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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>The Department of Optimization at the Fraunhofer Institute of Industrial <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Mathematics ITWM in Kaiserslautern, Germany offers<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> a PhD position in the field of harvesting logistics optimization.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>The problems to address include the optimal assignment and scheduling of <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>agricultural machines and staff. Therefore an integrated view on well-known<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>discrete optimization problems such as routing, scheduling, packing and <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>location problems is needed.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>The core competence of the Department of Optimization is to develop <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>individual solutions for planning and decision problems in production, <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>logistics, engineering sciences and life sciences in close cooperation <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>with researchers and customers from industry. The methodology is based <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>on the coupling of simulation, optimization and decision support.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Applicants should have completed their University Studies in <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Mathematics, Computer Science or Operations Research and be interested in <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Discrete mathematics. It is mandatory for applicants to either already have <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>good programming skills or be motivated to acquire them. <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Phd candidates will receive a scholarship according to the rules of the <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>German Research Foundation DFG.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Please see our full posting at<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><a href="https://recruiting.fraunhofer.de/Vacancies/23576/Description/1">https://recruiting.fraunhofer.de/Vacancies/23576/Description/1</a><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Please direct your questions to:<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Fraunhofer Institute of Industrial Mathematics ITWM<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Department of Optimization<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Küfer<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'>Fraunhofer-Platz 1<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'>D-67663 Kaiserslautern<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><a href="http://www.itwm.fraunhofer.de/en/departments/optimization/employees/prof-dr-karl-heinz-kuefer.html"><span lang=DE>http://www.itwm.fraunhofer.de/en/departments/optimization/employees/prof-dr-karl-heinz-kuefer.html</span></a></span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Further information can be obtained on our websites.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'>- Fraunhofer ITWM:<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.itwm.fraunhofer.de/">http://www.itwm.fraunhofer.de/</a><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>- Department of Optimization at Fraunhofer ITWM:<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.itwm.fraunhofer.de/en/departments/optimization.html"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.itwm.fraunhofer.de/en/departments/optimization.html</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></pre><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><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>