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Joint PhD and post-doc call of the SFB 65 "Taming Complexity in Partial Differential Systems"

See the text of the joint call at this link.

Description of this position

Please note that the deadline for this position is on
15.11.2021
(23:59 Europe/Vienna timezone).

Project Part in the SFB 65
Project Part 8 (Dirk Praetorius and Michael Feischl) - link
Type of position
Post-doc position.
Duration of employment
2 years.
Affiliation
The successful applicant will be employed at the Institute of Analysis and Scientific Computing of TU Wien (Vienna, Austria) and will be associated to the workgroups of Michael Feischl and Dirk Praetorius.
Theme
Structure-preserving numerical schemes for diffusion systems
With the project, we aim to drive the development of robust numerical methods for the Landau—Lifschitz—Gilbert equation (LLG) of magnetization dynamics. This nonlinear and time-dependent PDE is actively used in the simulation of magnetic devices, such as high-performance hard drives, or magnetic sensors. Mathematically, the project's focus lies on three pillars: First, we investigate coupling of the equation to other systems (Maxwell, electron spin accumulation, ...) in order to simulate real-life phenomena. Second, we consider advanced sampling techniques for stochastic LLG such as quasi-Monte Carlo, sparse grids, and multi-level methods. Third, we aim to develop adaptive mesh-refinement techniques to resolve spatial and temporal singularities.
Depending on the preferences and background of the candidate, all the themes can be approached from a very applied scientific computing perspective, or from a theoretical numerical analysis view. A successful candidate for this position should have a background in the numerical analysis of either PDEs or high-dimensional methods.
Involved researchers of the SFB
Preferred start date
As soon as possible.
Requested documents
(to be uploaded in the online application)
  • CV.
  • PhD thesis as pdf-file.
  • 1 recommendation letter.
Additional requested information
  • Contact details of additional 2 possible references (we will contact these people for the candidates in the short list).
Contact
For queries on this advertisement, please contact Assoc.-Prof. Michael Feischl at michael.feischl@asc.tuwien.ac.at.
Online application