The 3-Hirn-Grant is intended to support a doctoral
project (approximately equivalent to a Ph.D. project)
in the research group of Prof. Dr. Ingo Althöfer, at
the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science at
"Friedrich Schiller University" in Jena, Germany.
The topic in focus is the analysis and/or design of algorithms
in the field of game tree search.
Start of the Grant: October 1st, 2011, or later.
Amount of financial Support: 800 Euro per month, for at
least two years.
The candidate is expected to do the doctoral project
in Jena. In case of an exceptionally qualified applicant
external working/supervision is possible.
Prerequisites: A diploma or Master's degree with
distinction in Mathematics, Computer Science, Theoretical
Physics, Econo-Mathematics, or in another
appropriate discipline. Besides the normally expected
properties (creativity, diligence, enthusiasm for the
subject) applicants should also have programming
experience and routine (in C or C++ or quick Java or ...).
Previous Work in the field, done by our Group:
* Several semester projects and diploma theses
* The doctoral dissertations of Jakob Erdmann and
Thomas Fischer which are the results of recent 3-Hirn
grants. See
here and
here.
* Software by Dr. Jörg Sameith ("MacRandom", for a class of
games with intensive dice rolling)
* Althofer Reports on
Computer-Aided Game Inventing
Laziness of Monte-Carlo Game Tree Search
Basin Structures in Monte-Carlo
Applications should be sent until July 15, 2011,
in electronic form to:
ingo.althoefer "atatat" uni-jena.de
Applications should include: current CV; diploma/master
testimony or declarations about partly completed studies,
topic of diploma/master‘s thesis and abstract; research
interests, relations to the game programming scene, experiences
in game programming; hobbies.
Within a few days of receiving an application, the applicant
will receive electronic feedback describing the further
procedure.
The selection for the grant will be made by a committee
including Prof. Dr. Ingo Althöfer (FSU Jena), Prof. Dr.
Clemens Beckstein (FSU Jena), Dr. Christian Donninger
(Vienna, A), Prof. PhD Richard Lorentz (California State U, Northridge),
Dr. Ulf Lorenz (TU Darmstadt), Dr. Reinhold Wittig (Göttingen).