The University of Southern Denmark is a in Denmark that has several campuses around the country and in New Zealand. The institution offers a broad range of programmes and also offers some jointly with the University of Flensburg and the University of Kiel.
Their campus in Odense calls for applications to a 3-year PhD position on the topic of digital port operations and sustainable Roll-on-Roll-off (RoRo) shipping in the department of of Technology and Innovation.
Job Purpose
The selected candidate will be tasked with the following duties:
- You will conduct research in the corresponding research area.
- You will work closely with key stakeholders in RoRO terminals and shipping companies in DK and Europe to map current state of digitalisation and cargo operations as well as business, sustainability KPIs and performance
- You will support project and industry partners in evaluating implementation feasibility and efficiency and emission impact of implemented / tested digital technologies
- You will do data gathering, data cleansing, modelling and analysis using state of art statistical / mathematical / simulation software using mainly open-source software like R, Python, SQL Server, etc.
- You will publish and present your work both at international conferences and in scientific journals with high impact.
- You will assist in teaching and project supervision activities.
Job Benefits/Salary: 3,378 EURO per month plus supplements the successful candidate will receive.
Work Location: University of Southern Denmark
Country: Denmark
Region: Odense, Denmark
Available Vacancies: One position
Eligibility
The following are the eligibility requirements of the job position:
- MSc degree in Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Maritime or Logistics Studies or equivalent (equivalent to a Danish master’s degree)
- Being familiar with or having a dedicated interest in exploring the domain of maritime terminal / port / ship operations and sustainability will be an advantage
- Comfortable with data science, statistics, AI and programming languages and willingness to learn new if needed
- Experience with building and executing quantitative models in business / industrial settings will be an advantage
- Very good written and oral communication skills
- Comfortable working both independently and within an international team
- Willingness to do applied science and support project team, industrial partners and overall research project progress
- Interested in longer term commitment to a growing research group
- Comfortable to work with students and to contribute to teaching / supervision of (master) students
- Fluent in English, both spoken and written
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Entry Requirements
- Completed TEK PhD application form for 5+3 applicants.
- Motivation letter stating your specific interest, motivation and qualifications for the project in question (max. 2 pages). Upload in the field called “Project description”.
- Detailed Curriculum Vitae, describing research, publication and teaching experience, computational skills and including personal contact information.
- Verified copies of the official bachelor diploma and master’s diploma and transcripts of exams, both original and translated into English.
- Completed TEK PhD form for calculation grade point average. Upload in one of the fields called “Publication”.
- An official document describing the grading scheme of the awarding universities (if not Danish). Upload in one of the fields called “Publication”.
- An official and verified written assessment of the thesis or dissertation project from the grade giving institution, if the thesis/examination project is evaluated by approved/passed. The statement must clearly state that the candidate has been among the top 30 pct. in the graduation class for the study programme.
- References, if any. You’re welcome to use the form for reference letter at the Faculty website.
- List of publications and maximum 2 examples of relevant publications, if available. Please attach one pdf-file for each publication.
The application must be done in English.
How to Apply
Read this guideline on how to apply
Application Deadline
30 November 2020
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