[Job-offers-cs] Postdoctoral Fellow in Operations Research/Management at Eindhoven University of Technology

[Pekka Orponen]

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Subject: [DMANET] Postdoctoral Fellow in Operations Research/Management 
at Eindhoven University of Technology
Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 16:35:20 +0200
From: Joris Kinable <j.kinable at tue.nl>
To: dmanet at zpr.uni-koeln.de

Eindhoven University of Technology has an open postdoctoral position in 
Operations Research/Management. This Post-doctoral Research position is 
a joint position between the Department of Industrial Engineering & 
Innovation Sciences, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/E) and the 
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. The position is a fully 
funded for a duration of 16 months, which can be extended with 6 months. 
Out of the initial 16 months, the candidate is expected to spend 4 
months at the Indian Institute of Management and 12 months at the 
Eindhoven University of Technology.

*For this project we are looking for a candidate with a strong 
background in mathematical programming (Integer Programming, Constraint 
Programming, stochastic optimization, etc), and Machine learning.*

Starting date: As soon as possible, but no later than 1 September 2019.


*Project context*As e-commerce continues to grow, the logistics of 
moving products along the last leg from warehouses to end-customers has 
become more important and more complex. The market is highly 
competitive, volumes increase and customers expect faster, on-demand 
deliveries, 7 days a week. As of 2022, the USA e-commerce retail market 
is expected to grow to a staggering US$ 638 billion, from US$ 409 
billion in 2017 [Statista 2018]. Similar growth rates are reported for 
Europe and several Asian countries. To cope with this growth in expected 
volume, the capacity of last-mile delivery systems will have to expand 
significantly.

The focus of this particular project is on e-fulfillment: a term which 
collectively denotes warehousing operations, last-mile delivery and 
their interdependence. Within the context of e-fulfillment, we study 
data-driven optimization. Key to this research is the question how data 
can be used to make better decisions. Data from various sources is 
available in abundance: sensor and tracking data (IoT), demand, traffic 
and weather forecasts, etc. It however remains largely unclear how this 
data can be used effectively to improve e-fulfillment. Consequently, the 
main goal of this project is to develop data-driven optimization 
techniques to improve efficiency in e-fulfillment, while reducing costs, 
increasing customer satisfaction, and lowering the ecological impact.

This project is funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific 
Research (NWO) and the Indian Ministry of Electronics and Information 
Technology (MeitY).


*Tasks* The postdoctoral fellow is expected to conduct research and 
write research papers on the research project, in close collaboration 
with the project partners. The position also requires some involvement 
with teaching activities of the OPAC group (a maximum of 30% of the 
time), including the supervision of BSc and MSc students that will work 
on elements of the project with one or more of the industrial partners.

For more information, or to submit your application, visit:
https://jobs.tue.nl/en/vacancy/postdoctoral-fellow-in-operations-resarch-management-594873.html

dr. Joris Kinable
Assistant professor
Operations, Planning, Accounting and Control
Industrial Engineering & Information Sciences
Eindhoven University of Technology