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June 15, 2008

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RWTH Aachen University: Phd / postdoc position – Institut fuer Geometrie und Praktische Mathematik

With 30,000 students and 10,000 employees, RWTH Aachen University is one of the leading universities and also the largest employer and training body in the region. Its teaching and research are closely connected to industry and are characterised by an international, innovative and interdiciplinary approach.
phd / postdoc position

Institut fuer Geometrie und Praktische Mathematik

Your Profile:
The position is part of a joint project between the IGPM, RWTH Aachen (W. Dahmen),
the Seminar for Applied Mathematics, ETH Zurich (C. Schwab),
and the chair of applied Analysis, University of Osnabrück (G. Kutyniok). Good programming skills as well as a some background in function spaces and (applied and computational)
harmonic analysis are a must. A master degree in mathematics with outstanding grades is expected.
Your duties and responsibilities:
A central theme of the project will be the mathematical
analysis and the computer implementation of directional
representation systems in adaptive discretization methods
for partial differential equations.
Our offer:
The position is to be filled as soon as possible and is for a fixed term for 3 years. An extension by three more years is possible. Regular working hours are 39,83 hours a week. A PhD is required. The pay scale classification complies with the labour agreement TV-L. RWTH Aachen University has been rewarded with the “Total-E-Quality-Award” for its efforts with respect to gender equality. In cases of equal qualification, aptitude and expertise of the applicants, female applicants will be given preferential treatment for those salary groups and careers in which females are underrepresented, unless there are preponderant reasons to give preference to another applicant. Please refer to § 8 Article 6 of the North Rhine-Westphalian Equal Opportunities Act (Landesgleichstellungsgesetz NW). RWTH Aachen University has been rewarded with the title “disability-friendly” (“Prädikat behindertenfreundlich” ) for its efforts with respect to training and employment of severely disabled people. Applications from severely disabled people with appropriate suitability are explicitly welcome. This also applies to people with equal opportunities in accordance with § 2 SGB IX (Social Code).

Your contact person:

For advance information, please contact Mr. Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Dahmen on tel. no. (+49)241-93951 or e-mail dahmen@igpm.rwth-aachen.de . You can also obtain further information from our websites: www.igpm.rwth-aachen.de/joboffers

Please send your application by 31.7.2008 to: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Dahmen, Institut fuer Geometrie und Praktische Mathematik, 52056 Aachen, Germany

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