Internal and external relationships Direct responsibility to holder of research award or academic supervisor. May have additional reporting and liaison responsibilities to external funding bodies or sponsors. May be asked to serve on a relevant Academic Unit committee, for example research committee. Collaborators/colleagues in other work areas and institutions. Special Requirements Willingness to travel and to attend and present at conferences in the UK and internationally. Applications for Research Fellow positions will be considered from candidates who are working towards or nearing completion of a relevant PhD qualification. The title of Research Fellow will be applied upon successful completion of the PhD. Prior to the qualification being awarded the title of Senior Research Assistant will be given. PERSON SPECIFICATION How to be Criteria Essential Desirable assessed Qualifications, PhD or equivalent professional PhD in any area of Mathematics or Application, knowledge and qualifications and experience in closely related subject with Interview, experience Mathematics or equivalent significant experience in Continuous References professional qualification and Optimization Methods experience Experience in a programming Detailed understanding and language or numerical optimization knowledge of Optimization, tool, e.g., MATLAB, Python or C++ Computational Methods Expertise in nonsmooth and/or Eperience in developing a nonconvex optimization and solver/algorithm in MATLAB or any computational optimization other numerical mathematics/optimization software Planning and Able to organise own research Application, organising activities to deadline and quality Interview, standards References Problem solving Able to develop understanding of Application, and initiative complex problems and apply Interview, knowledge to address them References Able to develop original techniques/methods Management Able to supervise work of junior Application, and teamwork research staff, delegating effectively Interview, References Able to contribute to Academic Unit management and administrative processes Work effectively in a team, understanding the strengths and weaknesses of others to help teamwork development
Internal and external relationships Direct responsibility to holder of research award or academic supervisor. May have additional reporting and liaison responsibilities to external funding bodies or sponsors. May be asked to serve on a relevant Academic Unit committee, for example research committee. Collaborators/colleagues in other work areas and institutions. Special Requirements Willingness to travel and to attend and present at conferences in the UK and internationally. Applications for Research Fellow positions will be considered from candidates who are working towards or nearing completion of a relevant PhD qualification. The title of Research Fellow will be applied upon successful completion of the PhD. Prior to the qualification being awarded the title of Senior Research Assistant will be given. PERSON SPECIFICATION Criteria Essential Desirable How to be assessed Qualifications, knowledge and experience PhD or equivalent professional qualifications and experience in Mathematics or equivalent professional qualification and experience Detailed understanding and knowledge of Optimization, Computational Methods Eperience in developing a solver/algorithm in MATLAB or any other numerical mathematics/optimization software PhD in any area of Mathematics or closely related subject with significant experience in Continuous Optimization Methods Experience in a programming language or numerical optimization tool, e.g., MATLAB, Python or C++ Expertise in nonsmooth and/or nonconvex optimization and computational optimization Application, Interview, References Planning and organising Able to organise own research activities to deadline and quality standards Application, Interview, References Problem solving and initiative Able to develop understanding of complex problems and apply knowledge to address them Able to develop original techniques/methods Application, Interview, References Management and teamwork Able to supervise work of junior research staff, delegating effectively Able to contribute to Academic Unit management and administrative processes Work effectively in a team, understanding the strengths and weaknesses of others to help teamwork development Application, Interview, References
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