Research Assistant / Associate (f/m/d) - Postdoc

Institution

Lehrstuhl für Mathematics for Uncertainty Quantification

Our Profile

The Alexander von Humboldt Chair of Mathematics for Uncertainty Quantification (MATH4UQ) of Prof. Raul Tempone at RWTH Aachen invites applications for several postdoctoral positions. The successful candidates will perform mathematical and computational research and become an active part of an international research network with a wide scope and high visibility.

Your Profile

• Ph.D. degree in mathematics, computer science, computational engineering sciences, or related fields as well as a university degree (master's or equivalent)
• Successful candidates should have expertise in at least one of the following areas: uncertainty quantification, machine learning, data science, numerical analysis, stochastic optimal control, stochastic optimization, optimal experimental design, inverse problems as well as stochastic simulation and approximation.
• High motivation, the ability to carry out research independently as well as to work in interdisciplinary teams.
• Experience in performing collaborative research.
• Experience teaching in German, proficiency in written and spoken German.
• Proficiency in written and spoken English.
• Applications must contain a letter of motivation.
• CV including a list of publications, and copies of degree certificates, along with contact details of at least two academic referees. 

Your Duties and Responsibilities

• The main scope of the MATH4UQ Chair is to develop efficient numerical methods for solving forward and inverse problems, including optimal control and optimal experimental design, involving stochastic and random differential equations.
• The position comes with a teaching duty.

What We Offer

The successful candidate will be employed under a regular employment contract.
The position is to be filled at the earliest possible date and offered for a fixed term of 2 years.
The fixed-term employment is possible as it constitutes one of the fixed-term options of the Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz (German Act on Fixed-term Scientific Contracts).
This is a full-time position.
The salary is based on the German public service salary scale (TV-L).
The position corresponds to a pay grade of EG 13 TV-L.

About us

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