From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.science.mathematics.categories/10235 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.ciao.gmane.io!not-for-mail From: Mihaela Rozman Newsgroups: gmane.science.mathematics.categories Subject: PhD position(s) in Structural and Algorithmic Aspects of Preference-based Problems in Social Choice - Vienna, Austria - Deadline: July 31, 2020 Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2020 15:50:36 +0200 Message-ID: Reply-To: Mihaela Rozman Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="ciao.gmane.io:159.69.161.202"; logging-data="127469"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" To: Original-X-From: majordomo@rr.mta.ca Wed Jun 10 01:44:09 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: gsmc-categories@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from smtp2.mta.ca ([198.164.44.55]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jinua-000X3X-Ln for gsmc-categories@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2020 01:44:08 +0200 Original-Received: from rr.mta.ca ([198.164.44.159]:56174) by smtp2.mta.ca with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1jinuJ-00081H-Lc; Tue, 09 Jun 2020 20:43:51 -0300 Original-Received: from majordomo by rr.mta.ca with local (Exim 4.92.1) (envelope-from ) id 1jinu2-0002j7-RB for categories-list@rr.mta.ca; Tue, 09 Jun 2020 20:43:34 -0300 Content-Language: de-at Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.science.mathematics.categories:10235 Archived-At: PhD POSITION(S)=20 PROJECT Structural and Algorithmic Aspects of Preference-based Problems = in Social Choice STARTING DATE: Negotiable LOCATION: Vienna, Austria INSTITUTION: Algorithms and complexity group at the Faculty of = Informatics, Technische Universit=C3=A4t Wien (Vienna University of = Technology) FUNDING: The PhD candidates receive an employment contract for the = initial period of 3 years, thus study fees do not apply. Salary range = starts at 22.000 net/year EUR for 30h/week.=20 APPLICATION DEADLINE: July 31, 2020 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D We invite applications for PhD position(s) (3 years with the possibility = of extension), working with Jiehua Chen in the Algorithms and Complexity = Group at the Vienna University of Technology (Technische = Universit=C3=A4t Wien =E2=80=93 TU Wien), Vienna, Austria.=20 =20 The PhD position(s) is available for the WWTF research project (Vienna = Science and Technology Fund) titled Structural and Algorithmic Aspects = of Preference-based Problems in Social Choice: = https://www.wwtf.at/programmes/vienna_research_groups/VRG18-012/index.php= ?lang=3DEN =20 The research topics include voting, structured preferences, stable = matching (matchings under preferences) with a focus on parameterized and = approximation algorithm design. =20 =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D YOUR PROFILE =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =20 Applicants with a solid background in areas such as algorithm design = (including BUT NOT LIMITED to parameterized algorithms and approximation = algorithms), computational complexity, and/or discrete mathematics are = welcome to apply. =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D WE OFFER =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =20 -The PhD position(s) entails an employment contract.=20 -The position(s) is available immediately and the starting date is quite = flexible - A research and study environment that is friendly and gender-balanced=20 - TU Wien is a great place for professional growth (e.g., the Austrian = Science Fund and other funding agencies offer multiple funding = opportunities for young researchers to advance their independent = scientific careers)=20 - Vienna, the city, features a vibrant and excellence-driven research = landscape, with several leading research institutes (e.g., University of = Vienna, IST, AIT, SBA) and universities continuously establishing = collaborations in various fields - Vienna has been consistently ranked by Mercer over the last years the = best city for quality of life worldwide. =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D APPLICATION=20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =20 Please send your application, including - your academic CV, - a motivation letter, including an explanation of your research = interests, - your Master's thesis and - a list of subjects studied, giving sufficient details and grades/marks = obtained =20 directly to Jiehua Chen: jiehua.chen@tuwien.ac.at = =20 (If possible all in a single PDF file) =20 DEADLINE: 31. July 2020=20 =20 For informal inquiries you can also contact via the above email address. =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D ADDITIONAL INFORMATION =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Faculty of Informatics: https://informatics.tuwien.ac.at/=20 Research group website: https://www.ac.tuwien.ac.at/=20 Outreach: www.vcla.at =20 Twitter: @vclaTUwien =20 =20 =20 [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]