We are inviting applications for PhD and postdoc positions as part of the ERC project Symmetry and Optimization at the Frontiers of Computation (SYMOPTIC).

* Are you fascinated by what can be computed efficiently and what not?
* Are you interested in finding hidden symmetries behind computational problems?
* Would you like to explore the common mathematical structure behind computational complexity and quantum entanglement?
* Or discover connections between difficult problems arising in algebra, geometry and quantum information?
* Would you like to design new optimization algorithms that exploit symmetries, to solve problems from ML to combinatorial optimization?
* Or understand if quantum computers can solve such problems faster?

If your answer to any of these questions is yes, then we hope that you will apply!

How to learn more and how to apply? See https://qi.rub.de/hiring_erc and https://qi.rub.de/hiring_erc_pd!