*Apologies for cross posting*

 

Dear all,

 

The Operational Research Group at Queen Mary University of London, invites applications for a fully-funded PhD studentship to undertake research in the area of Network Design Optimisation in collaboration with BT University Research. The studentship will be based at the School of Engineering and Materials at QMUL and will be supervised by Dr Jun Chen (Primary Supervisor), Dr John Drake (Second Supervisor) and Prof Edmund Burke (External Supervisor at the University of Leicester).

Industrial CASE Studentship: investigating applications for network design (deadline 31st May).

In collaboration with British Telecom (BT),  the studentship will investigate applications for network design, e.g. a town’s fibre network. The goal of the project is to explore software solutions to find optimal solutions to a graph problem described in a human readable declarative constraint language. It has two parts:
· Design a declarative language for representing constraints on a graph, and the costs of the graph.
· Implement a heuristic search engine which combines heuristic search techniques with constraint satisfaction methods to limit the search space. It is expected that the students will work in close collaboration with other researchers, both in QMUL, the University of Leicester and BT University Research.

Candidates should have the ability to demonstrate mathematical and analytical skills. Strong programming skills and background in heuristics, metaheuristics, constraint handling and graph theory are also desirable. Successful applicants should have a clear commitment to research and should enjoy working at the intersection of theory and practice.

QMUL Research Studentship Details:
• Available to Home/EU & International applicants.
• Full Time programme only.
• Applicant required to start by October 2019.
• The studentship arrangement will cover tuition fees and provide an (tax free) annual stipend for up to three years (Set as £17,009 for 2019/20). Additionally the industrial partner will provide a fund to cover travel expenses.

• The minimum requirement for this studentship opportunity is a good Honours degree (minimum 2(i) honours or equivalent) or MSc/MRes in a relevant discipline, such as Computer Science, Intelligent systems, Control Engineering, Communications and Networks.
• If English is not your first language then you will require a valid English certificate equivalent to IELTS 6.5+ overall with a minimum
score of 6 in Writing 5.5 in all sections (Reading, Listening, Speaking).

 

Full details are available at www.findaphd.com/phds/project/network-design-optimisation/?p108953.

 

Regards,

John

 

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Dr. John Drake

Queen Mary University of London

Mile End Road
London E1 4NS

http://www.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/~jdrake/