Austria - PhD Position in Applied Mathematics at Austrian Academy of Sciences

Rumah Beasiswa - PhD Position in Applied Mathematics at Austrian Academy of Sciences

Description:
The Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics (RICAM) in Linz is looking for 1 PhD student in the field of the optimal control and optimisation. This position is part of the FWF (Austrian Science Fund) project "Numerical verification of optimality and optimality conditions for optimal control problems".

Requirements:
A master`s degree in (applied) mathematics or a closely related field is required. The successful candidate should have an excellent background in applied mathematics, optimization, partial differential equations, and their numerics. Programming skills are desirable.

Salary and Funding:
The research is funded by the FWF (Austrian Science Fund) according to its salary guidelines #8594; "FWF Personalkostensä tze für DoktorandIn neu". The position is limited to three years. Funding for conference visits etc. is available. The position can start from September 1, 2009.

Inquiries and applications:
Please send the usual documents (CV, degree certificates, thesis - if already finished, title and abstract otherwise, references, and letter of motivation), preferably by email, to:

Daniel Wachsmuth
Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics (RICAM)
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Altenbergerstraß e 69
A-4040 Linz, Austria

website link:
http://people.ricam.oeaw.ac.at/d.wachsmuth/projects/