[Opt-Net] Call for applications for a PhD student position

[Miettinen Kaisa]

Dear Recipient,

Please, distribute the attached call below to potential PhD students, thanks!

With best regards, Kaisa Miettinen

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Call for application for a PhD student position at the Industrial Optimization Group @ University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Thesis title: Decision Support for Complex Industrial Multiobjective Optimization Problems

Outline: Innovation and short product design cycles have increasingly become important to industries due to globalization. Multiobjective optimization can be used as a tool for product innovation by finding better product designs quickly. However, multiobjective optimization problems in industry are often complex involving a large number of objectives and are computationally expensive. In addition, supporting a human decision maker and involving her/him during optimization are rarely considered in complex multiobjective optimization problems. In this research, ways are to be proposed to handle above-mentioned complex multiobjective optimization problems using machine learning techniques and an intelligent decision support prototype tool. The output of this research is set to alleviate the hindrance in using multiobjective optimization in industry, thereby significantly enhancing innovation and competitiveness of the Finnish industries.

Applicants should be

·         proficient with optimization, machine learning and good programming skills

·         familiar with the basics of multiobjective optimization (knowledge of evolutionary algorithms is desirable)

·         motivated to work hard in theory/method/software development of nonlinear multiobjective optimization and industrial applications

·         proficient in English language (evidence necessary, visit: https://www.jyu.fi/it/en/study/postgraduate/application/ )

·         interested in preparing scientific research articles

·         willing to work as an active member of the Industrial Optimization Group and bear responsibility of one's own duties within the group

·         having MSc in computer science, mechanical engineering, applied mathematics, statistics or any other related subjects.

The funded full time PhD position is open for three years and involves generous support to attend international conferences and adequate exposure to industrial problems. Several research visits are also included. The project involves close collaboration with Prof. Yaochu Jin from the University of Surrey, UK who will work as a Finland Distinguished Professor at the University of Jyväskylä.

About the group: The Industrial Optimization Group http://www.mit.jyu.fi/optgroup/ of the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, is a part of the Department of Mathematical Information Technology and is headed by Prof. Kaisa Miettinen. The research interests of the group are focused on multiple criteria decision making and in particularly on developing theory, methods and software for solving real-world optimization problems, especially when multiple nonlinear objectives are involved.

Interested students are asked to send an email with a brief motivation, a CV and two recommendation letters or contact information of two persons who can provide recommendation letters to Prof. Kaisa Miettinen<http://users.jyu.fi/~miettine/index.html> (kaisa.miettinen @jyu.fi<mailto:kaisa.miettinen at jyu.fi>) and Dr. Karthik Sindhya (karthik.sindhya @jyu.fi) ASAP.


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Professor Kaisa Miettinen, PhD
Industrial Optimization Group: http://www.mit.jyu.fi/optgroup/
Dept. of Mathematical Information Technology, P.O. Box 35 (Agora)
FI-40014 University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
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Vice-rector of the University of Jyvaskyla, https://www.jyu.fi/hallinto/rehtorit/miettinen
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tel. +358 50 3732247 (mob.)
fax: +358 14 2602771
email: kaisa.miettinen at jyu.fi
homepage: http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine and http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine/engl.html
* President of the International Society on MCDM: http://www.mcdmsociety.org/
* Former president of EUROPT, EURO Working Group on Continuous Optimization
* My book: Nonlinear Multiobjective Optimization, Kluwer:  http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine/book/



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