Deadline: 22/03/2010
Open to: students with Master degree or close to receiving MA degree

The Department of Computing Science at the Umeå University invites applicants for two PhD positions (doktorandtjänster) in Scientific Computing. The directions of research for the current positions are Optimal Control and Design and Inverse Problem for Electromagnetics, respectively. The research will be carried out jointly within an existing research group at the department and UMIT Research Lab, a newly launched interdisciplinary organization at Umeå University devoted to Computational Science, Visual Simulation, Optimization, and its industrial applications.

Eligibility
Prerequisites include either:
i) 240 ECTS-credits (swe. högskolepoäng) of higher education studies of which 60 should be on an advanced level (Master level), or
ii) 120 Swedish (old) credits (swe. poäng; corresponding to 180 ECTS-credits) of higher education studies if they were taken before July 1, 2007.

PLUS
A solid background is desirable in at least two of the fields Numerical Analysis, Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science.
Students soon to complete their education may also be considered.
Good communication skills in written and spoken English are also required.

Application procedure
All interested applicants should submit following documents:
1. A cover letter including short description of your research interests,
2. A curriculum vitae,
3. Copies of degree certificates,
4. Reprints / copies of Bachelors / Masters thesis, and other relevant publications, if any
5. Contact information for three reference persons.

NB Documents sent electronically should be in MS Word or PDF format.

The complete application, marked with reference number 313-165-10, should be sent until March 22, 2010 to: jobb@umu.se

For further queries contact professor Martin Berggren: martin.berggren@cs.umu.se
or assistant professor Eddie Wadbro: eddie.wadbro@cs.umu.se

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