[DMANET] PhD position at the Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne / Optimized robust integrated planning in railway transportation

A PhD position is available at the Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne
(Saint-Etienne and Gardanne, France) on "Optimized robust integrated
planning in railway transportation" within the French ANR research
project SCRIPT ("Decision Support System for Robust Design and Service
Quality Indicators of Railway Transport Plans").

In cooperation with the SNCF (French national railway company -
Innovation & Research), the SCRIPT project aims first at defining the
relevant indicators to model the robustness of a railway transport plan
from a passenger point of view, but also from the railway company
standpoint. Based on these indicators, novel methods will have to be
developed to build optimized robust integrated plans for specific random
events. The solution methods will be validated on a simulator
integrating the various uncertainties on real data.

The PhD student will be located in Saint-Etienne in the Institute Henri
Fayol (CNRS UMR 6158, LIMOS). The project will be conducted with the
support of the Manufacturing Sciences and Logistics Department (CMP,
Gardanne, between Aix-en-Provence and Marseille) and some short stays in
Gardanne will be scheduled during the thesis. Also, there will be
regular meetings with the SNCF, in Paris or Lille.

The position is for three years starting November 1st, 2012 or later
(exact date to be discussed).

Applicants must have a Master Degree (or equivalent) in Computer
Sciences, Applied Mathematics, Industrial Engineering or any related
discipline. Applicants should demonstrate good programming skills and
knowledge in combinatorial optimization. Experience on the development
of solution methods for robust planning problems would be appreciated.

Please send your application electronically (preferably as a single pdf
file) including a detailed curriculum vitae and examination results,
plus, if available, a list of reference letters and copies of diploma, to:
Associate Professor Xavier Delorme, delorme@emse.fr.
Professor Stéphane Dauzère-Pérès, dauzere-peres@emse.fr,
Professor Dominique Feillet, feillet@emse.fr,

For further questions regarding the position or details on the research
projects, please contact Xavier Delorme, Stéphane Dauzère-Pérès or
Dominique Feillet.

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Stéphane Dauzère-Pérès
Professor
Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne
CMP - Site Georges Charpak
880 avenue de Mimet
F-13541 GARDANNE
FRANCE

Tel: +33 (0)4 42 61 66 60
Fax: +33 (0)4 42 61 65 91
E-mail: Dauzere-Peres@emse.fr
URL: http://www.emse.fr


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