Call for PhD Candidates on Strategic Engineering, M&S, AI & Data Analytics for Green Strategies, within the International Strategic Engineering PhD Program
2 PhD Positions are open in International PhD Program on Strategic Engineering, joinly Organized by Engineering School, Economics and other Schools at Genoa University, co-sponsored by Italian Ministry of Research and Companies (i.e. ReLog3P & SIM4Future)
2 Grants covering 3 years each as PhD Student at Genoa University, Italy
You will have to prepare application with Curriculum Vitae and a PhD Research Proposal related to the Green & Strategic Engineering
Official Call
Strategic Engineering Positions within the Call, Page 59-60
2nd Open Call 2021, DEADLINE: November 11, 12 PM CET - 2 Positions
Selection based by CV, Your Research Proposal Review and Virtual or Live Interview on the Topics in English Language
Notes to prepare proposal
In the curriculum it is important to highlight, as they will be used as evaluation
parameters, the following aspects: publications (e.g. International Journals, International
Conferences, Chapters of books), grade of Bsc and Msc degree (or equivalent title),
work experience and skills acquired.
You have to write down a research proposal project that should address GREEN issues to be approached
with the Strategic Engineering approach as described in Research Themes.
The research project, which should not exceed 10 pages, should identify the motivation,
methodology, research objectives, and a preliminary state of the art. The proposed
research project will constitute the research topic of the doctoral dissertation.
Since the following aspects will be used as evaluation parameters, it is also important to
highlight in the presentation of the research project: relevance to the research themes
that appear in the call, Originality, Method of execution, Feasibility, Clarity of
exposition.
Research Themes:
Promoting Sustainable Development, Ecosystem Conservation, Biodiversity, Impacts of climate change reduction,
These GREEN themes will be addressed through the Strategic Engineering approach.
Strategic Engineering is a new field of research that focuses on how to effectively
use the most up-to-date techniques in Simulation, Optimization, Data Processing and
Artificial Intelligence in decision making with the aim of analyzing complex systems in
in view of the need to ensure environmental, social and economic sustainability.
In the Strategic Engineering field there is a great ferment to respond to the demand to develop GREEN
solutions that can be competitive on the market and effective. In this context there are
multiple initiatives, from the classic approach of energy saving or waste and cost
containment to a global vision that actually considers how to rethink production or
logistics processes(among many others)in this perspective.
To be successful in this field, it becomes critical to create advanced models that can
consider not only the individual component of the system, but also the interaction
between all internal subsystems and between them and the external environment and
other related elements, in order to develop viable and robust solutions that are able to
sustain themselves effectively.
PhD students will develop models and experiments building systems employing Big
Data analytics, Agent Based stochastic discrete events Simulators integrated with
optimization systems employing Machine Learning, Fuzzy Logic & Genetic
Algorithms, Crowdsourcing. The goal will be to change the way we think about, design,
restructure and manage plants, processes, logistics and transportation for the green
transition.
PhD students will be able to develop research on GREEN issues in a network involving
foreign universities consortium in the international PhD in Strategic Engineering. Moreover, PhD students
will be in a close contact with companies having interests and skills in innovative sectors
such as: zero impact manufacturing, energy sector, decision making and risk
management in ports and strategic assets on the sea and coast, water management, waste
treatment and circular economy.
The goal is to enhance the human capital that will be employed in the PhD program, to
encourage the spread of an approach towardsinnovation and GREEN and to strengthen
the exchange between the world of research and the world of production by creating a
synergy between research and partner companies.
More details on the specific topics with the indication of the teacher of reference at the
following address: www.simulationteam.com/strategos/phd.
Information on references Applicants should include no less than one and no more than three referees to support
the application. These referees must be university professors or experts in the field.
They need to send their notes directly to the Coordinator sciomach@economia.unige.it
Interview Languages will be English
Notes:
The PhD Students will carry out 6 months working on the research within the Co-Sponsoring Companies of this
grant and 6 months in cooperation with another International Research Center that is partner of this Program (see list of Partners in
www.simulationteam.com/strategos/phd)
