University of Vienna, Faculty of Economics
Position ID:
Position Title:
Tenure-Track Professor in the field of Foundations of Machine Learning in Finance
Position Type:
Tenured/Tenure-track faculty
Position Location:
Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria
Subject Area:
Foundations of Machine Learning in Finance
Salary Range:
salary according to the Collective Bargaining Agreement for University Staff (level A2) and an organisational retirement plan
Appl Deadline:
2023/09/15 11:59PM
finished (2023/08/22, finished 2024/01/18, listed until 2024/02/22)
finished (2023/08/22, finished 2024/01/18, listed until 2024/02/22)Position Description:
*** this position has been closed. ***
Position Description
The position: We are looking for scientists with demonstrated excellence in machine learning approaches to financial problems combined with their mathematical, probabilistic and statistical foundations. This includes (but is not limited to) the analysis of deep (reinforcement) learning algorithms, signature methods, optimal control and game theory as well as their applications to various problems in banking, finance and economics, such as risk management and hedging, financial time-series prediction and market generation, model calibration or market making. The position will contribute on one hand to the mathematical foundations of data science and on the other hand will focus on financial and economic applications that can be solved by novel machine learning algorithms. In this respect, the Vienna scientific landscape offers many cooperation opportunities, in particular within the Research Network “Data Science @ Uni Vienna”, a platform for fundamental research in data science and practical applications based on data science techniques. Your academic profile: • Doctoral degree/PhD • Two years of international research experience during or after doctoral studies • Outstanding research achievements, excellent publication and funding record, international reputation • Experience in designing of and participating in research projects, ability to lead research groups and acquire third-party funding • Enthusiasm for excellent teaching and supervision at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral level We expect the successful candidate to acquire, within three years, proficiency in German sufficient for teaching in bachelor’s programmes and for participation in university committees. We offer: • the opportunity to obtain a permanent position and eventual promotion to full professor; the initial contract as Assistant Professor is limited to six years, after positive evaluation of a qualification agreement the contract becomes permanent as Associate Professor; Associate Professors can be promoted to Full Professor through an internal competitive procedure. • a dynamic research environment • a wide range of research and teaching support services • attractive working conditions in a city with a high quality of life • an attractive salary according to the Collective Bargaining Agreement for University Staff (level A2) and an organisational retirement plan Application documents: 1. Letter of motivation 2. Academic curriculum vitae o education and training (PhD Certificate, PDF) o positions held to date o parental, family or other care leaves as applicable o awards and honors o commissions of trust o previous and current cooperation partners o complete list of acquired third-party funding and, if applicable, of inventions/patents o list of most important scientific talks (max. 10) o teaching and mentoring o supervision experience (Master and PhD), if applicable 3. List of publications o link to your own publicly accessible ORCID record, with a complete and current publication list o three key publications as electronic full text version (PDF) 4. Research statement o most important research achievements (max. 2 pages) and planned future research activities (max. 4 pages) o synopsis of three key publications with relevance to the position advertised o publication strategy 5. Teaching and supervision statement o teaching and supervision concept, including a description of the previous and planned priorities in academic teaching and supervision (max. 2 pages) o teaching evaluations (if available, PDF) If you have any questions, please contact: tenuretrack.personal@univie.ac.at We look forward to new personalities in our team! The University of Vienna has an anti-discriminatory employment policy and attaches great importance to equal opportunities, the advancement of women and diversity. We lay special emphasis on increasing the number of women in senior and in academic positions among the academic and general university staff and therefore expressly encourage qualified women to apply. Given equal qualifications, preference will be given to female candidates.We are not accepting applications for this job through MathJobs.Org right now. Please apply at https://personalwesen.univie.ac.at/en/jobs-recruiting/tenure-track-professorships/current-tenure-track-professorships-vacancies/
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