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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">School of Industrial Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Department of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Eindhoven University of Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">PhD position on EU-Funded “Programmatic Advertising Decision System” Project<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Vacancy ID: V39.3045<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The School of Industrial Engineering of Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) has a vacancy for a Ph.D. student in the area of data driven programmatic advertising
 decision support system. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white"> The intended starting date for this position is Dec 1, 2017 and can be further negotiated with interested applicants.  </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> 
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white">The position is embedded in the EU-funded Eurostars project “Programmatic Advertising Decision System<i>”, </i>which includes several industrial
 partners such as </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">OrangeGames and
</span><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white">Triodor</span></em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white">.
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The goal of the Ph.D. project is to develop a decision-support tool for revenue optimization of online companies who provide content or physical goods.  The project aims to combine techniques from Artificial
 Intelligence (especially, data mining and machine learning) and optimization methods to build a data-driven decision-support tool.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Organization<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Eindhoven University of Technology is one of the world’s leading research universities (ranked by the Times Higher Education Supplement). It is in particular well‐known
 for its joint research with industry (ranked number one worldwide by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies).  The research will be conducted at Eindhoven University of Technology, at the Department of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences
 (IE&IS), embedded within the Research Group of Information Systems (IS) and collaborating with the Research Group of
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Operations, Planning, Accounting and Control (OPAC).
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Information Systems Group in the School of Industrial Engineering performs advanced research in the area of business process engineering, focusing on business
 process management (BPM) and business process intelligence (BPI). </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">All research is embedded in SIKS (</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white">Netherlands Research School for
 Information and Knowledge Systems) and</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Beta (the KNAW-recognized research school for Operations Management & Logistics).
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Department of IE&IS has a strong national and international reputation for both basic research in the academic community and applied research with industry. The successful applicant will have the opportunity
 to profit from the benefits that such an environment has to offer and to contribute to the ongoing research.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Job description<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">You, as a successful applicant, will perform the research project, and report research findings at international conferences and workshops and in scientific journals.
 The project that forms the context for this position also involves intensive collaboration with the high tech industry. The research will be concluded with a Ph.D. thesis. A small teaching load is part of the job description. The project will be supervised
 by a group of researchers led by prof.dr.ir. Uzay Kaymak from the IS group.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Requirements<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">You, as a successful applicant, should have solid quantitative background. You have a Master’s degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Industrial Engineering,
 or a similar field of study. You have good programming skills (e.g., Java, Python, R, MATLAB). You are able to collaborate with researchers from a diverse background such as computer science, information systems, and mathematics/statistics, as well as with
 industry. You should have a keen interest in contributing to the intersection of the aforementioned fields.  Your communication skills are excellent as is your proficiency in English.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Appointment and salary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">PhD candidate is appointed as temporary university employee for a four-year period.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The terms of employment are governed by the Collective Labour Agreement of Universities in The Netherlands, with a monthly salary starting
 at € 2222,- (gross) in the first year, and increasing to € 2840,- in the fourth year, and an additional 8% holiday allowance and 8,3% end-of-year bonus. An extensive fringe benefits package is included. Additional budget allows for extensive research visits
 abroad and conference attendance.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">For information regarding the university, please visit the website of </span><a href="http://www.tue.nl/"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">TU/e</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">. </span><a href="https://venus.tue.nl/sci-cgi/index.opl"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Here</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> you
 can find information about the sports facilities on campus. Information about Eindhoven can be found </span><a href="https://www.thisiseindhoven.nl/"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">here</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">.
 The international office provides support with administration and housing to foreign nationals and their spouses.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Application<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Your application must contain the following documents (all in English):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Cover letter (1 page max), which includes a motivation of your interest in the vacancy and an explanation of why you would fit well for the project;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">a detailed curriculum vitae;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">a course list of your Masters and Bachelor programs (including grades);<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">results of a recent English language test, or other evidence of your English language capabilities;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">More information about the IS group can be found at
</span><a href="http://is.ieis.tue.nl"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">http://is.ieis.tue.nl</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">.  Questions about this position should be addressed to dr. Yingqian Zhang (yqzhang@tue.nl).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Information about terms of employment can be obtained from Kees Deneer MSc, personnel officer (pz.ieis@tue.nl). Further information about the Eindhoven University
 of Technology can be found at </span><a href="http://www.tue.nl"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">www.tue.nl</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">You can apply by pressing the ‘apply now’ button for this vacancy on the TU/e web-site or click
</span><a href="https://jobs.tue.nl/nl/vacature/phd-position-on-eufunded-programmatic-advertising-decision-system-project-322948.html"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">here</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">.
 The deadline for applications is 31 Oct 2017. We don’t accept applications sent by e-mail. You can only upload a maximum of 5 documents of 2 Mb each. If you have more than 5 documents you will need to combine them.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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