doc.funds "Discrete Mathematics in Teams"
The doc.funds project "Discrete Mathematics in Teams" offers 12 PhD positions in Graz, Austria. These positions are funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) for up to four years and are available from Oct 1, 2024. The gross salary for the position is 34500 Euro per year.
The project has a focus on collaborative research - every PhD project will be supervised by a pair of advisors. The topics of the project range over the research areas of our school, and the PhD students funded by the project will be fully integrated in the school. The list of topics is as follows (click on the topic name to get additional information)
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Topic 1: Reconfiguration of Plane Spanning Graphs
Advisors: Oswin Aichholzer and Cesar Ceballos -
Topic 2: Distribution of point configurations: theory and applications
Advisors: Christoph Aistleitner and Peter Grabner -
Topic 3: Fabrication-aware algorithms for discrete surfaces
Advisor: Johannes Wallner -
Topic 4: Fairness over time in combinatorial optimization
Advisors: Eranda Dragoti-Cela and Bettina Klinz -
Topic 5: Additive structure in value sets of norm forms
Advisors: Christian Elsholtz and Christoper Frei -
Topic 6: Bootstrap percolation in high-dimensional product graphs
Advisors: Joshua Erde and Mihyun Kang -
Topic 7: Arithmetic and Ideal Theory of Commutative Domains
via Additive Combinatorics
Advisors: Sophie Frisch and Alfred Geroldinger -
Topic 8: Expected Complexity of Topological Summaries
Advisors: Mihyun Kang and Michael Kerber -
Topic 9: Topological Methods for Distributed Graph Algorithms
Advisors: Michael Kerber and Yannic Maus -
Topic 10: Combinatorial optimization on graphs and their drawings
Advisors: Bettina Klinz and Birgit Vogtenhuber -
Topic 11: Enumeration of graphs on surfaces
Advisors: Philipp Sprüssel and Stephan Wagner -
Topic 12: Generalized Euclidean Rings (GE-Rings)
Advisors: Laura Cossu and Sophie Frisch
Requirements
PhD students are required to hold a master degree in Mathematics or another relevant field when they begin in our graduate school. Applicants who will finish their master degree in 2024 can apply and should report on their progress in their application.How to apply
Applications should include- a cover letter,
- a CV,
- a student transcript,
- the master certificate (if available)
- the master thesis, or a recent draft of it (if available)
- names and email addresses of at least two references for recommendation letters, including the master thesis supervisor
Applications (preferably as a single pdf file) should be sent to:
docfunds-applications@math.tugraz.at
For easier processing, please add the following information in the body of the application email:
name:
email:
nationality:
studies: [what and where you have studied]
project: [which topic(s) you apply for, separated by comma]
starting: [earliest possible starting date]
thesis: [title or topic of thesis]
references: [name and email of references]
As an example:
name: Michael Kerber
email: kerber@tugraz.at
nationality: German
studies: Computer Science at Saarland University, Germany
project: 08, 09
starting: 2024-10-01
thesis: Analysis of Real Algebraic Plane Curves
references: Johannes Wallner (wallner@tugraz.at), Cesar Ceballos (cesar.ceballos@tugraz.at)
For full consideration your application has to arrive by March 31, 2024. Later applications will be considered until the positions are filled. A selection of candidates will be invited for interviews taking place on May 23.
