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At the Goethe University Frankfurt, Mathematics Institute, there is an opening for a junior researcher position (PhD student/postdoc), starting 1 Oct 2020. This is a fixed term appointment for three years. The remuneration is on the E13 scale of the state of Hesse (full time).

The position funded by the DFG project

“Reconstruction and learning in complex networks”

headed by Prof Amin Coja-Oghlan. The project is a part ofof the DFG research group

“Algorithms, dynamics and information flow in networks,”

which is a joint collaborative programme with Prof Martin Hoefer (JWGUFFM, speaker), Prof Petra Berenbrink (UHH), Prof Nils Bertschinger (JWGUFFM), Prof Tobias Friedrich (HPI) and Prof Ulrich Meyer (JWGUFFM).

Applicants are expected to have a strong background in discrete maths, probability and theoretical computer science.

For the official announcement (in German) please see [https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/81851823/Aktueller_Stellenmarkt_vom_17__Juni_2020.pdf]