The Norbert Wiener Postdoctoral Fellowship in Statistics is a one-year appointment supporting independent research in statistics. Wiener Fellows have backgrounds and interests in broad areas of statistics ranging from theoretical focus to applications of statistics across domains ranging from engineering and science to management and the social sciences. During their time at MIT, Wiener Fellows lead activities within the SDSC and IDSS.
Requirements
Ph.D. (expected or obtained) in Statistics, Engineering, Computer Science, Operations Research, Economics, Mathematics or a related field; strong analytical and written communication skills, ability to work effectively in an interdisciplinary environment and commitment to participating in IDSS activities.
Application
In the late Fall, the Fellowship announcement will be posted to the IDSS and SDSC websites and academicjobsonline.org.
Wiener Fellows
2018: Jingbo Liu
Assistant Professor of Statistics at the University of Illinois
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2019: Andrej Risteski
Assistant Professor of Machine Learning at Carnegie Mellon Universit
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2020: Vatsal Sharan
Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southern California
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2022: Yanjun Han
Assistant Professor in Mathematics and Data Science at the Courant Institute and affiliate in the Computer Science department, New York University
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2023: Yuling Yan
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2024: Tudor Manole
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2025: Nneka Okolo
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2025: Subhodh Kotekal
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