Post-Doctoral Research Visit F/M Optimal control theory with applications to epidemiology
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  • CDD
  • 2024-12-31
  • Applied mathematics



  • This research project is conducted in the framework of the project NOCIME (New Observation and Control Issues Motivated by Epidemiology), funded by the French National Research Agency (ANR) on the period 2024-2026 (three years). We are offering a 2-year position for a young PhD. Contracting may be immediate, and has to be achieved before January 1st, 2025.

    NOCIME consortium includes researchers from Inrae (Montpellier), Inria (Paris, Lille, Metz) and IRD (Paris). The researchers in charge of the Working Package related to this position are located in Montpellier (Inrae, Campus de La Gaillarde) and Paris (Sorbonne Université). The postdoctoral supervisors are two senior researchers: Alain Rapaport (Inrae, Montpellier) and Pierre-Alexandre Bliman (Inria, Paris). The postdoctoral fellow will work mainly in Montpellier, with regular trips and contacts in Paris. Other scientific voyages (workshops, conferences) will be scheduled and funded.
    Mission confiée

    The postdoctoral fellow will develop and test numerically new research results related to the topic. She/he will write scientific publications for international conferences and first-rank journals, mainly in the domains of Control theory and of Mathematical biology. He/she will present these results during international meetings and during the meetings organized for the advancement of the project NOCIME, within which he/she will be fully integrated as a collaborator.



  • Technical skills and level required : PhD, preferentially in Applied mathematics.

    Languages : Sufficient practice of scientific English is required.
    Avantages

    Subsidized meals
    Partial reimbursement of public transport costs
    Leave: 7 weeks of annual leave + 10 extra days off due to RTT (statutory reduction in working hours) + possibility of exceptional leave (sick children, moving home, etc.)
    Possibility of teleworking and flexible organization of working hours
    Professional equipment available (videoconferencing, loan of computer equipment, etc.)
    Social, cultural and sports events and activities