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PhD student position in Approximation Algorithms: Lugano, Switzerland

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JOB OPENING: A PhD student position for 3 years is open 
for applications

PROJECT TITLE: Approximation Algorithms for Machine 
Scheduling Through Theory and Experiments

Swiss National Science Foundation (project 
200020-109854/1)
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The Istituto Dalle Molle di Studi sull'Intelligenza Artificiale (IDSIA,
www.idsia.ch) invites applications for a PhD student position at
University of Lugano (http://www.unisi.ch/ ). We are looking for an
outstanding Ph.D. student with excellent mathematical as well as computer
programming (e.g., C, C++, Java) skills. In order to be admitted, the
applicant must have completed a Master degree in computer science,
informatics, or a closely related field prior to joining the program. We
are currently particularly interested in candidates for the following
areas:

* Theoretical and experimental understanding of heuristic methods (like
  tabu search, simulated annealing, Ants Algorithms, etc..)
* Approximation Algorithms

The position is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. The
initial appointment will be for 3 years, with possible prolongations. The
salary is roughly 38,000 CHF (Swiss Francs) per year, low taxes. No
teaching is required. There is travel funding in case of papers accepted
at important conferences. The official language at IDSIA is English. The
position is suitable for students no older than 35 years.

Applicants should submit as soon as possible: (i) Detailed curriculum
vitae, (ii) List of three references and their email addresses. Please
send all documents to:

1. luca@idsia.ch ? Luca Gambardella, IDSIA, Galleria 2, 
6928 Manno (Lugano), Switzerland.
2. monaldo@idsia.ch - Monaldo Mastrolilli, IDSIA, Galleria 
2, 6928 Manno (Lugano), Switzerland.
  

APPLICATION DEADLINE:

Position will be filled as adequate candidate will become available.
However, we suggest to apply before 30th October 2005. We guarantee that
the selection process, based solely on the research records, will give
equal opportunities to female and male researchers.