The doc.funds doctoral school
Modeling – Analysis – Optimization of discrete, continuous, and stochastic systems
is funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and by the University of Klagenfurt.
The doctoral school is embedded into the well-established doctoral program in mathematics, but provides a special structure and a clearly defined research goal.
In our research we aim for solving mathematical problems by creating synergies from a multi-perspective view, combining the knowledge of several mathematical sub-disciplines.
In order to guarantee optimal guidance for this, every PhD student has a supervisor and a co-supervisor from the faculty as well as an international expert as a mentor, who will host the students international research stay.
The doctoral school and the doctoral program in mathematics provide a vivid, friendly, and research-oriented environment for PhD students from all over the world.
The coordinator team of the doctoral school consists of Prof. Michaela Szölgyenyi (coordinator), Prof. Barbara Kaltenbacher (co-coordinator), and Roswitha Rissner.
The faculty consists of Professors in the mathematical sub-disciplines relevant for the doctoral school.
These are Clemens Heuberger, Phillip Hungerländer, Barbara Kaltenbacher, Christian Pötzsche, Franz Rendl, Elena Resmerita, Gunter Spöck, Michaela Szölgyenyi, and Angelika Wiegele. Associated faculty members provide additional support for the PhD students: Andrei Asinowski, Abel Garab, Viktoriia Grushkovska, Jürgen Pilz, Roswitha Rissner.
Hiring and Employment
- Ten positions have been filled in phase one of the hiring process, we currently announce three further positions. The job announcement can be found here.
- In the application phase, potential candidates submit their curriculum vitae, an abstract of max. ½ page (including a statement of interest in multi-perspective research combining different mathematical sub-disciplines and a statement indicating which of the research areas of the doctoral school would be preferred for the PhD), list of courses taken so far and grade report, title/topic of Master’s thesis, Master’s thesis if available. If an applicant has not received the Master’s degree by the application deadline, the applicant should provide a declaration, written either by a supervising professor or by the candidate themself, on the feasibility of finishing the Master’s by July 16, 2021 at the latest.
- Shortlisted candidates will be invited for a hearing.
- The starting date is negotiable, August, 1, 2021 at latest, preferably February 1, 2021.
- Successful candidates will be employed by the university for 30 hours per week for 4 years.
Graduation requirements
In addition to the graduation requirements of the doctoral program the doctoral school has additional requirements for the ideal preparation of our PhD students for the academic job market. These are
- participation in at least one (internal or external) summer school and in at least two status seminars
- if there are less than two positively reviewed papers in international refereed journals or conference proceedings, then in addition to the two positive international reviews of the thesis, there must be two preprints on arXiv.org, which the supervisor and the co-supervisor declare publishable
- research stay abroad (this condition may be relaxed for those PhD students who have strong personal obstacles such as maternity).
Organigramm
doc.funds – Doctoral School
Coordinator Team
- Szölgyenyi Michaela, Univ.-Prof. Dr.
- Kaltenbacher Barbara, Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.
- Rissner Roswitha, Dipl.-Ing. Dr. techn.
International Mentor
Experts from all over the world help and collaborate with us
Thematic Doctoral Program
PhD Speaker
- Schlintl Anna, Dipl.-Ing.
- Spendier Kathrin, Univ.-Ass. Dipl.Ing.
Speaker
- Kaltenbacher Barbara, Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.
Mentor/Role Model
There will be a junior factulty member chosen by the students
Faculty
- Supervisor
- Co-Supervisor
CONTACT
Contact for the doc.funds doctoral school
E: mao [dot] doctoralschool [at] aau [dot] at
T: +43 463 2700 3133
