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Postdoctoral position at KTH, Sweden: Astrophysics

KTH School of Computer Science and Communication (CSC) announces a post-doctoral position with a focus on the approximability of NP-hard optimization problems.
The goal of the current project is to show mathematical theorems relating to efficient computation. The project studies NP-hard combinatorial optimization problems of central importance and aims to establish theoretical bounds on how well each problem can be approximated in polynomial time. The goal is to prove upper bounds by designing and analyzing algorithms and to prove lower bounds in the form of hardness results. A more detailed description of the project can be found at

http://www.csc.kth.se/tcs/projects/approx.php

Scholarship Application Deadline: 15 February 2011

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PhD/MS-PhD Position in Pusan National University, South Korea

Applications are invited for a graduate student position (PhD or MS-PhD integrated course) in the lab of Prof. Kyu Hyun at Pusan National University (PNU) in South Korea. Our main research focuses on complex fluids or soft matter systems e.g. polymer melt and solution, blockcopolymer, suspension, emulsions under various deformations (steady shear, oscillatory shear, extensional, and squeezing flow). We study complex fluids using normal rheometer and rheo-optics (Rheo-SALS, Rheo-SAXS). However, the person who is interested in complex fluid will be welcomed.

Candidates should have prior experience in the area of “Rheology, Polymer, or soft matter related fields”. Approximately 900,000 Korean Won/month will be supported.

Scholarship Application Deadline: Contact Employer,Prof. Kyu Hyun (kyuhyun-at-pusan.ac.kr)

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Erasmus Mundus Master in Technology, Heritage, Territories Industry: History, Valorisation, Didactic(TPTI)

TPTI (Techniques, Heritage, Industry Territories): scientific quality in service training in technology history, heritage and areas of the industry.

Master TPTI is a inter-university diploma which is coordinated by the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, in collaboration with two other European universities, the University of Evora in Portugal and the University of Padua in Italy.

This diploma is the Erasmus Mundus program established by the European Commission to make Europe a pole of excellence in training and research capable of attracting the best students at European universities and researchers worldwide.

Master Erasmus Mundus TPTI offers training in two years, and is designed for students or professionals wishing to develop in methodology, theory and practical heritage. It focuses on both historical analysis and analysis of land and give it an extra dimension of pure research and action research. Thus, it leads to either a doctoral or professional applications (expert, consulting, business culture). Each candidate selected by the Consortium received a grant from the European Commission.

TPTI remains on the account that hundreds of Masters Erasmus Mundus European Commission, one of the few degrees that are aimed at the Francophone world and which makes French the main language of work, even though English is accepted as second language.

TPTI training is designed to provide its students with knowledge of high scientific quality, while enabling them to gain practical experience through internships, learning multiple languages (English, French, Portuguese and Italian) and mobility through various European and non-Europeans who prepare research or professional life.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 31 January 2011

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