Post-Doctoral Research Visit F/M [Campagne Post-Doc BMI-NF-GRA-2024] Numerical schemes for Sensitivity Analysis of Hypocoercive Systems.

Contract type : Fixed-term contract

Level of qualifications required : Graduate degree or equivalent

Other valued qualifications : PhD thesis

Fonction : Post-Doctoral Research Visit

About the research centre or Inria department

The Centre Inria de l’Université de Grenoble groups together almost 600 people in 22 research teams and 7 research support departments.

Staff is present on three campuses in Grenoble, in close collaboration with other research and higher education institutions (Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, INRAE, …), but also with key economic players in the area.

The Centre Inria de l’Université Grenoble Alpe is active in the fields of high-performance computing, verification and embedded systems, modeling of the environment at multiple levels, and data science and artificial intelligence. The center is a top-level scientific institute with an extensive network of international collaborations in Europe and the rest of the world.

Context

The postdoctoral position will start in September 2024 at Université Grenoble Alpes within Inria project-team AIRSEA located in Grenoble (France). This work is part of the activities of the french thematic network on uncertainty quantification. The candidate will benefit from the scientific environment of Jean Kuntzmann Laboratory. She/he will also benefit from
GRICAD supercomputing infrastructure.

1 https://team.inria.fr/airsea/
2 https://uq.math.cnrs.fr/
3 https://www-ljk.imag.fr/
4 https://gricad.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/

Main activities

The main activity will be to conduct the research project described in the offer, to implement numerically the methods which will be developed and to valorize the work with publications and oral presentations in conferences.

Skills

This postdoctoral project is at the crossroad between numerical analysis, probability, statistics and machine learning. Candidates must have good knowledge for at least one ofthese domains and the motivation to quickly acquire the missing complementary skills. This researchwork will involve both theoretical developments and practical implementations. Candidates should
have demonstrable experience and skill in some of the following topics : scientific creativity, autonomy,
writing abilities, oral communication skills (English and/or French), and taste for teamwork.

Benefits package

  • Subsidized meals
  • Partial reimbursement of public transport costs
  • Leave: 7 weeks of annual leave + 10 extra days off due to RTT (statutory reduction in working hours) + possibility of exceptional leave (sick children, moving home, etc.)
  • Possibility of teleworking (after 6 months of employment) and flexible organization of working hours
  • Professional equipment available (videoconferencing, loan of computer equipment, etc.)
  • Social, cultural and sports events and activities
  • Access to vocational training
  • Social security coverage

Remuneration

2 788 euros gross salary /month