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    <h2><span class="break-words"><span><span dir="ltr">Industrial CASE
            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>Are you 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"></span></span></span><span class="break-words"><span><span dir="ltr"><br>
          </span></span></span></p>
    <p><span class="break-words"><span><span dir="ltr">This project is
            available to UK </span></span></span><span class="break-words"><span><span dir="ltr"> ðŸ‡¬ðŸ‡§ / EU ðŸ‡ªðŸ‡º </span></span></span><span class="break-words"><span><span dir="ltr"></span></span></span>/
      International candidates.</p>
    <p><b>Summary: </b>An ICASE 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.
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    <p><span class="break-words"><span><span dir="ltr">What you get:</span></span></span>
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    <ul>
      <li><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)</span></span></span><span class="break-words"><span><span dir="ltr"></span></span></span></li>
      <li><span class="break-words"><span><span dir="ltr">Competitive
              stipend of at least 20,500 GBP / year (tax-free)</span></span></span><span class="break-words"><span><span dir="ltr"></span></span></span></li>
      <li><span class="break-words"><span><span dir="ltr">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</span></span></span><span class="break-words"><span><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span><span dir="ltr"></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
      <li><span class="break-words"><span><span dir="ltr"><span class="break-words"><span><span dir="ltr">All University
                    fees paid by the project.<br>
                  </span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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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>
                </span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
    <p>For more details about this project, please see: <a 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>Apply here: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/study/phd/how-to-apply-for-a-phd/" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/study/phd/how-to-apply-for-a-phd/</a><br>
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      For questions related to your application, contact:
      <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ambs-pgresearch@manchester.ac.uk">ambs-pgresearch@manchester.ac.uk</a><span class="break-words"><span><span dir="ltr"></span></span></span></p>
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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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          <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;"> <a href="https://dl.acm.org/journal/telo">ACM Transactions on
            Evolutionary Learning and Optimization (TELO)</a></p>
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          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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