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<h2><span class="break-words"><span><span dir="ltr">PhD Studentship:
A Co-operative Algorithm Framework for Solving Large-Scale
Heterogeneous Problems with Multiple Objectives</span></span></span></h2>
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<p><span class="break-words"><span><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span><span dir="ltr">A PhD
project funded by a generous scholarship drawing
together ideas on co-operation in nature,
co-operative game AI, and automatic algorithm
design in order to tackle large-scale challenges
in optimising energy transition technologies.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p>Interested in optimization algorithms for solving business,
management, operations research and industrial optimization
problems with real-world impact? Then this project is for you!<span class="break-words"><span><span dir="ltr"><br>
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<span class="break-words"><span><span dir="ltr">What you get:</span></span></span>
<p><span class="break-words"><span><span dir="ltr">* PhD degree from
the The University of Manchester (top 10 in Europe, top 50
in the World)<br>
* Competitive stipend of at least 20,500 GBP / year
(tax-free)<br>
* Work placement (3 months) at SLB Cambridge Research site
(all expenses covered) to develop your research work and
learn from top scientists and domain experts<br>
</span></span></span><span class="break-words"><span><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span><span dir="ltr">*
All University fees paid by the project.<br>
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<p><span class="break-words"><span><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span><span dir="ltr"><b>Industrial
partner:</b> SLB / Schlumberger Cambridge Research<br>
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</b><b>Supervisors:</b> Manuel López-Ibáñez
(University of Manchester); Joshua Knowles (SLB / SCR)<br>
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<p>For more details about this project, please see: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://lopez-ibanez.eu/icase-phd-2023" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://lopez-ibanez.eu/icase-phd-2023</a>
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<p><span class="break-words"><span><span dir="ltr">NOTE: This
project is only available to UK Home candidates, which
includes UK nationals 🇬🇧, Irish nationals 🇮🇪, EU
nationals 🇪🇺 with indefinite leave to remain, (some)
Ukrainian 🇺🇦 nationals and other categories of residents
in the UK. See </span></span></span><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://www.ukcisa.org.uk/Information--Advice/Fees-and-Money/England-HE-fee-status#layer-6082" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.ukcisa.org.uk/Information--Advice/Fees-and-Money/England-HE-fee-status#layer-6082</a></p>
<h3>Enquiries<br>
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<p>If you are interested in this project, please contact Dr Manuel
López-Ibáñez (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:manuel.lopez-ibanez@manchester.ac.uk">manuel.lopez-ibanez@manchester.ac.uk</a>) with an
up-to-date CV.<br>
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<p style="font-size:10pt;color:#404040;margin:1pt;" lang="EN-US"><b>Dr
Manuel López-Ibáñez | Senior Lecturer (Assoc Prof) and Alan
Turing Fellow | Director of Postgraduate Taught
Programmes |</b> Alliance Manchester Business School | The
University of Manchester | <a href="http://lopez-ibanez.eu/" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">http://lopez-ibanez.eu</a></p>
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<p style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size:10pt;
color:gray; text-align:left; margin:0pt;"> <a href="https://lopez-ibanez.eu/icase-phd-2023">Industrial
CASE PhD Fellowship</a></p>
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<p style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size:10pt;
color:gray; text-align:left; margin:0pt;"> ACM Transactions on
Evolutionary Learning and Optimization (TELO): <a href="https://dl.acm.org/journal/telo" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://dl.acm.org/journal/telo</a></p>
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<p style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size:10pt;
color:gray; text-align:left; margin:0pt;"> <span><a href="
https://ambs.pgthandbook.manchester.ac.uk">AMBS PGT
Handbook</a></span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size:10pt;
color:gray; text-align:left; margin:0pt;"><a> <span>Student
appointments via </span></a><a href="https://calendly.com/manuel-lopez-ibanez">Calendly</a></p>
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