Forschungszentrum Jülich has huge a campus in Germany and widely known as for its contribution in top notch education and research. The contribution of Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany is not only limited to natural sciences and engineering but it also offers high quality research as well as higher education in bio-medical sciences, social sciences, humanities, psychology, education, architecture etc.

1. PhD-Position – Development of scalable superconducting quantum systems

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The mission of the newly founded Institute for Functional Quantum Systems (PGI-13) is to create the technological and scientific basis to enable useful quantum computing. We focus on developing quantum devices, improving their coherence and materials, and implementing quantum gates and algorithms. We use superconducting qubits that operate at temperatures close to absolute zero and are controlled by high-speed signals. A key requirement is to preserve high quality quantum operations as we scale. Overcoming these exciting challenges lies at the interface between scientific research and engineering.

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2. PhD Position – Growth of phase change materials using molecular beam epitaxy and analysis of atomic arrangement in reduced dimensions employing low energy electron diffraction (LEED)

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With an excellent combination of ultra-fast switching and non-volatile property changes, phase change materials provide unique opportunities for neuromorphic computing and future memory devices. As the latest technology involves devices with a material thickness of just a few nanometers we need to understand the changes in physical properties of these materials in reduced dimensions. In our recent work, we have predicted how structural and optical properties of materials like GeTe change in reduced dimensions down to a few bilayers. In parallel, we demonstrate that these changes are due to fundamental changes of bonding as revealed by high quality GeTe thin films prepared using molecular beam epitaxy (MBE).

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3. PhD Position – Synthesis and characterization of electro-catalysts and electrodes for electrochemical hydro-/dehydrogenation of liquid organic hydrogen carriers

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Would you like to contribute to the energy transition in Germany through your work? Then the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nuremberg (HI ERN) is the right place for you! HI ERN forms the core of a close partnership between Forschungszentrum Jülich, Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie and Friedrich-Alexander University at the Erlangen site. Support us in making renewable energies climate-neutral, sustainable and cost-effective! The department “Electrocatalytic Interface Engineering” headed by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Simon Thiele focuses on the production, analysis and simulation of functional materials in order to find an optimal structure on a small scale from the micrometre to the nanometre.

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4. PhD in photoelectrochemical characterization of the ion transport

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This project is focused on utilizing electrochemical methods for understanding how ion transport can be influenced by incident light. In particular, the project will focus on electrode materials that are amenable to light-induced ion (de)intercalation. A combination of light- and potential-modulated methods will be necessary to elucidate the charge-transfer and ion transport kinetics in such systems. The goal is to attain a better fundamental understanding about how light-generated excitons can influence ion transport in electrode materials.

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5. PhD Position – The Role of Agriculture in the Global Energy Transition

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At the Institute of Energy and Climate Research – Techno-economic Systems Analysis (IEK-3), we use integrated models to research how we can achieve a sustainable energy system and what it might look like. For this purpose, we develop a variety of highly complex and very detailed techno-economic models with which we consider local and global energy systems in an integrated way in order to support the progress of the energy transition in the best possible way. For this work, the understanding of global greenhouse gas emissions as well as the current and future distribution of land for the provision of renewable energies is of particular interest. Here, agriculture plays a crucial role as a producer of food and provider of bioenergy as well as a relevant emitter of greenhouse gas emissions.

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6. PhD Positions in “Quantitative Plant Sciences”

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Would you like to contribute to solutions to climate change and resource scarcity? Work with us at the Institute of Bio- and Geosciences – Plant Sciences (IBG-2) on innovative use, production and technology concepts related to “plants”, “sustainability” and “bioeconomy”. Conduct interdisciplinary research in international or regional teams using state-of-the-art sensors and measurement concepts – in the laboratory, greenhouse, field or airborne. Contribute to over 10 years of experience in plant phenotyping and knowledge-based bioeconomy research.

