Head of a Research Group (f/m/d) (26/16)

Lead a research group within the Weierstrass Group on Data-driven Control and Optimization at WIAS, whose application areas include quantitative biomedicine, modern materials and sustainable energy. The institute seeks an early-career applied mathematician focused on optimisation, ideally combining theory and algorithms for optimisation with partial differential equations with mathematically founded artificial intelligence and machine learning. The post comes with funding for research staff and a dedicated budget for travel and visiting researchers.

A PhD and an outstanding record in applied mathematics with an emphasis on optimisation. Full-time (39 hours per week) on the TVöD Bund scale for an initial three years, renewable after a positive evaluation, with mobile working possible. Applications go through the WIAS applicant portal, and the advert stays open until the position is filled.