Professor Martin Wainwright and Professor Stephen Bates are jointly seeking applications for a postdoctoral researcher to join the MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems and EECS department. The position is for a researcher working on statistical inference with multiple strategic agents, broadly construed. Topics of interest include the effect of information asymmetry on estimation and hypothesis testing, data sharing and data purchasing with strategic agents, and the contracting/delegation of statistical inference and learning to external agents. The expected start date is September 1, 2025 – other dates possible by mutual agreement. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Interested applicants should apply here.