[DMANET] PhD position at LSE, London (Algorithms for Network Optimization)

An opening for a 4-year PhD position is available, working with Dr Neil
Olver in the Department of Mathematics at the London School of Economics
and Political Science.

Topic:
The planned projects concern fundamental mathematical aspects of
algorithms and discrete optimization, with a focus on problems involving
the design and utilization of networks. More details on possible topics
may be found at https://nolver.net/home/phd. Note that while not
completely excluded, real-world applications are not a focus of this
project.

The Department:
The position is in the Department of Mathematics:
https://www.lse.ac.uk/Mathematics. We have a substantial Operations
Research group, focusing on theoretical problems in optimization and
related areas, and with close ties to both the Game Theory and Discrete
Mathematics groups.

Conditions and requirements:
The position comes with an LSE studentship. More information on funding,
as well as requirements, can be found at:
https://www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse/Graduate/degree-programmes-2021/MPhilPhD-Mathematics.
In addition, the position includes generous travel funding.

Application procedure:
The deadline is *April 29th*. Before making a formal application (see
https://www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse/Graduate/degree-programmes-2021/MPhilPhD-Mathematics),
we recommend potential applicants send an informal enquiry to Enfale
Farooq (e.farooq@lse.ac.uk) as soon as possible. Informal enquiries
should include a CV, unofficial transcripts, and (optionally) published
papers, manuscripts, or dissertations.

The formal application requests a research proposal. For this
application, this may be a short (approximately 1 page) discussion of a
research problem, or more broadly a research area, that they find
particularly interesting. This may relate to a topic mentioned on
https://nolver.net/home/phd, or to previous work the candidate has done,
or to anything else. It does not need to indicate a project of the scale
needed to complete a PhD, and is primarily an opportunity to illustrate
an appetite for research.
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