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KTH in Stockholm is the largest and oldest technical university in Sweden. No less than one-third of Sweden’s technical research and engineering education capacity at university level is provided by KTH. Education and research spans from natural sciences to all branches of engineering and includes architecture, industrial management and urban planning. There are a total of just over 15,000 first and second level students and more than 1,600 doctoral students. KTH has almost 4,300 employees.

KTH Computer Science and Communication is Sweden’s leading research and education institution in Information Technology, with activities at both KTH and Stockholm University. The activities of the school focus on higher education and research within the traditional core areas of numerical analysis and computer science; from theory building and analysis of mathematical models to algorithm construction, implementation and simulation. Other core areas of growing importance are technology and methods for the support of human communication and computer mediated cooperation. The applied research includes scientific computing, computer science, computer vision, robotics, neuroinformatics and neural networks, human-computer interaction, media technology, and communication through speech and music. For more information, go to www.kth.se/csc and follow the link to our "international website”.

Assignment

KTH Computer Science and Communication (CSC) is looking for a PhD Student in Numerical Analysis.

The numerical analysis department offers a strong research environment with research mainly focused on the development, analysis and implementation of numerical methods for simulations of physical systems within many applications.

This research project will be focused on the development of so-called fast summation methods for applications within molecular dynamics and fluid mechanics. The research will be performed in collaboration with researchers in the applied fields within the framework of SeRC – the Swedish e-Science Research Center. For molecular dynamics simulations, these methods are needed for electrostatic computations, and for fluid mechanics they are used to accelerate simulations based on so-called boundary integral methods. No prior knowledge of these specific methods is required, see "Qualifications” below.

This is a four-year time-limited position that can be extended up to a year with the inclusion of a maximum of 20% departmental duties, usually teaching. Doctoral students must be registered at KTH. The starting date is open for discussion, but we prefer an earlier date.

Employment

Form of employment: Time-limited
Work time: Full time
The salary follows the directions provided by KTH
Start date: According to agreement
Number of positions: 1

Qualifications

Applicants should hold a Master of Science degree or an equivalent degree and have solid background in mathematics, numerical analysis and preferably also an application area. Programming skills are very important.  Documented interest in research like activities (e.g. demonstrated in the form of excellent master thesis work) is of large importance. See  www.sci.kth.se/2.28933/tillmat for information regarding the PhD program in Applied and Computational Mathematics.

Applicants must be strongly motivated for doctoral studies, possess the ability to work independently and perform critical analysis as well as possess good levels of cooperative and communicative abilities.

Application

Application deadline: 2012-03-12
Employer's reference: D-2012-0031

Applications via email are to be sent to Susanne Bergman:  susanneb@csc.kth.se

Write reference number in the email subject. (CV, etc. should be sent as an attachment, as pdf-files.)

We also accept hard copy applications sent to:

KTH, CSC
Att. Susanne Bergman,
Lindstedtsvägen 3, 4th floor,
SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden

The application should contain a letter in which the applicant describes himself/herself and his/her qualifications and interests. A CV, copies of relevant grades, master thesis work and/or publications, as well as contact information to three reference persons, should be enclosed. Students that are close to finishing a master level education are also welcome to apply.

Please observe that all material should be in English, apart from official documents.

We are currently gathering information to help improve our recruitment process. We would, therefore, be very grateful if you could include an answer to the following question within your application: Where did you initially come across this job advertisement?

Contact(s)

For enquiries about PhD studies and employment conditions please contact:

Eva-Lena Åkerman, HR Manager
Phone: +46 8 790 91 06
Email: ela@csc.kth.se          

For enquiries about the project please contact:

Anna-Karin Tornberg, Department Chair, Numerical Analysis
Phone: +46 8 790 6266
Email:  akto@csc.kth.se        

Union representative

Lars Abrahamsson, SACO
Phone: +46 8 790 7058
Email:  lars.abrahamsson@ee.kth.se