International Scholarships

The Optimization in Engineering Center OPTEC at K.U. Leuven (Belgium) invites highly motivated young interdisciplinary researchers with a solid background in numerical mathematics and computer science to apply for one of the following four PhD positions: I) Sequential Convex Programming Algorithms for Nonlinear Semidefinite Programming II) Large Scale and PDE Constrained Real-Time Optimization Algorithms III) … [More Info]

The distributed computing group is a young research group at the department of information technology and electrical engineering at ETH Zurich. Currently we are ten members. We are interested in a variety of hot topics in the area of distributed computing, such as distributed algorithms, peer-to-peer computing, wireless ad hoc or sensor networks, or social … [More Info]

Research group. The BIOMED team within the ESAT-SCD division consists of 1 staff member, 3 postdocs, 11 PhD students. Research – fundamental/theoretical as well as application oriented – is performed in the domain of (multi)linear algebra, (non)linear signal analysis, classification and system identification with special focus to the development of numerically reliable and robust algorithms … [More Info]

One PhD level and two masters level Graduate Research Assistantships are available for highly talented and motivated students in nanotechnology. A degree in electrical engineering or closely related fields is required for these positions. Research areas include but are not limited to: nanosensors nanostructured materials data analysis and pattern recognetion tools advanced micro and nano-fabrication … [More Info]

The Fraunhofer-Center Nanoelectronic Technologies (CNT) offers 7 PhD positions: Investigation of wet and plasma based processes for cleaning and treatment of wafers in the copper back end of line in semiconductor manufacturing for different applications Characterization of thin films with SIMS Advanced Annealing for high speed CMOS – Process Development Characterization of atomic layer deposition … [More Info]

The International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for the “Exploration of Ecological Interactions with Molecular and Chemical Techniques” in Jena, Germany, offers 15 PhD positions in molecular biology, ecology, entomology, microbiology, (bio)-chemistry, neuroethology or bioinformatics beginning in January 2009. The Research School is the first graduate school worldwide where modern chemical and molecular techniques are … [More Info]

Christian-Albrechts-University, Department of Agricultural Economics, Kiel (Germany) At the Department of Agricultural Economics of the Christian-Albrechts-University in Kiel the following positions have to be filled as soon as possible: 4 research positions salary according to BAT IIa (75% for junior researchers) the positions are limited for 2 years with the possibility of extension. Moreover, researchers … [More Info]