[DMANET] PhD student position in Robust Optimization - IDSIA, Switzerland

IDSIA USI/SUPSI - Istituto Dalle Molle di Studi
sull'Intelligenza Artificiale
Manno-Lugano, Switzerland

Phd Student Position in
Robust Optimization
(supported by Swiss National Science Foundation)
Starting date April 2013

Istituto Dalle Molle di Studi sull'Intelligenza
Artificiale (IDSIA, www.idsia.ch), affiliated with the
University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern
Switzerland (SUPSI, www.supsi.ch) and the University of
Lugano (USI, www.usi.ch), invites applications for a PhD
student position at University of Lugano, Faculty of
Informatics (www.inf.unisi.ch/education/phd/) under the
scientific supervision of Prof. Roberto Montemanni
(official advisor Prof. Luca Maria Gambardella).

We are looking for an outstanding Ph.D. student with
excellent mathematical as well as computer programming
skills. The applicant must have completed Master studies
in computer science, informatics, or a closely related
field prior to starting the program.

We are particularly interested in candidates skilled on
the following areas:
- Applied operations research
- Meta-heuristic algorithms
- Mathematical programming

The position is funded by the Swiss National Science
Foundation (SNSF, www.snf.ch).
The initial appointment will be for 3 years, with possible
extension by 1 year. The gross salary is roughly 42,000
CHF (Swiss Francs) for the first year, 45,000 CHF for the
second year and 48,000 CHF for the third year (taxes
20-25%). Travel funding is available to take part to top
conferences and PhD schools. IDSIA offers a stimulating
international environment (English is the official
language). The position is suitable for students no older
than 35 years.

Applicants should submit as soon as possible:
(i) Detailed curriculum vitae et studiorum
(ii) Letter of presentation and motivation
(iii) List of at most three references and their email
addresses

Please send all documents to via email to roberto@idsia.ch
(with subject "PhD Robustness 2013").

Contact person:
Prof. Roberto Montemanni
IDSIA/SUPSI
Galleria 2, 6928 Manno (Lugano), Switzerland
roberto@idsia.ch
www.idsia.ch/~roberto

APPLICATION DEADLINE:
The position will be filled not earlier than January 10th
2013, and as soon as an adequate candidate will be
identified.

We guarantee that the selection process, based solely on
the research records, will give equal opportunities to
female and male researchers.
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