KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Job description

The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) announces the Dahlquist Research Fellowship, named in honor of professor Germund Dahlquist, the pioneer in numerical analysis at KTH, Stockholm.

“The Dahlquist Research Fellowship” entails a two-year employment as a postdoc/researcher at KTH. It´s a full-time research position in Numerical Analysis and it´s financed by COMSOL AB and the department of Mathematics. The award will be for full time research at KTH in numerical analysis and will carry special recognition at the School of Engineering Sciences. The recipient is encouraged to pursue her or his own research interests. The Fellow is provided with office and computer facilities within the department of Mathematics at KTH throughout the award period.

A smaller amount of teaching can be included if desired.

Qualifications

The fellowship shall be awarded to a young promising numerical analyst, who:

  • is no more than 40 years of age
  • has a PhD dissertation more recent than 5 years
  • speaks English

Germund Dahlquist, founder of NADA, worked as professor in Numerical Analysis at KTH (Royal Institute of Technology) and SU (Stockholm University) in 1963-1990, and as a guest professor at Stanford University in 1982-1986. He was one of the true Swedish pioneers in Numerical Analysis and Computer Science.

This fellowship is financed by COMSOL, Inc. and KTH. http://www.comsol.com/, and was founded in 2007.

Trade union representatives

You will find contact information to trade union representatives at KTH:s webbpage.

Application

Log into KTH's recruitment system in order to apply to this position. You are the main responsible to ensure that your application is complete according to the ad. Your complete application must be received at KTH no later than the last day of application.

The guidelines for the application and what it should contain can be found at https://www.kth.se/sci/the-dahlquist-resear/application-for-dahlquist-research-fellowship-1.857207

 Three letters of recommendation are asked for and you should inform your letter writer that they should send them to jobs@math.kth.se

Other information

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Type of employment Temporary position
Contract type Full time
First day of employment September 2019
Salary Monthly salary
Number of positions 1
Full-time equivalent 100%
City Stockholm
County Stockholms län
Country Sweden
Reference number S-2018-1617
Contact
  • Anna-Karin Tornberg, Prof., 08-790 62 66, E-post: akto@kth.se
Published 07.Nov.2018
Last application date 11.Jan.2019 11:59 PM CET

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