[Opt-Net] Project-Assistant at Vienna University of Technology

[TU-Wien_ORCOS]

Project-Assistant at the Institute of Statistics and Mathematical 
Methods in Economics

The Institute of Statistics and Mathematical Methods in Economics, 
Vienna University of Technology, has the pleasure to invite applications 
for a research assistant position, 40 hours/week full-time starting with 
Sept. 1, 2015.
The contract is limited for a period of one year (till August 31, 2016). 
The place of employment is TU Wien, Wiedner Hauptstr. 8-10, 1040 Wien, 
Austria. The payment will be according to the Austrian collective 
agreement for employees of universities, € 3.540,00 pre-tax (gross), 14 
times a year.

Job Description

•    The main preoccupation is the research in the framework of the 
research project “Business Models including Batteries for Smart Grids”
•    Survey of mathematical smart grid modelling
•    Adapting and refining mathematical smart grid models
•    Extending of mathematical smart grid modelling to the usage of 
storing (batteries)
•    Collaborating with computer scientists to implement smart grid 
models (coding smart grid protocols is carried out by the computer 
scientists)
•    Supporting simulations, case studies, calibrating and validating 
mathematical smart grid models.

Requirements

•    Completed Ph.D. degree relevant (like mathematics) to the Job 
Description
•    PhD thesis or working experience in the field of optimization and 
game theory will be highly appreciated
•    Interest in mathematical modelling of smart grid applications
•    Good knowledge of English

  The following documents are required for the application:

•    Certificate of the completed Ph.D. degree
•    Curriculum Vitae
•    A letter of recommendation or job reference

Applications

Applications are to be sent together with required documents as soon as 
possible to the following address via regular mail or via email (keep in 
mind that the project starts at September 1, 2015 and lasts exactly one 
year):

Vienna University of Technology
Inst. of Statistics and Mathematical Methods in Economics
Wiedner HS 8-10 / E105-4
1040 Wien, Austria
http://orcos.tuwien.ac.at/
haunschm at eos.tuwien.ac.at

Contact Details
For further information please contact the following person:
Josef Haunschmied (Address as above); Tel.: +43(0)1 58801 10544

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