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The Department of Industrial Management of the Faculty of Engineering of
Ghent University has a vacancy for a doctoral student in Industrial
Engineering and Operations Research.
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(If you are interested in a PhD in Industrial Engineering or Operations
Research (production planning, logistics, metaheuristics, linear/integer
programming, simulation, etc.), but not in one of the presented topics, do
not hesitate to contact us (elhoussaine.aghezzaf@ugent.be;
pieter.vansteenwegen@ugent.be; hendrik.vanlandeghem@ugent.be) and discuss
other possible topics.)
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Possible topics
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. Applying metaheuristics to deal with complex vehicle routing problems
. Integrated and robust production planning
. Time-dependent vehicle routing problems (taking congestion issues
into account)
. Robust logistics planning
. Internal logistics planning
. Complex inventory routing
. Automated planning of personalised tourist trips
. ...
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Position
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. a four year doctoral research position at Ghent University;
. (70%) scientific research in the field of operations research;
. (30%) educational tasks: seminars, workshops, thesis coaching, etc.;
. attending conferences, visiting international partners, etc.
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Practical
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The starting date of this research position is as soon as possible. The
candidate should be able to write and teach in English (understanding Dutch
is an advantage). He/She should have a master degree in engineering,
business engineering, computer science, informatics or applied mathematics
and have an interest in quantitative techniques and operations research.
He/She should have (at least basic) programming skills (Java or C# or...).
For administrative questions about this vacancy, contact Veerle Van
Beversluys (Veerle.VanBeversluys@UGent.be). If you are interested, please
send your application (CV and a motivation letter) as soon as possible to
Veerle.VanBeversluys@UGent.be .
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