Applications call for Postdoctoral Fellowship at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Worcester Polytechnic Institute has an opening for a 12-month postdoc position that is available immediately. Prof. Wang will support this position with a collaborative grant with a strong team of researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Overview

With the advances of remote sensing technologies, there is a growing number of datasets that have both broad spatial extent and repeated observations over time. These datasets provide unprecedented opportunities for detecting broad-scale changes through time and for forecasting the future. However, rigorously testing for patterns in these datasets and confidently making forecasts require a solid statistical foundation that is currently lacking.

The goal of the project is to develop new statistical tools to analyze big, remotely sensed data that will add rigor to the conclusions about patterns of past changes and confidence to the forecasts of future trends around the globe. It will test the statistical methods with AVHRR/GIMMS3g, MODIS, AMSR-E, JAXA/JASMES, and Landsat data at global and regional scales to demonstrate the feasibility and highlight the value of our approach to the remote sensing community at large.

Requirements

Applicants must have the following qualifications for Postdoctoral Fellowship at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

• Ph.D. in Statistics, Data Science, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related fields.
• Knowledge and expertise in at least one of the following areas; spatio-temporal analysis, time series analysis, spatial statistics, spatial econometrics, longitudinal data analysis.
• Knowledge and expertise in Matlab, R, Python, ArcView/ArcGIS, Google Earth Engine.
• Ability to work well in an interdisciplinary, collaborative setting.

Qualified candidates who are interested and eligible for working in the US. can contact Prof. Wang at [email protected] for questions.

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