1-year Postdoc Position in Operations Research – Leuven, Belgium

(ref. BAP-2022-150)

The research group ORSTAT of KU Leuven (Belgium) works in the areas of Operations Research (OR) and Statistics. The ongoing research projects cover a wide range of challenging subjects in these two fields.

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Responsibilities

ORSTAT has a vacancy for one full-time postdoctoral researcher in OR starting in September 2022, for a period of one year. The researcher to be hired will work together with prof. Hande Yaman and prof. Roel Leus.  Some of our research interests are: combinatorial optimization, integer (linear) programming, stochastic and robust optimization, algorithm design, …  The candidate will be able to fully spend his/her time on research; we hope to stimulate collaboration between the different members of our group.  We also expect the candidate to be willing to co-supervise some of the junior PhD-researchers in the group.  We offer a dynamic and pleasant working environment, in a group that is actively involved in scientific research at the highest international level.

Profile

Candidates should have a strong research profile in OR, preferably with a sound expertise in mathematical programming and algorithm design.

Offer

We offer employment as postdoctoral researcher for 1 year.  The tentative starting date is September 19, 2022, depending on the availability of the candidate.

Interested?

For more information please contact Prof. dr. Hande Yaman Paternotte, tel.: +32 16 37 78 44, mail: hande.yaman@kuleuven.be or Prof. dr. Roel Leus, tel.: +32 16 32 69 67, mail: roel.leus@kuleuven.be.

You can apply for this job no later than April 22, 2022 via the online application tool

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