PhD Position in Artificial Intelligence at TU Wien, Austria

Application Deadline: July 15, 2020

Brief Description

Eligible Countries: If you want to know about nationality, please directly contact the employer.
Acceptable Course or Subjects: PhD program in Artificial Intelligence (Description Logics, Answer Set Programming, Knowledge Representation, and Reasoning, Reasoning about Actions and Change, Database Theory).
Admissible Criteria: To be eligible, applicants must meet the following criteria:
Must have a degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or other closely related fields.
Must have a very strong study record, especially in foundational topics (like discrete mathematics, logic, logic programming, algebra, a theory of computation, computational complexity, combinatorics, graph theory, automata theory, data structures, and algorithms).

How to Apply: In order to apply for the opportunity, all eligible applicants must send their application to Dr Mantas Šimkus (simkus-at-dbai.tuwien.ac.at).
Supporting Documents: Must provide a motivation letter, curriculum vitae, transcripts (academic record) showing high performance in prior studies, abstract of the Master thesis
and 2 letters of recommendation.
Admission Requirements: To become a part of this position, applicants must have a previous year degree.
Language Requirement: Candidates should have excellent English writing skills.

The Vienna University of Technology will offer the following benefits:

Provide employment for up to 3.5 years, with Dr Mantas Šimkus as a PhD advisor.
Gross salary of approx. 30.754 EUR per year (approx. 22.506 EUR per year after taxes in basic circumstances)
Candidates would join the LogiCS doctoral program, which offers top research expertise, and a stimulating and supportive environment.
A research and study environment that is friendly and gender-balanced.