4 PhD positions at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science in Netherlands | Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)

The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Eindhoven University of Technology invites applications for four PhD positions in the area of Data Science, a multi-disciplinary area that relates to many areas within computer science and mathematics. PhD candidates are appointed as temporary university employees for a four-year period (based on an initial one-year contract, with a three-year extension after a positive evaluation as to whether the research is expected to result in a PhD degree after four years).

The terms of employment are governed by the Collective Labor Agreement of Universities in The Netherlands, with a monthly salary starting at 2083 Euro in the first year, and increasing to 2664 Euro in the fourth year, and an additional 8% holiday allowance and 8% end-of-year bonus.

Requirements

Candidates are expected to be fluent in English, both oral and in writing, and have an excellent background in computer science and/or (applied) mathematics as evidenced by an MSc degree in preferably computer science or (applied) mathematics, or possibly econometrics, operations research, electrical engineering or industrial engineering.

Application Deadline: April 30, 2014.