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JOB OPENING: A PhD student position for 3 years is open
for applications
PROJECT TITLE: Approximation Algorithms for Machine
Scheduling Through Theory and Experiments
Swiss National Science Foundation (project
200020-109854/1)
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The Istituto Dalle Molle di Studi sull'Intelligenza
Artificiale (IDSIA, www.idsia.ch) invites applications for
a PhD student position at University of Lugano
(http://www.unisi.ch/ ). We are looking for an outstanding
Ph.D. student with excellent mathematical as well as
computer programming (e.g., C, C++, Java) skills. In order
to be admitted, the applicant must have completed a Master
degree in computer science, informatics, or a closely
related field prior to joining the program.
We are currently particularly interested in candidates for
the following areas:
* Theoretical and experimental understanding of heuristic
methods (like tabu search, simulated annealing, Ants
Algorithms, etc..)
* Approximation Algorithms
The position is funded by the Swiss National Science
Foundation. The initial appointment will be for 3 years,
with possible prolongations. The salary is roughly 38,000
CHF (Swiss Francs) per year, low taxes. No teaching is
required. There is travel funding in case of papers
accepted at important conferences. The official language
at IDSIA is English. The position is suitable for students
no older than 35 years.
Applicants should submit as soon as possible: (i) Detailed
curriculum vitae, (ii) List of three references and their
email addresses. Please send all documents to:
1. [log in to unmask] – Luca Gambardella, IDSIA, Galleria 2,
6928 Manno (Lugano), Switzerland.
2. [log in to unmask] - Monaldo Mastrolilli, IDSIA, Galleria
2, 6928 Manno (Lugano), Switzerland.
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
Position will be filled as adequate candidate will become
available. However, we suggest to apply before 30th
October 2005. 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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