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UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH - RESEARCH POST in THE NATURE AND EVALUATION OF EVIDENCE
Applications are invited for a post-doctoral research post in the nature and evaluation of evidence within the School of Mathematics, and as part of the Joseph Bell Centre for Forensic Statistics and Legal Reasoning, to develop a) a body of mathematical theory analogous to theories from philosophy and epistemology that analyses reasoning with uncertain and heterogeneous evidence and b) to establish sampling strategies and quantity estimation procedures based on likelihood ratios and sequential probability ratio tests, subject to tests of reliability and legal admissibility. Applicants should have a good Honours degree in a mathematical subject and a PhD in statistics or related subjects, with an interest in legal reasoning, or legal theory, broadly understood. The post is funded by the ESRC with Professor Colin Aitken as the Principal Investigator and Mr. Burkhard Schafer (Law) as co-investigator. The post has arisen because of the resignation of the current post-doctoral research assistant to take up a permanent appointment elsewhere.
Informal enquiries about the position may be made to Colin Aitken: telephone 0131 650 4877, fax 0131 650 6553, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] or to Mr. B. Schafer: telephone 0131 650 2035, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fixed term: 14 months (available from 1st October 2006)
Salary: AR1A scale (£20,645 - £30,902)
Closing date: 31st August 2006
Further information about the post is available at http://www.jobs.ed.ac.uk/ and http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~cgga. Alternatively, phone the University recruitment line 0131 650 2511.
Please quote reference 3006201.
Colin Aitken --
School of Mathematics, King’s Buildings, University of Edinburgh, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ.
Tel: 0131 650 4877 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax : 0131 650 6553 http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~cgga
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