Thursday, June 2, 2022

[DMANET] Post-doctoral position in Operations Research at SKEMA Business School

The PRISM Research Centre at SKEMA Business School has a vacancy for one
full-time post-doctoral researcher in Operations Research (OR) and its
applications to transportation and logistics for a period of two years.

This position is funded by the URBANE project supported by the CINEA -
European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency. URBANE
is a multidisciplinary initiative that aims to co-develop novel last mile
delivery solutions combining green automated vehicles and shared space
utilisation models.

The candidate will work together with Associate Professor David Rey and
will be based at SKEMA Sophia Antipolis campus. The candidate is expected
to work on research activities within the scope of the URBANE project,
including research publications, conference presentations and workshop
participation. The candidate will also have opportunities to interact with
academics and researchers in OR and Artificial Intelligence (AI) within
PRISM and the AI Institute at SKEMA Business School amongst others.

Candidates must have a PhD in OR, engineering, mathematics, economics, or
computer science. A knowledge of transportation and logistics is not
essential but desirable. Significant data science and programming
experiences are required, and the candidate is expected to have excellent
oral and written communication skills in English. A working knowledge of
the French language is appreciated.

Keywords for this role: mixed-integer programming, stochastic and online
optimization, reinforcement learning, game theory, bilevel optimization,
mechanism design, transportation, urban logistics, routing and
sustainability.

The tentative starting date for this position is September 1st, 2022 but
can be flexible depending on the availability of the candidate.

Interested candidates are required to provide the following documents in
PDF format regrouped in a single ZIP file:

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A cover letter;
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Your CV with a list of your publications and references;
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The one or two publications you are the most proud of.


Please send your application and any inquiry about this position to David
Rey at david.rey@skema.edu

Applications are open until July 1st, 2022.

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