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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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">With best regards, Kaisa<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>Miettinen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#292929"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#292929">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="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>
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<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">proficient with optimization, machine learning and good programming skills<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">familiar with the basics of multiobjective optimization (knowledge of evolutionary algorithms is desirable)<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">motivated to work 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">proficient in English language (evidence necessary, visit:
</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.jyu.fi/it/en/study/postgraduate/application/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">https://www.jyu.fi/it/en/study/postgraduate/application/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#292929">
)<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 Industrial Optimization Group and bear responsibility of one's own duties within the group<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">having MSc in computer science, mechanical engineering, applied mathematics, statistics or any other related subjects.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#292929">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.<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. <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"><span lang="EN-US">Interested students
<span style="color:#1F497D">are asked to </span>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.
</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">)<span style="color:#1F497D"> and Dr. Karthik Sindhya (karthik.sindhya @jyu.fi)</span> ASAP.<span style="color:#292929"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Professor Kaisa Miettinen, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Industrial Optimization Group:
</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.mit.jyu.fi/optgroup/"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.mit.jyu.fi/optgroup/</span></a>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Dept. of Mathematical Information Technology, P.O. Box 35 (Agora)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">FI-40014 University of Jyvaskyla, Finland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">- - -<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">Vice-rector of the University of Jyvaskyla,
</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="https://www.jyu.fi/hallinto/rehtorit/miettinen"><span lang="EN-US">https://www.jyu.fi/hallinto/rehtorit/miettinen</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">- - -<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">tel. +358 50 3732247 (mob.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">fax: +358 14 2602771<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">email: kaisa.miettinen at jyu.fi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">homepage: </span><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">
and </span><span style="color:#1F497D"><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><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">* President of the International Society on MCDM:
</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.mcdmsociety.org/"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.mcdmsociety.org/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">* Former president of EUROPT, EURO Working Group on Continuous Optimization<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">* My book: Nonlinear Multiobjective Optimization, Kluwer:
</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine/book/"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.mit.jyu.fi/miettine/book/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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