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<p class="p1">Information below about <b>two funded PhD positions in the Doctoral Programme in Information Technology</b> at Åbo Akademi University, Finland.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="p1">Åbo Akademi University has a long tradition in developing software for mixed-integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) and related optimization problem classes.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="p1"><b>The research can be related to, e.g., optimization software development of the Supporting Hyperplane Optimization Toolkit (SHOT,
<a href="http://www.shotsolver.dev">http://www.shotsolver.dev</a>) MINLP solver, solver development of distributed optimization methods for ML, or other topics</b>.
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<p class="p1">Please contact me if you are interested in applying. Note that the deadline is already September 30th.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="p1">Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p1">Andreas Lundell<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p2"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="p1">Associate Professor in Information Technology<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p1">Docent in Applied Mathematics<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p2"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="p1">Åbo Akademi University,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p1">Vaasa, Finland<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="p1"><i>The </i><a href="https://www.abo.fi/en/about-abo-akademi-university/faculties/faculty-of-science-and-engineering/"><b><i>Faculty of Science and Engineering</i></b></a><b><i> </i></b><i>at Åbo Akademi University
<b>offers 2 funded positions for doctoral researchers</b> (3 years/position) within the doctoral pilot in </i><a href="https://www.abo.fi/en/research-at-aau/postgraduate-and-doctoral-studies/doctoral-education-pilots-at-abo-akademi-university/"><b><i>Software
Engineering (Software)</i></b></a><i>.</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p2"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="p1"><i>Software engineering is a discipline and research field that entails designing, developing, maintaining, and managing software systems. Its role is essential in most areas of business and society, and a high level of software engineering knowledge
and expertise is needed for success. The Software Engineering Pilot invests in doctoral education in software engineering, aligns it with real-world industry needs, and promotes academic-industry collaboration. The initiative gathers all nine universities
that offer doctoral education in software engineering in Finland and creates a national environment for high quality academic work with industrial relevance.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="p1"><i>The positions are available within the doctoral programme in <b>Information Technology</b> (main subjects: Computer Engineering, Computer Science) at ÅAU. The positions start (in principle) on January 1, 2025.</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="p1"><i>The doctoral degree promotes the appointees’ future career orientation and prepares for work as an independent researcher or in demanding expert work in the academic and other work life-sectors.</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="p2"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="p1"><i>More information at: </i><a href="https://abo.rekrytointi.com/paikat/?o=A_RJ&jgid=1&jid=832"><i>https://abo.rekrytointi.com/paikat/?o=A_RJ&jgid=1&jid=832</i></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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