Postdoctoral position and PhD student position in Algorithms, Potsdam (Germany)

The Algorithm Engineering group at the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher (2y) in Algorithms and a PhD student in Algorithms.

The HPI is a unique research and teaching institute in Germany, which was founded in 1999 as an institute of the University of Potsdam. HPI carries out internationally acclaimed research and offers innovative academic majors in the field of IT Systems Engineering. The institute offers a vibrant scientific environment at the beautiful Campus Griebnitzsee, which is located at the border to Berlin.

Applicants should have a theoretical/mathematical background and an interest in at least one of the following topics: Random structures and algorithms, Models of scale-free networks and propositional satisfiability, Theory of evolutionary algorithms and swarm intelligence, and/or Heuristic and mathematical optimization.