We are looking for an excellent candidate for a Ph.D. position in the School of Computing at Clemson University beginning Spring 2016 or Fall 2016. The candidate will work under the supervision of Dr. Ilya Safro on combinatorial scientific computing, and large-scale discrete optimization. Some projects will include collaboration with national labs.

The ideal candidate should have a solid background in

- discrete mathematics, algorithms
- numerical methods (in particular, in linear algebra)
- C/C++

Basic knowledge of multigrid and optimization is a big plus.

Some experience in the following areas will be considered as an advantage (not mandatory)

- HPC and parallel programming/MPI/OpenMP/Hadoop
- graph/network libraries (such as Boost Graph Library, LEDA, and
NetworkX)
- scientific computing libraries (such as PETSc)

Please send your application and questions to Ilya Safro at isafro@clemson.edu. The application should include one pdf with

- cover letter or/and essay
- resume
- grades
- contact details of 2-3 references

The subject line must contain "PhD Application (CSC)".

The School of Computing has 42 faculty members, more than 400 undergraduate majors, and over 200 graduate students collectively across its three divisions: Computer Science, Visual Computing, and Human-Centered Computing. Clemson University is located in Clemson, South Carolina, a college town on beautiful Lake Hartwell at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, conveniently situated within a 2hr drive from both Atlanta and Charlotte. Clemson has an enrolment of approximately 20,000. U.S. News & World Report has ranked Clemson in the Top 20 nationally among public universities, and Clemson ranks number 5 among U.S. universities in supercomputing.