[Opt-Net] Fully funded PhD studentship in Operational Research at Queen Mary University of London

[John Drake]

*Apologies for cross posting*

Dear all,

The Operational Research Group within the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, invites applications for a fully-funded PhD studentship to work on a project funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. The successful candidate will pursue a course of research investigating the application of computational search methods, such as evolutionary computation and meta/hyper-heuristics, to software engineering challenges with a focus on real-world applications.

Candidates are normally expected to have a 2.1 or 1st class honors degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Operations Research or related discipline, from a UK University or an equivalent standard from an overseas university. The successful candidate must have a strong programming background, as well as good analytical and communication skills. The student is expected to work as part of a team and independently, and to prepare clear reports and research papers. An understanding of mathematical optimization techniques, heuristic and hyper-heuristic search is highly desirable although not mandatory.

The studentship will ideally start in September/October 2016, and covers student fees as well as a tax-free stipend of £16,296 per annum. Although only one place is available with full fees and stipend; additional positions may be available if you are a self-funded applicant.

Informal enquiries can be made by email to Dr. John Drake (j.drake at qmul.ac.uk<mailto:j.drake at qmul.ac.uk>) who will supervise the project alongside Prof Edmund Burke. More information is available at: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AOG959.

The closing date for the applications is 31st August 2016.
Regards,
John

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Dr. John Drake
Queen Mary University of London
Mile End Road
London E1 4NS
http://www.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/~jdrake/

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