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Students in summer on north campus, red gears in background. © Roland Baege​/​TU Dortmund

Open positions

This page contains current open positions of our chair.

Please contact Ulrike Spear for any further information. Please also send your complete application documents (as a single PDF file) to Ulrike Spear.

Postdoctoral position in the area of "probabilistic combinatorics"

The Chair of Efficient Algorithms and Complexity Theory at the Faculty of Computer Science of the Technical University of Dortmund offers a postdoctoral position within the DFG project "Message-Passing Algorithms, Information-Theoretical Thresholds and Limits of Efficient Solvability" with a fixed term of three years at pay grade E13 TV-L with 100% of the regular working hours starting October 1, 2022.

The opportunity for further scientific qualification is given.

The open position complements our team with new research topics in the areas of random discrete structures and randomized algorithms.

The position is embedded in a creative, attractive and internationally renowned research environment. For us, research is a team effort of our chair with international researchers in joint publications and presentations at the leading international conferences.

Your qualifications: PhD (either already completed or completed in the foreseeable future) in computer science, mathematics, theoretical physics or a similar subject with a good knowledge of combinatorics, probability theory and algorithms. High level of creativity, commitment, analytical skills and ability to work in a team. Very good command of English for your scientific publications and presentations.

Tasks:

  •     Research activities within the above mentioned DFG project (see ls2-web.cs.tu-dortmund.de/~mamicoja/pub_aco.pdf for recent publications).
  •     Collaboration in administrative activities (e.g. organization of the project workshop)

 

PhD position in the area of "probabilistic combinatorics"

The Chair of Efficient Algorithms and Complexity Theory at the Faculty of Computer Science of the Technical University of Dortmund offers a PhD student position within the DFG project "Sparse random combinatorial structures" with a fixed term of three years at pay grade E13 TV-L with 75 % of the regular working hours starting October 1, 2023.  The opportunity for further scientific qualification is given and desired.  
 
The open PhD position complements our team with new research topics in the areas of random discrete structures and randomized algorithms.
 
The position is embedded in a creative, attractive and internationally renowned research environment. Research for us is a team effort of our chair with international researchers in joint publications and presentations at the leading international conferences.   
 
Your qualifications: degree (M.Sc.) in computer science, mathematics, theoretical physics or similar with good knowledge in combinatorics, probability theory or algorithmics.  High level of creativity, commitment, analytical skills and ability to work in a team.  Very good command of English for your scientific publications and presentations.  
 
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Location & approach

The campus of TU Dort­mund University is located close to interstate junction Dort­mund West, where the Sauerlandlinie A 45 (Frankfurt-Dort­mund) crosses the Ruhrschnellweg B 1 / A 40. The best interstate exit to take from A 45 is “Dort­mund-Eichlinghofen” (closer to South Campus), and from B 1 / A 40 “Dort­mund-Dorstfeld” (closer to North Campus). Signs for the uni­ver­si­ty are located at both exits. Also, there is a new exit before you pass over the B 1-bridge leading into Dort­mund.

To get from North Campus to South Campus by car, there is the connection via Vogelpothsweg/Baroper Straße. We recommend you leave your car on one of the parking lots at North Campus and use the H-Bahn (suspended monorail system), which conveniently connects the two campuses.

TU Dort­mund University has its own train station (“Dort­mund Uni­ver­si­tät”). From there, suburban trains (S-Bahn) leave for Dort­mund main station (“Dort­mund Hauptbahnhof”) and Düsseldorf main station via the “Düsseldorf Airport Train Station” (take S-Bahn number 1, which leaves every 15 or 30 minutes). The uni­ver­si­ty is easily reached from Bochum, Essen, Mülheim an der Ruhr and Duisburg.

You can also take the bus or subway train from Dort­mund city to the uni­ver­si­ty: From Dort­mund main station, you can take any train bound for the Station “Stadtgarten”, usually lines U41, U45, U 47 and U49. At “Stadtgarten” you switch trains and get on line U42 towards “Hombruch”. Look out for the Station “An der Palmweide”. From the bus stop just across the road, busses bound for TU Dort­mund University leave every ten minutes (445, 447 and 462). Another option is to take the subway routes U41, U45, U47 and U49 from Dort­mund main station to the stop “Dort­mund Kampstraße”. From there, take U43 or U44 to the stop “Dort­mund Wittener Straße”. Switch to bus line 447 and get off at “Dort­mund Uni­ver­si­tät S”.

The AirportExpress is a fast and convenient means of transport from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Dortmund Central Station, taking you there in little more than 20 minutes. From Dortmund Central Station, you can continue to the university campus by interurban railway (S-Bahn). A larger range of international flight connections is offered at Düsseldorf Airport (DUS), which is about 60 kilometres away and can be directly reached by S-Bahn from the university station.

The H-Bahn is one of the hallmarks of TU Dort­mund University. There are two stations on North Campus. One (“Dort­mund Uni­ver­si­tät S”) is directly located at the suburban train stop, which connects the uni­ver­si­ty directly with the city of Dort­mund and the rest of the Ruhr Area. Also from this station, there are connections to the “Technologiepark” and (via South Campus) Eichlinghofen. The other station is located at the dining hall at North Campus and offers a direct connection to South Campus every five minutes.

The facilities of TU Dortmund University are spread over two campuses, the larger Campus North and the smaller Campus South. Additionally, some areas of the university are located in the adjacent “Technologiepark”.

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