Position Description

We are pleased to announce a new PhD Research Fellowship in the Department of Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing at Simula Research Laboratory (Simula) for a highly-motivated and self-driven PhD student with strong intellectual curiosity and interest in the mathematical foundations of artificial intelligence. The position is part of the National Norwegian Center for Sustainable, Risk-averse and Ethical AI (SURE-AI), funded by the Research Council of Norway (RCN) (2025-2030), coordinated by Simula.

Simula is a leading Norwegian research institute known for its excellence in cutting-edge ICT with a strong track record of top evaluations, active international collaborations, and success in significant funding initiatives, including European and National RCN grants. Simula is committed to supporting talent through a variety of PhD and postdoctoral programs and provides valuable research infrastructure, such as the national HPC facility, eX3. 

Job Description 

We are looking for a PhD candidate to join our team to work on exciting new topics in the numerical analysis of constrained variational problems with pointwise inequality constraints such as elliptic and parabolic variational inequalities, nondivergence form nonlinear PDE, and select problems from PDE-constrained optimization. At Simula, the candidate will work in the research team led by Thomas M. Surowiec, which will include a postdoctoral fellow working on similar topics, two adjunct professors, and several international partners. The PhD candidate will also be expected to be enrolled in the PhD program at the Department of Mathematics at the University of Oslo, a premier European research environment that combines a rich academic heritage with a forward-looking focus on innovation in pure and applied mathematics. A strong background in mathematics is essential. 

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