Field of Interest:hep-ph, hep-th
Deadline: 2018-08-31
Region: Europe
Job description:
We are pleased to advertise 15 Early-Stage Researcher (PhD) positions, as part of the Innovative Training Network of the European Commission SAGEX, or "Scattering Amplitudes: from Geometry to Experiment".
The positions can start any time after 1st September 2018 and will be available at the following institutions: Queen Mary University of London, Humboldt University Berlin, DESY, Durham University, CEA Saclay, Niels Bohr Institute, Trinity College Dublin, RISC Software GmbH.
We are in the process of setting up a webpage for the project, but temporarily all relevant information is contained here: http://strings.ph.qmul.ac.uk/
We expect the formal application process to open in early April (after completion of the grant agreement).
Interested applicants are strongly encouraged to contact as soon as possible the scientists in charge of the projects:
o QMUL: Andreas Brandhuber and Gabriele Travaglini
o Humboldt University Berlin: Jan Plefka and Matthias Staudacher
o Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron: Johannes Blümlein and Volker Schomerus
o Durham University: Patrick Dorey and Paul Heslop
o Niels Bohr Institute: Emil Bjerrum-Bohr and Poul Henrik Damgaard
o CEA Saclay: John Joseph Carrasco and David Kosower
o Trinity College Dublin: Ruth Britto and Tristan McLoughlin
o RISC GmbH: Carsten Schneider
The SAGEX consortium also includes academic partner organisations:
o University of Oxford
o ETH Zurich
o University of California, Los Angeles
o SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (Stanford University)
o University of Hamburg;
plus private sector partners
o Wolfram Research
o Maplesoft
o Danske Bank
o DreamQuark
o Mærsk Tankers
o Milde Marketing Science Communication
o Ekaterina Eremenko Films.
Eligibility requirements: There are strict eligibility requirements within Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks. At the time of appointment, applicants must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies) in the country for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately before their appointment; AND shall also be in the first four years of their research careers at the time of appointment and have not been awarded a doctoral degree.
Overview of the project and of the training offered to all Early-Stage Researchers of SAGEX:
Scattering amplitudes, describing the observations of high-energy collider experiments, provide a window into the fundamental structures predicted by relativistic quantum theories. By identifying and exploiting seemingly disparate concepts from abstract geometry, symbolic big data, and phenomenological calculations, the SAGEX network will train the next generation of researchers in the new tools, approaches and insights that will make possible previously intractable analyses directly relevant to current and near-future particle physics experiments. Assembling an unprecedented team of top scholars in mathematics, theoretical physics, and symbolic computation with major industry partners including Wolfram Research, Maplesoft, and RISC GmbH, we intend to leverage our successes, expertise, and world-class scientific challenges to provide a unique training opportunity for Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) in Europe.
Training of the network's ESRs will comprise an integrated curriculum of local and intensive network courses, schools, and engagement with active cutting-edge research. They will be seconded to at least one academic and one private sector partner of the project, building bridges between academic and industrial communities. SAGEX is set up to integrate several existing and highly recognised annual conferences with a series of new schools, workshops and industry partnerships. Through developing invaluable analytic, computational and soft skills, the ESRs emerging from this action will be eminently employable with the potential to become the next generation of European leaders in academia, industry, and the public sector. Finally, the training we offer, and the research carried out, will be made open and available, boosting not only Europe's continued leadership in the field of high-energy theoretical physics, but strategically allowing non-partner institutions with less domain experience to train scholars in relevant, in-demand skills.
More Information:http://strings.ph.qmul.ac.uk/news/innovative-training-network-sagex
Deadline: 2018-08-31
Region: Europe
Job description:
We are pleased to advertise 15 Early-Stage Researcher (PhD) positions, as part of the Innovative Training Network of the European Commission SAGEX, or "Scattering Amplitudes: from Geometry to Experiment".
The positions can start any time after 1st September 2018 and will be available at the following institutions: Queen Mary University of London, Humboldt University Berlin, DESY, Durham University, CEA Saclay, Niels Bohr Institute, Trinity College Dublin, RISC Software GmbH.
We are in the process of setting up a webpage for the project, but temporarily all relevant information is contained here: http://strings.ph.qmul.ac.uk/
We expect the formal application process to open in early April (after completion of the grant agreement).
Interested applicants are strongly encouraged to contact as soon as possible the scientists in charge of the projects:
o QMUL: Andreas Brandhuber and Gabriele Travaglini
o Humboldt University Berlin: Jan Plefka and Matthias Staudacher
o Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron: Johannes Blümlein and Volker Schomerus
o Durham University: Patrick Dorey and Paul Heslop
o Niels Bohr Institute: Emil Bjerrum-Bohr and Poul Henrik Damgaard
o CEA Saclay: John Joseph Carrasco and David Kosower
o Trinity College Dublin: Ruth Britto and Tristan McLoughlin
o RISC GmbH: Carsten Schneider
The SAGEX consortium also includes academic partner organisations:
o University of Oxford
o ETH Zurich
o University of California, Los Angeles
o SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (Stanford University)
o University of Hamburg;
plus private sector partners
o Wolfram Research
o Maplesoft
o Danske Bank
o DreamQuark
o Mærsk Tankers
o Milde Marketing Science Communication
o Ekaterina Eremenko Films.
Eligibility requirements: There are strict eligibility requirements within Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks. At the time of appointment, applicants must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies) in the country for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately before their appointment; AND shall also be in the first four years of their research careers at the time of appointment and have not been awarded a doctoral degree.
Overview of the project and of the training offered to all Early-Stage Researchers of SAGEX:
Scattering amplitudes, describing the observations of high-energy collider experiments, provide a window into the fundamental structures predicted by relativistic quantum theories. By identifying and exploiting seemingly disparate concepts from abstract geometry, symbolic big data, and phenomenological calculations, the SAGEX network will train the next generation of researchers in the new tools, approaches and insights that will make possible previously intractable analyses directly relevant to current and near-future particle physics experiments. Assembling an unprecedented team of top scholars in mathematics, theoretical physics, and symbolic computation with major industry partners including Wolfram Research, Maplesoft, and RISC GmbH, we intend to leverage our successes, expertise, and world-class scientific challenges to provide a unique training opportunity for Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) in Europe.
Training of the network's ESRs will comprise an integrated curriculum of local and intensive network courses, schools, and engagement with active cutting-edge research. They will be seconded to at least one academic and one private sector partner of the project, building bridges between academic and industrial communities. SAGEX is set up to integrate several existing and highly recognised annual conferences with a series of new schools, workshops and industry partnerships. Through developing invaluable analytic, computational and soft skills, the ESRs emerging from this action will be eminently employable with the potential to become the next generation of European leaders in academia, industry, and the public sector. Finally, the training we offer, and the research carried out, will be made open and available, boosting not only Europe's continued leadership in the field of high-energy theoretical physics, but strategically allowing non-partner institutions with less domain experience to train scholars in relevant, in-demand skills.
More Information:http://strings.ph.qmul.ac.uk/news/innovative-training-network-sagex