The Bank of Spain Chair in Computational Economics at the Economics Department of the University Jaume I of Castellón (Spain) is seeking to fill two positions for Doctoral Students to contribute to the research program of the Bank of Spain Chair headed by Professor Thomas Lux within the project on Role of Trust and Network on Systemic Risk in the Banking System.

The University of Miami, Florida (USA) seeks applicants and nominations for four faculty appointments in Complexity Science, including complex networks and complex systems, from disciplines across the physical, biological, computational, mathematical, statistical, medical, economic and social sciences. Appointments may be made at any level and joint appointments are possible between different departments and schools.

The Bank of Spain Chair in Computational Economics at the Economics Department of the University Jaume I of Castellón (Spain) is seeking to fill two positions for doctoral students to contribute to the research program of the Bank of Spain Chair headed by Professor Thomas Lux within the project on Role of Trust and Network on Systemic Risk in the Banking System.

Research Associate – Statistical Finance (Paris - France) CFM (Capital Fund Management) a leading hedge fund manager in the field of quantitative investment seeks a creative and rigorous PhD scientist to build new statistical arbitrage strategies. The work will consist of development of statistical tools, exploitation of recent theoretical developments, careful backtesting of ideas through data analysis and implementation of these ideas into the trading infrastructure. The candidate should be both creative (in order to find new ways of detecting hidden statistical patterns) and rigorous (it is so easy to devise winning strategies on -- sometimes subtle -- artifacts!). Although numerical skills in data analysis and interest in modeling financial time series are crucial, no prior knowledge in the field is required.

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