Vacancies

KUNGÖRELSE 2013-05-14

Dnr MAI-2013-00043

Linköping University (LiU), is a multi-faculty university with 27 300 students and 3 900 employees. Since the start in the late 60’s, LiU has been an innovator, creating new degree programmes and new ways to tackle research problems. Innovation has become our tradition.
The Department of Mathematics has 120 employees. Teaching is under the auspices of the Institute of Technology, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Educational Sciences. Research undertaken within the Institute ranges over a wide spectrum from pure mathematics and scientifically generated approaches to applications within the fields of technology, science and economics.

LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY
Hereby advertises at least one position as

PhD student in computational mathematics/numerical analysis

At the Division of Computational Mathematics, Department of Mathematics at Linköping University, http://www.mai.liu.se/Num/index.en.html

Background
The students will be a member in a group that develops computational methods for partial differential equations, see http://www.mai.liu.se/~janno11/CPU.htmlfor examples of our activities. Frequent contacts with leading research organizations such as NASA, Stanford and Southern Methodist University in USA, University of Cape Town and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in South Africa as well as SAAB, the Swedish Defence Research Agency and the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute in Sweden will be required.

Project: Efficient methods for complex geometry and multiphysics.
The goal of the project is to develop new computational mathematics for highly accurate solutions to wave propagation and flow problems in complex geometries. Applications exist in climate modeling, aerodynamics, sound propagation and biofluid mechanics.

Duties
The duties consist of graduate studies and tutorial teaching at most 20 percent of the total work time.

Qualifications
Applicants should have a degree on advanced level with at least 60 ECTS credits in mathematics or other subjects with a strong mathematics or applied mathematics content.

Appointment procedure
When evaluating applications, the ability to conduct postgraduate studies will be considered primarily.

Equal opportunities
Linköping University continues to develop as an attractive and creative workplace characterized by equal opportunities, and actively promotes diversity and gender equality.

Period of appointment
The initial appointment is given for at most one year. It will be renewed every second year subject to successful performance of duties. The programme corresponds to four years full-time studies. Normally, the studies are combined with 20% tutorial teaching, which gives a period of employment of five years. The total period of employment cannot exceed eight years.

Start of employment: According to agreement.

Salary
The commencing salary for a graduate student is at present 24 200 SEK/month. The subsequent salary will be based on locally agreed salary increments

Information
• Professor Jan Nordström, phone +46 (0) 13-28 14 59, (jan.nordstrom@liu.se)
• Trade union representatives are Krzysztof Marciniak (SACO) , phone +46 (0)11-363320 (krzysztof.marciniak@liu.se) or Gerd Röndahl (OFR/S) , phone +46 (0)11-363537 (gerd.rondahl@liu.se

• Administrative Manager Madelaine Engström, phone +46 (0) 13-28 14 01, (madelaine.engstrom@liu.se), gives information about salaries and other terms of employment.

Procedure of application
The application should be sent to Registrator, Matematiska institutionen, Linköpings universitet, SE-581 83 LINKÖPING, Sweden, (registrator@mai.liu.se) and marked Dnr. MAI-2013-00043. It should include a list of qualifications and such other documents as the applicant considers relevant (e.g., CV, transcripts, a Master’s Thesis, finished or draft, letters of reference etc.). The application must be received by the registrar no later than 2013-08-16. Late applications will not be considered.