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7. PhD Position – Application of Machine Learning to Ranking Exhaustive Enumerations of Molecular Conformers

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Researchers at the IEK-8 investigate the chemical reactivity of organic molecules emitted to the atmosphere. To accurately predict the rate of reaction using theoretical methodologies, this requires the computationally expensive characterization of all molecular shapes. By joining forces with the Institute for Advanced Simulations (IAS-8), we aim to study and create machine learning techniques to fully enumerate the likely molecular geometries involved for both reactants and transition state, and rank them by their estimated relative energies. This information then allows for reduction in computational effort, as well as enabling hybrid approaches for subsets of the structures.

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8. PhD Position: Rhizosphere spatiotemporal organization – A key to rhizosphere function

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At the Institute of Bio- and Geosciences – Agrosphere (IBG-3) we conduct research to improve our understanding of hydrological and biogeochemical processes in terrestrial systems. A combination of experiments, modelling, and innovative observation technologies is used to bridge the gap between model, process, and management scale. Our research contributes to the sustainable and resource-conserving use of soils and water and to the quantification of the effect of climate and land use change on terrestrial ecosystems.

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9. PhD Position – High Dimensional Multi Omics Data Integration

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Your project has the aim to develop novel (interactive) workflow tools for high dimensional data integration and data mining. The data used should comprise multiple omics disciplines e.g. transcripts, metabolites and epigenetic sig-nals. Currently many analyses comprise ad-hoc methods or “standard” procedures that are disjunct. Within this project the main goals are Standardization and workflow development for such integrative data,

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10. PhD Position – Data-driven model regression for plasma catalytic processes

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A close link between experimental and theoretical-numerical work is of utmost importance, since both the theoretical models break new ground and experimental results cannot yet be interpreted on the basis of extensive experimental data. Experimental data are continuously provided as input data for the model regression algorithms to provide boundary conditions for parameter determination. On the other hand, a sensitivity analysis of the reaction kinetic modeling will define guidance for further experiments. The work is to be in close cooperation with the RUB, where the experimental work will be carried out. Therefore, office space will be provided at both FZJ and RUB.

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11. PhD Position – Photonics based on SiGeSn heterostructures

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The integration of photonics components with electronics on the same microchip may potentially solve the bandwidth bottleneck in modern computers and allow devices with decreased power consumption. Nevertheless, light emission from Si -the material underpinning the whole digital world- is inefficient because of its indirect bandgap. Recently SiGeSn semiconductors, a Si-group alloys proved to be a strong candidate to finally add/extend the Si photonics with Si-based laser sources. Si-Ge-Sn heterostructures have been already tested in optoelectronic devices such as light emitting diodes, field effect transistors or detection pixels in the short-wave infrared range. However, energy efficient electrical pumped lasers, and more complex sensing and imaging devices are still to be demonstrated for practical applications.

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12. PhD Position – Plant root water uptake and its dependence on soil types

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Water uptake by plant via its roots and subsequent transpiration via the leaves is not only vital for the plants themselves but beyond that, also for the global water cycle as the plants transpire about forty percent of terrestrial precipitation. However, root water uptake is a very difficult process to measure in situ because of the opaque nature of soil. Thanks to a recent technological breakthrough (the Soil Water Profiler, SWaP) at the Forschungszentrum Jülich, root water uptake can be monitored in far greater detail than before, which sheds fresh light on this topic. Combining the SWaP with unique detailed plant and soil hydrologic models, is bound to yield vital new insights into how plants control water uptake from different soils. These insights can help to improve plant performance for climatic conditions that are increasingly challenging.

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13. PhD Position – Model-Based Analysis and Optimization of Intra- and Inter-Chip Communication for High Speed Computing

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In 2018, the European Union started with the European Processor Initiative (EPI) a long-term program with the goal to develop a low-power High Performance Computing (HPC) processor, to increase Europe’s sovereignty in the processor market. One major goal is chip-architecture optimization in order to deliver a competitive product with maximum compute throughput in 2024. For this task, modeling of the intra- and inter-chip communication is paramount, as it enables the design teams to perform a quick and cost-efficient exploration of various architecture variants.

