[Opt-Net] Postdoc Position at Univ. Trier

[duer at uni-trier.de]

Applications are invited for a postdoc position at the Department of  
Mathematics at the University of Trier (Germany).

The postdoc will be working in the research project "Completely  
Positive and Copositive Matrices" which is funded by the  
German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development  
(GIF). The investigators in this project are Mirjam Duer (University  
of Trier, Germany), Abraham Berman (Technion - Israel Institute of  
Technology, Haifa) and Naomi Shaked-Monderer (The Max Stern Yezreel  
Valley College). The research area will be in the intersection of  
matrix theory and nonlinear optimization. More specifically, we are  
interested in optimization problems over the copositive and completely  
positive matrix cones, as well as the geometry of these cones.

The position will be starting 1 January 2014 or later, and is granted  
for one year. Monthly salary will be according to TVL-E13. The  
position may be extended for a second year which will be spent in  
Israel at the Technion.

Applicants must hold a PhD degree in mathematics or a related field,  
and should have an expertise in either matrix theory or conic  
optimization. They should be able to communicate in English, German is  
desirable but not mandatory.

Applications should include:

* a letter of application
* a detailed curriculum vitae
* names of two possible references

and should be directed by email in a single pdf-file to:

Prof. Dr. Mirjam Duer
Department of Mathematics
University of Trier
54286 Trier, Germany

T: +49 651 201 3481
E: duer at uni-trier.de
W: http://www.math.uni-trier.de/~duer/

For full consideration applications must be received by 20 October  
2013, however late applications will be considered until the position  
is filled.