Calculus of Variations and Geometric Measure Theory

8 PhD positions in Mathematical Analysis, Modelling, and Applications at SISSA, Trieste

created by braidesa on 10 Jan 2024

Deadline: 5 feb 2024

Ph.D course in Mathematical Analysis, Modelling, and Applications

Lines of Reserach: • Conservation Laws • Transport Problems • Geometric PDEs • Numerical Analysis of PDEs • Nonlinear Analysis • Dynamical Systems • Hamiltonian and dispersive PDEs • Calculus of Variations • Gamma-Convergence and Multiscale Analysis • Rate-independent evolution problems • Geometric Control Theory • Sub-Riemannian Geometry • Inelastic behavior of solids: plasticity, damage, fracture • Mechanobiology of the cell and cell motility • Mechanics of soft and active materials • Reduced basis methods • Boundary integral methods and isogeometric analysis • Fluid-structure interaction problems • Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics • Uncertainty quantification • Shape optimization • Flow control • Machine Learning

Beginning of the Courses: 1st October, 2024

Admission: Academic and scientific qualifications + written exam + oral exam (in presence – upon Committee discretion candidates domiciled beyond 200 km from Trieste will be allowed to attend remotely contemporaneously to the other candidates)

Written Exam: 5th March, 2024 Oral Exam: 6th March, 2024

Admission to the written exam and results of all evaluations will be notified by email.