The IT University of Copenhagen invites highly motivated individuals to apply for a PhD position starting in 1 February 2022 or soon thereafter.
The IT University’s vision is to create and share knowledge that is profound and leads to groundbreaking information technology and services for the benefit of humanity. The Computer Science Department seeks to conduct research and education that are both foundational and have impact on industry and society.
The Computer Science Department of the IT University of Copenhagen has for more than 15 years worked closely with A.P. Møller-Maersk and other leading carriers on stowage automation. We have educated two of the world’s five PhDs in the field and facilitated spinoffs that have launched several deployed stowage optimization products.
The PhD position is at the centre of these activities. It has been co-funded by the Danish Maritime Fund and involves collaboration with A.P. Møller-Maersk, Sealytix, the Technical University of Denmark, Bielefeld University, and Roskilde University.
A stowage plan assigns containers to load to slots on the vessel. They must be optimized over several ports at the same time and often deal with tens of thousands of containers due to the large size of vessels. Moreover, there are complex stowage rules and seaworthiness requirements as well as many interacting objectives. This makes stowage planning a challenging combinatorial optimization problem comparable to CPU design.
The primary research objective of the PhD is to develop and publish new stowage optimization algorithms that address known shortcomings of current approaches. Two possible directions are:
- Adaptive large neighborhood search, and
- Reinforcement learning.
Research data and domain knowledge are provided by collaborators. Moreover, we expect the project to be supported by an industrial PhD on the same topic.
General information
The IT University of Copenhagen (ITU) is a teaching and research-based tertiary institution concerned with information technology (IT) and the opportunities it offers. The IT University has more than 160 full-time Faculty members. Research and teaching in information technology span all academic activities which involve computers including computer science, information and media sciences, humanities and social sciences, business impact and the commercialization of IT.
Successful applicants will be employed and enrolled at the ITU University for a period of 3 or 4 years depending on the university degree level of the applicant.
Qualifications
You must have an MSc in computer science or similar. Since the PhD project spans algorithms, optimization, and artificial intelligence, a good foundation in all or most of these areas is required. We also value good communication and software development skills due the project’s extensive industrial collaboration.
Salary
Appointment and salary will be in accordance with the Ministry of Finance’s agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC).
Application
The application must be in English and must include:
- A motivated application, including a cogent argument for how qualified you are for the position and brief statements of research and teaching plans
- A full CV, including name, address, phone number, e-mail, previous and present employment and academic background
- Documentation of academic degrees (copy of degree certificates etc.)
Applications without the above-mentioned required documents will not be assessed.
The applicant will be accessed according to the Appointment Order from the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of 13 March 2012.
The IT University may use shortlisting in connection to the recruitment process. In case of shortlisting, the Chair of the hiring committee selects applicants for assessment in consultation with the hiring committee after the application deadline. All applicants are notified whether their application has been passed for assessment. The shortlisting of candidates for assessment is based on the criteria in the job posting.
Early contact with our faculty staff is strongly encouraged.
Questions about the positions can be directed to Associate Professer, Rune Møller Jensen, IT University of Copenhagen, rmj@itu.dk
Application procedure
You can only apply for this position through our e-recruitment system. Apply by pushing the button "Apply for position" in the job announcement on our website: http://en.itu.dk/About-ITU/Vacancies
Please read the guidelines for applicants carefully before filling in the application form. You can see the guidelines through this link: https://en.itu.dk/research/phd-programme/available-phd-positions/guidelines-for-applicants
Applications must be written in English. All other documents, such as transcripts must be accompanied by a translation in English or Danish.
Please note that all application material will be destroyed after the assessment.
Application deadline: 14 November 2021, at 23:59 CET/CEST.
Applications/enclosures received at ITU after the application deadline will not be taken into consideration. If you submit an application, it is your responsibility to ensure that it arrives before the deadline so please allow sufficient time for upload of publications and other documents.
The IT University invites all qualified researchers regardless of age, gender, religious affiliation or ethnic background to apply for the positions.
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