[Opt-net] PhD scholarships available in Berlin

[Martin Skutella]

The Research Training Group (Graduiertenkolleg)

	METHODS FOR DISCRETE STRUCTURES (MDS)
	http://www.math.tu-berlin.de/MDS/

funded by the German Science Foundation (DFG) at the three Berlin
Universities will offer

	several SCHOLARSHIPs

for Ph.D. Studies starting July 1st, 2011 or later.

The MDS program covers topics at the interface between algorithms,
combinatorics, geometry, probability, and optimization. The MDS faculty 
consists of Susanne Albers, Helmut Alt, Stefan Felsner, Martin Groetschel, 
Martin Grohe, Rolf Moehring, Guenter Rote, Martin Skutella, Tibor Szabo, 
and Guenter Ziegler.

The scholarships are 1468 EUR (tax-free) per month - according to DFG 
rules. They are usually granted as 2-year fellowships, extendible by a 
third year.

The MDS course program consists of the Monday Afternoon Colloquium 
lectures, block courses, summer schools, regular predoc programs, etc. - 
all this in a very lively Berlin discrete mathematics context, which 
also includes the DFG Research Center MATHEON (http://www.matheon.de).

The RTG "Methods for Discrete Structures" is also a registered unit for 
the "Phase II" part of BERLIN MATHEMATICAL SCHOOL 
(http://www.math-berlin.de), the joint international graduate program of 
the three major Berlin universities - which has a lot to offer! Students 
of the MDS program may apply to be members of the BERLIN MATHEMATICAL 
SCHOOL.

Applicants for Ph.D. scholarships are expected to have a 
Diploma/Master's degree or equivalent, usually in Mathematics or 
Computer Science. Applications for scholarships starting in 2011 
consisting of

- letter of application
- curriculum vitae
- Diplom/masters' thesis
- proposal for possible thesis topic
- recommendation letter by thesis advisor
(to be sent directly to us)

should be directed to

Prof. Dr. Martin Skutella, Coordinator
RTG "Methods for Discrete Structures"
Inst. Mathematics, MA 5-2
TU Berlin
D-10623 Berlin, Germany                    

email: martin.skutella at tu-berlin.de
http://www.math.tu-berlin.de/~skutella/
Tel.: +49 - 30 - 314-78654 / -28641             
Fax:  +49 - 30 - 314-25191

Please send your application before May 31st, 2011.
Applications by email are welcome. If you have applied to BERLIN 
MATHEMATICAL SCHOOL Phase II, then please just inform us about this - 
there is no need to submit your materials again.