SENIOR SCIENTIST OR TENURE TRACK POSITION

Background

Founded in 1946, the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) is the national research institute for mathematics and computer science in the Netherlands. It is located in the Science Park Amsterdam and is part of the “Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research” (NWO). The institute is internationally focused and renowned for its high quality research. Over 160 researchers conduct pioneering research and share their acquired knowledge with society. More than 30 researchers are employed as professors at universities. The institute has generated twenty-one spin-off companies. The Database Architectures group at CWI (http://www.cwi.nl/en/research-groups/Database-Architectures) is one of the world-wide leading groups in system-oriented database research.

Position

The position is in the area of applied mathematics for applications related to computational energy systems. Relevant areas of specialism
should include the conversion or transport of sustainable energy. Depending on the seniority of the candidate the vacancy concerns a tenure track position or a tenured position as a senior scientist.

Requirements

   - The mathematical skills of the candidate should include expertise in numerical analysis, scientific computing, computational fluid
     dynamics, or control theory, inverse modeling, optimization and data assimilation.
   - The candidate is required to have shown an ability to acquire research grants and perform state of the art research on computational
     energy systems. This should be expressed by a strong list of publications in respected journals in applied mathematics.
   - The candidate is also expected to have organizational and guidance skills, be able to carry out his/her own research agenda, and able to
     collaborate with colleagues at CWI and other institutions.
   - Candidates should have an excellent spoken and written command of English and within a reasonable period also Dutch.

Deadline: 01 September 2012

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