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14. PhD Position – High Throughput Assembly, Characterization and Testing of Membrane Electrodes

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Would you like to contribute to the energy transition in Germany through your work? Then the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg (for Renewable Energy) (HI ERN) is the right place for you! The HI ERN forms the core of the close partnership between Forschungszentrum Jülich, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin for Materials and Energy, and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg at the Erlangen site. The collaboration relates to the areas of innovative materials and processes for photovoltaic energy systems and hydrogen as a storage and carrier medium for CO2-neutral energy. Support us researching and developing solutions for the climate-neutral, sustainable, and cost-effective utilization of renewable energies.

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15. PhD Position – Development of a stationary 3D tomography measurement system for high-resolution surveying of soils using georadar

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Against the background of global challenges such as climate change and the growing world population, Forschungszentrum Jülich is conducting research with a view to optimizing yields, improving soil and water conservation, and minimizing the impact of climate change. This requires a detailed understanding of the flow and transport processes in soils, as well as the dynamic development of root growth. One of several established measurement methods for such applications in geophysics is georadar. Georadar operates in the frequency range from about 200 to 2000 MHz. The coupling into the ground is done with antennas and is therefore non-invasive. In this way, characteristic soil properties such as electrical and dielectric conductivity can be determined.

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16. PhD Position – Data-Driven Approaches to Rational Designs of Covalent Drugs

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The rational development of covalent inhibitors has been steadily increasing in the past decades. Numerous warheads have been developed, expanding the covalent warhead toolbox and allowing for selective targeting of specific amino acid residues. Covalent compounds are on the market or in advanced clinical trials. As more data emerge regarding safety and efficacy of covalent drugs, the structure-guided optimization and rational development needs to be improved. The PhD project aims at developing data driven models for the optimization of covalent docking procedures.

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17. PhD Position – The role of CO2 as a resource in a global greenhouse gas-neutral energy system

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Support us in providing orientation knowledge for politics, industry and society for the success of the energy transition by contributing to the further development of our energy system models. Your main task will be the integration of CO2 process chains into our global energy system model based on the FINE model framework (https://github.com/FZJ-IEK3-VSA/FINE). A particular focus will be on the use in power-to-liquid products as well as possible CO2 sources in a greenhouse gas neutral energy system.

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18. PhD Position – Theoretical condensed-matter physics

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As part of the MAGMA project (“Magnetic topological insulators for robust Majorana bound states”), which is funded by the European QuantERA program and by the national research agencies of Luxembourg, Germany and Spain, we offer a PhD position that is jointly organized by Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ) and the University of Luxembourg (UL). The aim of the project is to engineer Majorana bound states and to establish magnetic topological insulators as a platform for topological quantum computation.

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19. PhD Position – Glutamate transport in synaptic vesicles

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The laboratory of Christoph Fahlke in the Institute of Biological Information Processing – Molekular und Zellphysiologie – is looking for a PhD student with a thesis project that aims at studying glutamate accumulation in synaptic vesicles of Drosophila melanogaster. We are an interdisciplinary group focusing on the molecular and cellular function of membrane transport proteins and on their dysfunction in genetic and acquired human diseases with high socially relevant benefit. For more information see: PNAS (2013) 110, 12486-12491, Cell (2015) 160, 542-553, Nat Commun (2017) 8, 2279, EMBO J (2019) 38, e101468, Sci Adv (2020) 6, eaba9854, Brain (2012) 135, 3416-3425, Nature Genet (2018) 50, 349-354, Brain Comms (2020) 4, fcaa022, Epilepsia (2022) 63, 388-401.

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20. PhD position – Remote sensing and snow hydrology

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This PhD position is associated with the DFG funded Collaborative Research Center 1502 (SFB 1502) on Regional Climate Change: Disentangling the Role of Land Use and Water Management (DETECT). The position is for the C04 project which aims to develop and implement a snow data assimilation scheme into the fully coupled terrestrial systems model to improve continental-scale snow estimates and its impacts on the energy and water budgets. The successful candidate will develop remote sensing snow data assimilation scheme in the land surface model, applying advanced hydrologic modelling and data assimilation technologies in supercomputing environments.

