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The Fraunhofer ITWM shows an extraordinary commitment to a family-friendly working environment for its employees: flexible working and parental leave, a daycare center, the possibility of home office, organization of health days and sports activities as well as a parent-child office make the Fraunhofer ITWM in Kaiserslautern an attractive employer .
The Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics (ITWM) is the world’s largest institute for industrial mathematics and is one of the top employers in Germany. In the optimization department, we use multi-criteria optimization processes to develop innovative solutions for the diverse challenges of our customers from a wide variety of industries. The results of our research work generate direct benefits in industry and society. Examples of this are the optimized irradiation of tumors ( bit.ly/37KAA0d ) and the planning of open space photovoltaic systems ( bit.ly/2V8vCrA ).
Your tasks
Renewable energies are already an important building block in energy supply. Their share will continue to rise and pose new challenges for power plant operators, network managers and energy-intensive industry. Some of these should be addressed as part of a doctorate:
- How can renewable power plants be operated economically in the long term?
- How can photovoltaic systems be designed economically?
- How can production processes be flexibly based on energy availability?
Use your mathematical competence for the energy transition and arrange your personal scientific further education with first industrial experience!
What you bring with you
- An above-average academic degree in mathematics, computer science or physics
- A high level of abstraction and mathematical creativity
- The ability to clearly convey complex issues in German and English
- Basic knowledge of a higher programming language
We expect you to present your research results during your doctorate at scientific conferences and in specialist journals.
What you can expect
- Cooperation with project teams on innovative mathematical questions that you can help shape
- Insights into the requirements and challenges of industrial practice while you research your PhD topic free of project commitments
- Support with the acquisition of domain knowledge and IT skills in the course of your familiarization phase
- An extensive training program in various soft skills, IT topics and mathematical methods
Funding is provided by a full-time doctoral scholarship based on higher DFG rates.
The scholarship is limited to three years.
People with disabilities are given preference if equally qualified. We would like to point out that the chosen job title also includes the third gender. The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft attaches great importance to gender-independent professional equality.
Please apply online until May 31, 2020 at:
https://bit.ly/2SXhrTm
Questions about this position will be happy to answer:
Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Küfer
You can find information about the institute on the Internet at:
www.itwm.fraunhofer.de
