Master Scholarship

University of Otago

Master of Science (MSc) Scholarship

Project: Developing Inversion Methods for Non-stationary Thinning of Point Processes

An MSc scholarship is available to support a student for full-time study towards a research Master's degree in the project specified above in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Otago in Dunedin. Details are as follows:

Award offered: University of Otago Master program - MARSDEN FUNDED

Length of Tenure: 12 months or until thesis is submitted (whichever is earlier)

Emolument per annum: NZ$16,000 plus domestic tuition fee waiver*

Additional funding is available for travel

Start date: The earliest start date is May 2015 (can be negotiated)

Part-time study: Part-time study is not permitted

* For international applicants who need to pay international tuition fees, the scholarship contributes a fee maximum of domestic tuition and the successful candidate needs to meet the remainder of the international tuition fees http://www.otago.ac.nz/international/otago002190.html

This scholarship is funded by a Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fast-start grant awarded to Dr Ting Wang (Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Otago). The regulations governing the award are the same as those for University of Otago Scholarships: http://www.otago.ac.nz/study/scholarships/otago013798.pdf

This project aims to develop analytical and numerical methods to inverse point processes with non-stationary missing probabilities, where the probability of missing an event depends on time and event size. The successful applicant will learn point process theory; carry out part of the simulation study and some data analysis using the statistical software R under the supervision of Dr Ting Wang. As the Associate Investigators (AIs) Associate Professor Jiancang Zhuang (Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo) and Dr Koji Kiyosugi (University of Tokyo) are both based in Japan, a visit to Japan is likely to be funded by this project for the student to receive informal mentoring from the AIs.

Eligibility

Applicants should hold a BSc (Hons) or equivalent four year degree in Statistics or a related discipline with a strong research interest. For an exceptional graduate student who has only completed a BSc degree without Honours year, additional scholarship may be awarded for the year of course studies.

Applying for this scholarship

Please contact Dr Ting Wang (twang@maths.otago.ac.nz, http://www.stats.otago.ac.nz/?People=ting_wang) and provide a covering letter explaining your interest in this project, a CV, a copy of your full academic transcript, and details of two academic referees. For information on the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Otago, please go to http://www.stats.otago.ac.nz/