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21. PhD position – Development and application of high-performance models for the analysis of European energy systems

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At the Institute of Energy and Climate Research – Energy Systems Engineering (IEK-10 we focus on the development of models and algorithms for simulation and optimization of decentralized, integrated energy systems. Such systems are characterized by high spatial and temporal variability of energy supply and demand as well as by a high degree of interdependence of material and energy flows. Our research aims to provide scalable and faster than real-time capable methods and tools which enable the energy-optimal, cost efficient and safe design and operation of future energy systems.

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22. PhD Position – Chemical mechanism development of atmospheric VOC degradation aided by pattern analysis of high-resolution mass spectrometric data

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At the Institute for Energy and Climate Research, Troposphere (IEK-8), we investigate the chemical and physical processes in the troposphere that impact the chemical composition of the atmosphere. Organic compounds impact the air quality and climate change. Their oxidation chemistry leads to highly oxygenated organic molecules (HOM) and secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation. We explore photochemical degradation of organic compounds by applying chemical ionization mass spectrometry. The high resolution mass spectrometry provides a multitude of simultaneous information about the oxidized organic species evolving in the degradation process.

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23. PhD-Position: Monitoring of Energy Systems for Control Purpose

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There is no doubt that energy systems generate a large volume of data. It is common to find applications where a large number of data are generated, in real-time, from IoT devices located in various part of the system of interest. The use of those data to support control actions is nevertheless still very limited. At FZJ in the framework of the Living Lab Energy Campus initiative we installed sensors that total to more than a 1M measurements point. Your work will focus on defining methods and algorithms for monitoring and state estimation applications, that can take advantage of the large and heterogeneous (in nature and time resolution) nature of this data to support control approaches.

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24. PhD-Position: Operation of Local Energy Communities

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The concept of organizing energy systems in Local Energy Communities (LEC) coordinated across multiple energy carriers has gained significant attention in the last few years as a way to combine local coordination with the need for national and international interconnection. In the EU framework, LECs have been recognized by the EU as a key component of the energy transition. The European Commission’s Clean Energy Package has also defined a legislative framework for the operation of LECs that aim at participation of LECs in energy markets. While coupling of multiple energy carriers seems a promising solution to further reduce carbon emission and to maximize generation from renewable sources, their coordinated operation is still a challenge.

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25. PhD Position – Graph Convolutional Neural Networks in computational enzyme engineering

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Data is the new resource of the 21st century, and data availability seems endless. Would you like to establish part of the data relationship lifecycle for plant science? Then the Institute of Bioinformatics at Research Centre Juelich is the right place for you. The newly founded Institute of Bioinformatics (IBG-4) at the Institute of Bio- and Geosciences works on and develops methods and algorithms to understand, predict, and modulate molecular recognition involving biomolecules from an atomistic perspective. The team focuses on structural and molecular bioinformatics, data integration, computational enzyme engineering, computational next-generation catalysis, and computational biophysical chemistry.

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26. PhD Position – Coherent Control of Correlations in Spin Systems using Scanning Probe Methods

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Quantum Nanoscience is a novel research field in which quantum effects, such as quantum state superposition, entanglement and coherence, are studied in nanoscale systems. The goal of our research is to explore nanostructures with novel properties which eventually can be used in emerging quantum technologies, such as quantum computing, quantum communication, and quantum sensing. These quantum technologies drive the so-called second quantum revolution. We use our extensive knowledge in surface science and nanoscience to contribute to quantum nanoscience and its primary goal: the manipulation and exploitation of quantum-coherent functionality in nanostructures ranging from single atoms and molecules to collective phenomena in self-assembled or by means of atom manipulation techniques designed structures.

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27. PhD-Position: Data-driven modelling for power system operation

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The increasing availability of data has motivated the whole scientific community in developing data-driven approaches (e.g. based on machine learning) for the analysis and operation of modern power systems. At IEK-10, you will focus on the development of new methodologies for the development of data-driven models using probabilistic machine learning approaches and demonstrate the use of such models in power systems operation. A large volume of data is available at IEK-10 for validation of the developed methods.

