CSIRO Postdoctoral Fellowship in Model Data Fusion

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The opportunity

• Launch your career at Australia’s leading scientific research organisation!
• Exciting opportunity for an early career researcher with a PhD in Mathematics, Data Science, or Computer Science
• Join the Digital Innovations Research Group at CSIRO

CSIRO Early Research Career (CERC) Postdoctoral Fellowships provide opportunities to scientists and engineers who have completed their doctorate and have less than three years of relevant postdoctoral work experience. These fellowships aim to develop the next generation of future leaders of the innovation system.

The successful candidate will work within the Software Solutions Team of the Digital Innovations Research Group within the Agriculture & Food business unit. This Group includes leading experts in software engineering and mathematical modelling of soil, plant, livestock, and atmosphere processes. In this role, you will support the development and delivery of predictions of wood products, carbon and water use for the Australian forest plantation sector involving the world leading farming systems model, APSIM.

This work will involve working with scientists and software engineers across multiple CSIRO sites, and with staff of industry collaborators and in other Australian and overseas institutions to further develop our integrated plantation forestry modelling capability.

The successful candidate will identify opportunities to improve modelling systems to support CSIRO science and achieve impact at farm, regional, national, and international scales.

Your duties will include:

• Develop model-data fusion workflows to link APSIM modelling approaches and outputs to on-ground data, including measurement-based and remotely-sensed data.
• Assist in improving and maintaining the Eucalyptus and Pinus plantation forestry models in APSIM, and provide technical support to model users as required.
• Assist in the curation and integration of our existing agroforestry models.
• Assist in the development of new capability within the APSIM Eucalyptus and Pinus models (which will be defined by the project team and may include a frequency distribution of tree sizes, wood density inputs, foliar nitrogen, and self-thinning), and in redesigning and refactoring of existing code for improved performance and maintainability.
• Communicate openly, effectively and respectfully with all staff, clients and suppliers in the interests of good business practice, collaboration and enhancement of CSIRO’s reputation.
• Work collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary, regionally dispersed research team to carry out tasks in support of CSIRO’s scientific objectives.

Location: Forest Hill, QLD

Salary: AU$99,990 - AU$109,527 plus 15.4% superannuation

Tenure: Specified term of 3 years

Reference: 98537

To be considered you will need:

• A doctorate (or will shortly satisfy the requirements of a PhD) in a relevant discipline area, such as Mathematics, Data Science, Computer Science, or similar. Please note: To be eligible for this role you must have no more than 3 years (full-time equivalent) of postdoctoral research experience.
• Experience with model-data fusion techniques and/or large datasets and data cubes
• High level written and oral communication skills with the ability to represent the research team effectively internally and externally, including the presentation of research outcomes at national and international conferences.
• A sound history of publication in peer reviewed journals and/or authorship of scientific papers, reports, grant applications or patents.
• A record of science innovation and creativity, including the ability & willingness to incorporate novel ideas and approaches into scientific investigations.
• Experience or knowledge of plantation forestry systems, agroforestry and/or environmental science is highly regarded.

For full details about this role please view the Position Description

Eligibility

Applications for this position are only open to Australian/New Zealand Citizens, Australian Permanent Residents and Australian temporary residents who hold a valid working visa for the duration of the specified term.

Appointment to this role is subject to provision of a national police check and may be subject to other security/medical/character requirements.

Flexible working arrangements

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How to apply

Please apply on-line and provide a cover letter and CV that best demonstrate your motivation and ability to meet the requirements of this role.

Applications close

28 May 2025, 11:00pm AEST

We strongly encourage you to apply early as we will be reviewing applications as they are received.