The Weierstrass
Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics (WIAS) is an institute of the Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V.
(FVB). The FVB comprises eight non-university research institutes in Berlin
which are funded by the federal and state governments. The research institutes
are members of the Leibniz Association.
WIAS invites applications for a
Research Assistant Position
(Ref. 16/12)
in
the Research Group
”Nonlinear Optimization and Inverse
Problems”
(Head: Prof.
Dr. Dietmar Hömberg) starting at the earliest possible date for a third-party funded project on multiscale failure
analysis under uncertainty of wind turbine rotor blades.
Applicants must hold a master’s degree or
diploma in mathematics, physics or computational engineering. Besides a varied
experience in implementing numerical algorithms, the successful candidate should
have profound knowledge in at least two of the fields Uncertainty
Quantification, Multiscale Finite Elements, Model Reduction, and Optimal
Control.
Please direct your queries to Prof. Dr. D. Hömberg (Dietmar.Hoemberg@wias-berlin.de).
The
salary is according to the German federal public service tariff. The
appointment is limited to three years.
The Weierstrass Institute is
an equal opportunity employer. We explicitly encourage female researchers to
apply for the offered position. Among equally qualified applicants, disabled
candidates will be given preference.
All applicants’ materials (curriculum vitae,
photocopies of certificates and a list of publications, including a cover
letter) shall be sent with the reference
number 16/12 exclusively in electronic
form in a single pdf file by October 9, 2016 to: