Applications are invited for a PhD position in the group of “Computational Methods for Direct Field Problems”, at Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics (RICAM), Linz, Austria. This position is part of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) project “Isogeometric method for partial differential equations”, led by Dr. S.K. Tomar. This project has several international and national collaborations.

The position is limited to three years. The research is funded according to the FWF salary guidelines, see

http://www.fwf.ac.at/de/projects/personalkostensaetze.html.

The starting monthly gross income is 1830.60 Euro. This includes social security (pension), health care coverage, and unemployment benefits. Some additional funds will also be available for research purposes (conference
participation, research visits abroad, etc.). Apart from the standard computing resources, e.g. a personal laptop or a workstation with all the necessary softwares for routine work, access to large-scale machines are also available whenever required. The working language of the institute is English.

Requirements:
A master’s degree in applied/computational mathematics is required with excellent grades. The applicant must have a good understanding of numerical solution techniques, e.g. (discontinuous-Galerkin) finite element methods, for partial differential equations. Due to the computational nature of the project, high-level of programming skills (in fortran/c++/matlab) is also required. Additionally, some background in linear algebra and iterative solvers (e.g. multigrid/multilevel methods) is desirable. Apart from a strong interest in the above-mentioned work, the applicant should be highly motivated in learning new topics related to the work.