<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear all,<br><br>There is an opportunity for a PhD scholarship in Operations
Research at University of Newcastle, Australia. Please see below for a
description of the project. Please feel free to circulate it to your colleagues/research teams.<br><br clear="all"></div><div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Regards,<br></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2">Amir</font></span><br></span></span></font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">----------------------------<br><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153)">Dr Amir Salehipour<br>ARC DECRA Fellow<br></span></span></font><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences</span></font></span></span><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>University of Newcastle (UON), AUSTRALIA</span><br><a href="http://www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/a-salehipour" style="font-family:arial,serif,sans-serif;line-height:20px" target="_blank">www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/a<wbr>-salehipour</a><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></font></span></div></div><div><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span></font></span></div><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Tel: </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="tel:+61%20467%20670%20987" value="+61467670987" target="_blank">(+61) 0467670987</a><br><br><span style="color:rgb(53,28,117)">------------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>-------------------<br>Apologies for cross-posting<br><br>PhD Scholarship in Operations Research<br>University of Newcastle, Australia<br>School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences<br><br>Project topic<br>The
topic of the PhD dissertation will on developing optimization tools and
solution methodologies for the Aircraft Landing Problem, where the
focus is on exact algorithms.<br><br>Summary<br>The Aircraft Landing
Problem (ALP) is an important class of scheduling problems. Optimal
solution of an ALP has applications in the areas of transportation and
health care delivery, providing significant benefits to systems
experiencing long delays. Available solution methodologies for the ALP
cannot solve very large size instances of the problem. This PhD project
will build the optimization tools to advance current solution
methodologies for the ALP. <br><br>Scholarship: a stipend of $26,682 per
annum (2017 rate). Successful international applicants will have the
tuition fees waived for the duration of the scholarship. For more on the
available scholarships at the University of Newcastle see <a href="https://www.newcastle.edu.au/research-and-innovation/graduate-research/phd-and-research-degrees/scholarships" target="_blank">https://www.newcastle.edu.au/r<wbr>esearch-and-innovation/graduat<wbr>e-research/phd-and-research-<wbr>degrees/scholarships</a><br><br>How
to apply: Interested applicants are encouraged to send their expression
of interest including transcripts and CV to Dr Amir Salehipour at <a href="mailto:a.salehipour@newcastle.edu.au" target="_blank">a.salehipour@newcastle.edu.au</a> before 10 January 2017. <br><br>Eligibility:
Honors or Masters degree in Industrial Engineering, Mathematics,
Computer Sciences or related fields. Applicants are expected to have a
strong understanding of mathematical programming, and exact and
heuristic algorithms. Having a good grasp of meta-heuristic algorithms
is an advantage. Experience in programming in C++, and Python as well as
working with the solver CPLEX/Gurobi is a must.<br>The applications are considered as soon as they are received. <br>------------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>-------------------</span></span></font></span></div></div>