A new position for a postdoctoral associate is available in the Virginia Tech Department of Statistics (www.stat.vt.edu), with Professor Robert B. Gramacy (bobby.gramacy.com) and with colleagues at the Virginia Tech Center for Ecosystem Forecasting (www.ecoforecastprojectvt.org). VT Stats is at the forefront of research and teaching in Uncertainty Quantification and applications of dynamic and stochastic modeling and data-centric inference in the physical and engineering sciences.
The Center for Ecosystem Forecasting is a vibrant, highly collaborative, interdisciplinary research center developing real-time ecological forecasting models, software, and computing infrastructure to inform day-to-day environmental resource management. This NSF-funded position will provide the postdoctoral researcher the opportunity to lead publications on the frontier of methodology for surrogate modeling of high-powered computer models of complex natural and biological systems, their interface with environmental data products and forecasts, and their calibration to sensor measurements towards the development of a real-time platform for the management of natural resources (https://news.vt.edu/articles/2023/08/flsi-nsf-grant-cayelan-carey.html).
Research activities will include: upgrading the surrogate modeling toolkit to accommodate massive stochastic simulation campaigns, input-dependent noise (heteroskedasticity), non-stationary dynamics, and the synthesis of simulation and field observations, all while interfacing with other team members who are developing the simulation models, managing the sensors and recording the field data, and developing a real-time monitoring/forecasting platform for managers.
The position is in-person, based on-campus at Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA, USA). The position start date will be flexible, aiming for Summer 2024. Funding is available for up to two years, contingent upon successful annual reviews.