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28. PhD Position – Cryogenic Digital-to-Analog Converter Design in CMOS for Quantum Computing Applications

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Our team is working on integrated circuits (ICs) which combine analog and digital components from modern CMOS technologies. One research focus is the development of ICs for scalable control and read-out of semiconductor quantum bits (qubits) for Quantum Computing (QC). The ICs will be operated at temperatures below 1 Kelvin, generating very special requirements on circuit design as well as ultra-low power consumption. The focus of this doctoral work will be on the design and implementation of a Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) operated at cryogenic temperatures with the goal of locally tuning qubits into their operational state. The addition of innovative digital-assistance techniques to boost the DAC’s performance should be evaluated and integrated depending on a trade-off to power and area.

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29. PhD Position on “Simulating Cytoskeletal Dynamics”

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In this PhD project, we aim to investigate flows and active force generation in the cytoskeleton of biological cells. We will address the system from the point of view of ‘living matter’ and focus on the non-equilibrium physics aspects of the system. Your research will have a strong focus on high performance computing for networks of cytoskeletal filaments, molecular motors, and crosslinkers.

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30. PhD position – Data-Driven Distribution Models for Robust Design of Island Energy Systems with a High Share of Renewable Electricity

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Optimization-based design of future energy systems is subject to uncertainties that stem from the intermittent and non-dispatchable renewable electricity sources. Fluctuation in local renewable electricity supply usually can be balanced via grid connection. However, some systems, e.g., island systems, require robustness against the uncertainty in their electricity sources. Robust optimization techniques allow to arrive at robust system designs but rely on accurate distribution models for the uncertain data at hand. In particular, distribution models for uncertain time series like renewable electricity generation remain a largely unexplored field in robust design.

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31. PhD Position – Conception, Design and Development of Modern Power System Simulation and Control Solutions

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IEK-10 focuses on the development of models and algorithms for simulation and optimization of decentralized, integrated energy systems. Such systems are characterized by high spatial and temporal variability of energy supply and demand as well as by a high degree of interdependency of material and energy flows. Research at IEK-10 aims to provide scalable and faster than real-time capable methods and tools which enable the energy-optimal, cost-efficient and safe design and operation of future energy systems.

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32. PhD-Position – Conception, Design and Development of Multi-FPGA Simulation Methods for Real-time Verification of Power Electronics enabled Energy Systems

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At the Institute of Energy and Climate Research Energy Systems Engineering (IEK-10) we focus on the development of models and algorithms for simulation and optimization of decentralized, integrated energy systems. Such systems are characterized by high spatial and temporal variability of energy supply and demand as well as by a high degree of interdependence of material and energy flows. Research at IEK-10 aims to provide scalable and faster than real-time capable methods and tools which enable the energy-optimal, cost-efficient and safe design and operation of future energy systems.

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33. PhD Position – Methodical Conception, Design and Development of Modern Multi-Modal Energy System Simulation

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At the Institute of Energy and Climate Research Energy Systems Engineering (IEK-10) we focus on the development of models and algorithms for simulation and optimization of decentralized, integrated energy systems. Such systems are characterized by high spatial and temporal variability of energy supply and demand as well as ba a high degree of interdependence of material and energy flows. Our research at the IEK-10 aims to provide scalable and faster than real-time capable methods and tools which enable the energy-optimal, cost-efficient and safe design and operation of future energy systems.

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34. PhD position – Use of Hardware Solutions for Modern Energy System Simulation and Control

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At the Institute of Energy and Climate Research Energy Systems Engineering (IEK-10) we focus on the development of models and algorithms for simulation and optimization of decentralized, integrated energy systems. Such systems are characterized by high spatial and temporal variability of energy supply and demand as well as by a high degree of interdependency of material and energy flows. Our research at the IEK-10 aims to provide scalable and faster than real-time capable methods and tools which enable the energy-optimal, cost-efficient and safe design and operation of future energy systems.

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