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From: "Faggionato, Alessandra" faggiona@mat.uniroma1.it Subject: PhD position available at TU Delft Date: 20 novembre 2014 10:22:52 GMT+01:00

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% PhD position available at TU Delft

The PhD position is available in the Applied Probability group of Prof. Dr.= Frank Redig at Technical University Delft. Under the supervision of Dr. W= ioletta Ruszel and Prof. Frank Redig the PhD candidate has the opportunity = to choose between the following challenging projects:

• Gibbs- non Gibbs transitions on random graphs

• Probabilistic cellular automata on trees

• Synchronization on a network

For more details please go to: http://dutiosb.twi.tudelft.nl/~ruszel/misc.html There is also the possibility to discuss possible other projects in consult= ation with Dr. Ruszel and Prof. Redig. You will report on your results through papers in high-ranking probability = journals and through presentations at international conferences. You will also have some minor teaching duties, mainly as an assistant for r= elevant Bachelor and/or Master degree courses. Women are especially encouraged to apply.

Requirements

You have an MSc in mathematics or physics, with a proven interest and track= record in probability theory. Conditions of employment You will be appointed for a period of four years. Your performance will be = evaluated after 18 months. If the evaluation is positive, the contract will= be extended by 2.5 years; You will be classified as a PhD Candidate (promovendus) in the Dutch univer= sity job-ranking system (UFO). The gross starting salary amounts to 2,062 E= uros per month based on full-time employment, and will increase to 2,638 Eu= ros in the fourth year;

Organisation

TU Delft has over 13,000 students and 5,000 staff, all of whom are driven b= y a fascination for science, design and engineering. Our university is not = only the oldest but also the largest university of technology in the Nether= lands. As such, we are constantly in search of new talent from home and abr= oad to help us ensure that our research and education remains of the very h= ighest standard. Delft University of Technology works at providing new ground-breaking insig= hts and solutions to urgent societal problems around the world. Thanks to i= ts top faculty members and unique, large-scale technological research facil= ities, this university offers world-level multidisciplinary research and ed= ucation. The campus contains a large number of state-of the art facilities such as t= he sports and cultural centers.

Contact

The deadline fo rthe application is 31 st of December 2014. Please send a l= etter of motivation, a list of taken courses with grades, a copy of your ma= ster thesis and at least two references to W.M.Ruszel@tudelft.nl. For more information and applications please contact W.M.Ruszel@tudelft.nl = or F.H.J.Redig@tudelft.nl.