PhD Position in Structural and Algorithmic Aspects of Preference-based Problems in Social Choice

Deadline: 31 July 2020
Open to: 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
Benefits: the PhD candidates receive an employment contract for the initial period of 3 year

Description

Applications for a PhD position (3 years with the possibility of extension), working with the Assistant Professor Jiehua Chen at the Vienna University of Technology (Technische Universität Wien – TU Wien), Vienna, Austria are now open.

The PhD position is available for the WWTF research project (Vienna Science and Technology Fund) titled Structural and Algorithmic Aspects of Preference-based Problems in Social Choice.

The research topics include voting, structured preferences, stable matching (matchings under preferences) with a focus on parameterized and approximation algorithm design.

The details of the research project are available here.

  • The PhD position entails an employment contract.
  • The position is available immediately and the starting date is quite flexible.

Eligibility

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.

Benefits

  • SALARY: The Ph.D. candidates receive an employment contract for the initial period of 3 year

How to Apply?

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

directly to Jiehua Chen: ta.ca.neiwut@nehc.auheij

(If possible all in a single PDF file)

For more information, and in order to apply, please visit the official web page.