The PhD position(s) is available for the research on Structural and Algorithmic Aspects of Preference-based Problems in Social Choice: https://www.wwtf.at/programmes/vienna_research_groups/VRG18-012/index.php?lang=EN
The research topics include voting, structured preferences, stable matching (matchings under preferences) with a focus on parameterized and approximation algorithm design.
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YOUR PROFILE
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Applicants with a solid background in areas such as algorithm design (including BUT NOT LIMITED to parameterized algorithms and approximation algorithms), computational complexity, and/or discrete mathematics are welcome to apply.
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WE OFFER
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-The PhD position(s) entails an employment contract.
-The position(s) is available immediately and the starting date is quite flexible
- A research and study environment that is friendly and gender-balanced
- TU Wien is a great place for professional growth (e.g., the Austrian Science Fund and other funding agencies offer multiple funding opportunities for young researchers to advance their independent scientific careers)
- Vienna, the city, features a vibrant and excellence-driven research landscape, with several leading research institutes (e.g., University of Vienna, IST, AIT, SBA) and universities continuously establishing collaborations in various fields
- Vienna has been consistently ranked by Mercer over the last years the best city for quality of life worldwide.
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APPLICATION
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Please send your application, including
- your academic CV,
- a motivation letter, including an explanation of your research interests,
- your Master's thesis and
- a list of subjects studied, giving sufficient details and grades/marks obtained
directly to Jiehua Chen: jiehua.chen@tuwien.ac.at <mailto:jiehua.chen@tuwien.ac.at>
(If possible all in a single PDF file)
DEADLINE: 31. July 2020
For informal inquiries you can also contact via the above email address.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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Faculty of Informatics: https://informatics.tuwien.ac.at/
Research group website: https://www.ac.tuwien.ac.at/
Outreach: www.vcla.at <http://www.vcla.at>
Twitter: @vclaTUwien
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