PhDfellowshipsatCIMNE-UPC,Barcelona

 The ComputationalPhysics
and Large Scale
Computing department at the
International
CenterforNumericalMethodsin
Engineering
(CIMNE),
BarcelonaTech
(UPC),
isseeking
candidates
for
PhDstudies.

 The department is focused
onthedevelopm
entofcomputationalmetho
dsforthenumericalapp
roximationofp
artialdifferential
equations(PDEs)
andispartiallyfundedbytheEuropean
UnionthroughtheStartingG
rantCOMF
US(Dr.SantiagoBadia
)fro
mtheEuropean
Research
Council(ERC)a
ndtheFP7projectNUMEXAS:
NumericalMethodsandTools for
KeyExascaleComput
ingChallenges.

 Wearelooking
formotivatedcandid
ateswithaMScinengineerin
g,mathematics,physicsorcom
puterscience.Excell
entqualificationswillbeimportant
,sincestudents
arealsoexpe
ctedtoapplyforcompetiti
vePhDfellowships.Wehav
eopeningPhDfellow
shipsonhighorder
finiteelement
techniques,
adap
tivefiniteelementsolvers
,domaindecomposition
preconditioners,withappli
cationtoplasmaphysicsand
fusionengineering.

 Thepositionswil
lremainopentillappropria
tecandidateswillbefoun
dbutitisrecommendedtoapplybe
foretheendofM
arch2014.Sendyourapplication,
providingCV,tocomfus@cimne.upc.edu

Pleasecontact
sbadia@cimne.upc.eduorvisit
http://badia.rmee.upc.edu/
https://web.cimne.upc.edu/groups/comfus/
forfurtherinformation.