Research Assistant

University of Oxford - Department of Statistics

24-29 St Giles, Oxford, OX1 3LB

We are looking for a Research Assistant Reporting to Prof Yee-Whye Teh. The post holder will be a member of Oxford Computational Statistics and Machine Learning (OxCSML) with responsibility for the provision of research support in the area of reliability of language models, with specific focus around use of conformal prediction and e-values for uncertainty quantification and decision-making under uncertainty.

This post is fixed-term and part time (20hours per week) until 30 September 2026

You will hold a relevant Bachelors or Master’s degree in statistics, computer science, information engineering, or a commensurate technical discipline, you will also Possess sufficient specialist knowledge and interest in statistical machine learning, deep learning, large language models, and algorithmic statistics.

We proudly hold a Race Equality Charter Bronze Award and a departmental Athena SWAN Silver Award, which guide our progress towards advancing racial and gender equality. As part of our commitment to openness, inclusivity and transparency, we would particularly welcome applications from women and black and minority ethnic candidates, who are currently under-represented in positions of this type at Oxford. Applicants will be selected for interview purely based on their ability to satisfy the selection criteria as outlined in full in the job description. You will be required to upload a statement setting out how you meet the selection criteria, a curriculum vitae, further details/other documents e.g. publications list and the contact details of two referees as part of your online application.

Please note that applicants are responsible for contacting their referees and making sure that their letters are sent to hr@stats.ox.ac.uk directly by the closing date.

Please direct informal enquiries about the post quoting vacancy reference 185053

Only applications received before 12.00 noon UK time on 13 March 2026 can be considered. Interviews are anticipated to be held the week of the 23rd March 2026

Contact Person: HR Officer

Pay Scale: RESEARCH GRADE 6

Contact Email: hr@stats.ox.ac.uk