The 2 full-time PhD positions will be part of an ITEA project entitled MAST - Managing Sustainability Tradeoffs. The group at the University of Groningen has teamed up with a European consortium to strengthen the way in which sustainability can be brought to products and services in a technically viable way. The aim of the project is to deal with the complex trade-offs between two aspects of sustainability: technical sustainability (esp. technical debt) and environmental sustainability (esp. carbon footprint).

The group will build on existing research in order to generate new innovations and technology (tools to measure and report sustainability, as well as optimize it) to the benefit of industry partners, as well as make some of them available as Open Source components for the wider high-tech and software industry.

The objective of the temporary position is the production of a number of research articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals and conference proceedings, which together will form the basis of a thesis leading to a PhD degree (Dr) at the University of Groningen.

Founded in 1614, the University of Groningen enjoys an international reputation as a dynamic and innovative institution of higher education offering high-quality teaching and research. Flexible study programmes and academic career opportunities in a wide variety of disciplines encourage the 34,000 students and researchers alike to develop their own individual talents. As one of the best research universities in Europe, the University of Groningen has joined forces with other top universities and networks worldwide to become a truly global centre of knowledge.

Within the Faculty of Science and Engineering, two 4-years PhD positions is available at the Bernoulli Institute for Mathematics, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence with the topic of Software Engineering. The candidates would become a member of the Software Engineering group and will work under the supervision of Prof. Paris Avgeriou and Prof. Vasilios Andrikopoulos. For further information on the group, please visit https://search-rug.github.io/

The successful candidate should

- Have a MSc or equivalent in computer science, software engineering or a related discipline.
- Have an excellent academic record (transcripts from your university degree) and be curious, creative and ambitious.
- Be able to write scientific articles and reports (proven by a graduation thesis or another comparable report) and be fluent in English.
- Have affinity to research with an industrial focus, be a team player, open-minded and actively participate in knowledge sharing.

Fixed-term contract: 48 months.

We offer you in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities:

- A salary of € 2,901 gross per month in the first year, up to a maximum of € 3,707 gross per month in the fourth and final year for a full-time working week, a holiday allowance of 8% gross annual income and an 8.3% year-end bonus.
- Teaching: employed PhD candidates are expected to spend 10% of their working hours on teaching and/or supervising candidates.
- A full-time position (1.0 FTE). A successful candidate will first be offered a temporary position of one year with the option of renewal for another three years. Prolongation of the contract is contingent on sufficient progress in the first year to indicate that a successful completion of the PhD thesis within the next three years is to be expected. A PhD training programme is part of the agreement and the successful candidate will be enrolled in the Graduate School of Science and Engineering.

Date of entry: as soon as possible

Prof. Paris Avgeriou
+31 50 3637057
P.Avgeriou@rug.nl

Prof. Paris Avgeriou