One full-time PhD position is available at Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, Vilnius University (Lithuania) in the framework of Marie Curie Network SAGA (ShApes, Geometry, and Algebra).

Topic: Mathematics of surfaces with applications to geometric modeling.

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PhD (September 2009-August 2012): Numerical aspects of polynomial optimization for systems control, supervised by D. Henrion and J. B. Lasserre.

The project lies on the boundary of several branches of applied mathematics: numerical analysis (stability of algorithms, linear algebra), real algebraic geometry (polynomial equations and inequalities) , functional analysis (theory of moments), mathematical programming (convex optimization over the cone of positive semidefinite matrices), with systems control engineering applications (automatic control, linear and nonlinear dynamical systems). At the end of the project the candidate should be able to solve numerically some difficult problems like fixed-order robust controller design. A good background in applied mathematics is required (numerical analysis, functional analysis, mathematical programming) , as well as a good knowledge of the scientific computing package Matlab. Some knowledge of systems control is welcome.

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PhD Research Grant and PhD Teaching Assistant Opportunities At both entities (UHasselt and K.U.Leuven) of I-BioStat

Over the coming weeks, a variety of opportunities for 4-year PhD research grants and 6-year teaching assistant (also leading to a PhD) positions will become available.

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A three-year PhD position is available at Unifob AS. The place of  employment will be at Bergen Center for Computational Science (BCCS) within the Computational Mathematics Unit (CMU).

BCCS has approximately 50 employees counting 20 different nationalities. The center operates the high performance computing facilities of the University of Bergen, and has units within high-performance computing (Parallab), bioinformatics (CBU), and mathematics (CMU). The staff at CMU consists of professors, senior scientists, scientists, post doctoral fellows, and PhD students. CMU carries out research funded by industry, research councils and the European Commission and currently focuses on problems within hydrodynamics and geophysics.

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