Post-doctoral position in Operations Reserach at the United Arab Emirates University

Duration: 12 months (starting September 2017)

Job description:

A one year (12 months) postdoctoral position is currently open in the Business Administration Department, College of Business and Economics, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE. The College of Business and Economics at UAEU has been accredited by AACSB since 2000. English is the language of instruction and communication within the college.

The candidate will work within the scope of a research project entitled “Electric vehicle charging infrastructure planning”. He/she will seek to propose various extensions of the current state of the art on facility location for electric vehicles charging stations in order to improve the practical relevancy of the models. Examples include the consideration of the limited capacity of the charging stations and the development of multi-period and/or stochastic models. He/she will have to carry out numerical experiments using state-of-the-art optimization software as well as to develop new exact and/or heuristic solution approaches.

This research project is a collaboration between the college of Business and Economics at UAEU (http://www.uaeu.ac.ae/en/) and the LRI (Laboratoire de Recherche en Informatique www.lri.fr) in France. The candidate will be based in Al Ain, UAE and will work with two advisors: Dr. Mouna Kchaou Boujelben (UAEU) and Dr. Céline Gicquel (LRI). Therefore, frequent Skype meetings should be scheduled.

Minimum qualifications:

Applicants must have a PhD in operations research, industrial engineering or in a related field (granted or nearly completed).  Candidates should have a research experience in the area of operations research and a strong background in linear and integer programming.  A good knowledge in stochastic programming will be appreciated but is not mandatory. A good overall level in applied maths and a significant experience with computer programming (C++ language) are also expected.  

Package: Monthly tax-free salary range 11,000 AED - 14,000 AED (around 3,000 EURO) according to experience, 1 round-trip air ticket and health care insurance.  

Application: The application package should include (1) a cover letter, (2) a detailed resume, (3) two recommendation letters with contact information of the references.  To apply, visit UAEU’s website https://jobs.uaeu.ac.ae and attach all the required documents to the website. Please send the same application package to Dr. Mouna Boujelben (mouna.boujelben@uaeu.ac.ae).