• Willingness to work in a team science environment.
• Experience with advanced approaches to statistics and data-driven model development.
• Experience with statistical software systems such as R, programming, and databases.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, demonstrated through the development of publications and delivery of presentations.
• Be motivated, enthusiastic and self-driven.
• Ability to excel in a highly collaborative team science environment.