Natural Sciences | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 5

Postdoctoral Position in Numerical Simulation of Turbulent Wall-Bounded Flows, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

The largest technical university in Sweden. Education and research cover a broad spectrum within natural sciences and engineering, as well as architecture, industrial engineering and management, urban planning, work science and environmental engineering.Applicants should have a PhD degree or soon receive one in a relevant scientific field. We are in particularly looking for candidates with a strong background in direct or large-eddy simulations of turbulent flows with experience/interest in large scale numerical simulations and data processing. Experience in MPI programming and running on parallel computers is advantageous.

Candidates are invited to send in applications containing a cover letter where they describe themselves, their qualifications and interests. The application should also contain a curriculum vita, publication list and names and addresses of references. Mark you application with “Diarienummer S-2011-0210”.

Scholarship Application Deadline:
April 10, 2011

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2011 Research Position at University of Oslo in Statistics, Norway

The Department of Mathematics is part of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. The department has three sections: Mathematics, Mechanics, and Statistics and Insurance Mathematics. The position is affiliated with the Section for Statistics and Insurance Mathematics, which currently has 11 full-time academic positions, 3 adjunct positions, and 7 PhD students.

Much of the research at the Section for Statistics and Insurance Mathematics is organized in the research group for Statistics and Biostatistics. The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences has appointed the group as one of the top-tier research groups at the faculty. The research of the group focuses on methodological and applied problems in statistics; in particular many research projects originate in the use of statistics in biology, medicine, and technological and economic risk assessments.

Scholarship Application Deadline:April 15, 2011

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2011 Postdoctoral Position in Robotics at KTH – Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

KTH is the largest technical university in Sweden. Education and research cover a broad spectrum within natural sciences and engineering, as well as architecture, industrial engineering and management, urban planning, work science and environmental engineering. KTH has 13.344 full-time equivalent students of whom 6.955 at Bachelor (first) level and 5.545 at Master (second) level. In addition 1.314 full-time equivalent students at doctoral studies (third) level and 3.900 employees.

CSC is one of Sweden’s most advanced and successful research and education institutions in Information Technology with activities at both KTH and Stockholm University. The activities of the school focus on higher education and research within the traditional core areas of numerical analysis and computer science; from theory building and analysis of mathematical models to algorithm construction, implementation and simulation. Other core areas of growing importance are technology and methods for the support of human communication and computer mediated cooperation over distances in time and space.

Scholarship Application Deadline:April, 1st 2011

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