[Opt-Net] PhD position in discrete optimization at Friedrich-Alexander-Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg

[Andreas Bärmann]

The Chair of Economics, Discrete Optimization and Mathematics at 
Friedrich-Alexander-Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg (FAU), Germany, 
invites applications for a full-time

     PhD Position in Discrete Optimization

at the Department of Mathematics to be filled as soon as possible for an 
initial period of three years. The successfull applicant will work in a 
project on the

     Integrated Optimization of International Transportation Networks

in cooperation with DB Cargo Polska, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn AG. 
The focus of the project will be the development of model hierarchies 
and exact mixed-integer optimization methods for the optimal allocation 
of resources in railway transport (staff, rolling stock, ...), 
especially in the context of border-crossing transport services. The 
mathematical work in this project will focus on structural analysis of 
this problem, drawing e.g. upon polyhedral analysis and graph theory, as 
well as the treatment of data uncertainties, which will require the 
development of robust or stochastic optimization approaches. The PhD 
candidate will spend secondments for technical and scientific training 
at DB Cargo Polska in Zabrze, Poland. The PhD degree will be awarded by FAU.

Applicants should have completed their studies at master level in a 
program with strong mathematical background in discrete optimization. We 
seek excellent open-minded and team-spirited PhD candidates who will get 
unique international, interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral training in 
scientific and transferable skills by distinguished leaders from 
academia and industry.

This position is offered as part of the European Industrial Doctorate 
(EID) training network ROMSOC (Reduced Order Modelling, Simulation and 
Optimization of Coupled systems) within the Marie Skłodowska Curie 
Actions of the Horizon 2020 programme. Please note that according to the 
EU mobility rule governing this kind of training network, we can only 
consider applicants who have not lived or worked in Germany for more 
than 12 months during the last 3 years. Furthermore, we can only 
consider candidates whose master degree does not date back longer than 2014.

For further information and the application guidelines, please see the 
official announcement:
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/294945

Please send your complete application documents (motivation letter, 
detailed CV, certificates, list of MSc courses and grades, copy of the 
master thesis, reference letter etc.) in electronic form until 30 April 
2018 to:
Alexander.Martin at fau.de
(Prof. Dr. Alexander Martin
FAU Erlangen-Nuernberg
Lehrstuhl fuer Wirtschaftsmathematik
Cauerstraße 11
91058 Erlangen, Germany)