The Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics (WIAS) is an institute of the Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V. (FVB). The FVB comprises seven non-university research institutes in Berlin which are funded by the federal and state governments. The research institutes belong to the Leibniz Association.

WIAS invites applications for a

PhD student position (f/m/d)

(Ref. 24/08)

“Optimal Transport and Machine Learning”

in the Weierstrass Group

“Data-driven Optimization and Control”

(Head: Dr. Jia-Jie Zhu) to be filled at the earliest possible date.

We are looking for : candidates motivated in researching principled optimal transport theory, optimization, and machine learning. The concrete methodological components of the Ph.D. project include

Optimal transport and gradient flows for machine learning and optimization

Probabilistic ...