FHNW, Switzerland PhD Position in Heliophysics

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The Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz (FHNW) invites applications for a PhD student position in Heliophysics. The student will work on the interdisciplinary project "Machine Learning based Analytics for Big Data in Astronomy", which is a collaboration between FHNW and the University of Geneva. The PhD student will work on the data analysis of solar UV flare data from IRIS, NASA's newest solar satellite. He/She will make use of machine learning methods to efficiently extract the relevant data from the large set of observations to investigate the science of solar flares. While the student will be employed through FHNW and will be based at the FHNW campus in Windisch, Switzerland, the PhD title will be awarded from the renowned University of Geneva.

The length of a PhD is typically 3-4 years. The starting salary is ~55000 SFr. We are looking for highly motivated candidates with (or obtaining soon) a MSc in physics or astronomy. Knowledge of programming, astronomy, and/or handling of large data would be beneficial.

The selection of candidates will start after December 15, 2016 and continue until the position is filled. For further details and application instructions, please see;

http://sip.unige.ch/news/phd-position-i ... rdwestsch/.

Closing Date is 15th December 2016.