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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear Recipient,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Please, distribute the attached call below to potential PhD students, thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">With best regards, Kaisa<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>Miettinen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#292929">Call for application for a PhD student position at the Industrial Optimization Group @ University of Jyväskylä, Finland<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#292929"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#292929">Thesis title:
</span></b><span lang="EN-US">Decision Support for Complex Industrial Multiobjective Optimization Problems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#292929"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#292929">Outline:
</span></b><span lang="EN-US">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#292929"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="color:#292929">Applicants should be<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#292929"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#292929">familiar with basics of multiobjective optimization (in particular evolutionary algorithms) and nonlinear programming, preferably basics of mathematics and good programming
skills<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#292929"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#292929">motivated in working hard in theory/method/software development of nonlinear multiobjective optimization and industrial applications
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#292929">interested in preparing scientific research articles<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#292929">willing to work as an active member of the group and bear responsibility of one's own duties within the group<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#292929"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#292929">The full time PhD position (necessitating appropriate knowledge of English and a good grade in the Master’s degree in an appropriate field) is open for three years and
involves generous support to attend international conferences and adequate exposure to industrial problems.
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#292929"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#292929">About the group:
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#292929">The Industrial Optimization Group
</span><a href="http://www.mit.jyu.fi/optgroup/"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.mit.jyu.fi/optgroup/</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#292929"> 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. Overall, the work is inspired by real-life applications.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#292929"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#292929">Application process:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US">Phase 1: </span>
</b><span lang="EN-US">Interested students can send an email with CV and at least two recommendation letters to Prof.
</span><a href="http://users.jyu.fi/~miettine/index.html"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#031F4C;text-decoration:none">Kaisa Miettinen</span></a><span lang="EN-US"> (</span><a href="mailto:kaisa.miettinen@jyu.fi"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#031F4C;text-decoration:none">kaisa.miettinen
@jyu.fi</span></a><span lang="EN-US">) ASAP.<span style="color:#292929"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#292929">Closing date: September 22, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#292929"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#292929">Phase 2:
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#292929">Student who passes phase 1 is then instructed to prepare a research plan and a full application to get the right for postgraduate studies at the University of Jyvaskyla.
</span><b><span style="color:#292929">Deadline for this: September 30, 2014</span></b><span style="color:#292929">.<b>
<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Professor Kaisa Miettinen, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Industrial Optimization Group: </span><a href="http://www.mit.jyu.fi/optgroup/"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.mit.jyu.fi/optgroup/</span></a>
<span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dept. of Mathematical Information Technology, P.O. Box 35 (Agora)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">FI-40014 University of Jyvaskyla, Finland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">- - -<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Vice-rector of the University of Jyvaskyla,
</span><a href="https://www.jyu.fi/hallinto/rehtorit/miettinen"><span lang="EN-US">https://www.jyu.fi/hallinto/rehtorit/miettinen</span></a><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">- - -<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">tel. +358 50 3732247 (mob.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">fax: +358 14 2602771<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">email: kaisa.miettinen at jyu.fi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">homepage: </span><a href="http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine</span></a><span lang="EN-US"> and
</span><a href="http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine/engl.html"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine/engl.html</span></a><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">* President of the International Society on MCDM:
</span><a href="http://www.mcdmsociety.org/"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.mcdmsociety.org/</span></a><span lang="EN-US">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">* Former president of EUROPT, EURO Working Group on Continuous Optimization<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">* My book: Nonlinear Multiobjective Optimization, Kluwer:
</span><a href="http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine/book/"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine/book/</span></a><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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