This research engineer position in scientific computing is associated to the ERC Synergy project "Phase-space-inspired numerical methods for high-frequency wave scattering: from semiclassical analysis through numerical analysis to implementation".
The design of fast and reliable algorithms for the numerical simulation of high-frequency acoustic and electromagnetic waves is a longstanding open problem in computational mathematics. These waves underpin a plethora of communication and imaging technologies, therefore any progress towards solving this problem will have wide impact. This international project aims to design, analyse, and implement new methods that are faster and more reliable than the current state of the art, by exploiting techniques from semiclassical analysis, an area of pure mathematics specifically designed to study high-frequency problems. This will be achieved by combining expertise of the three partner teams of the project in semiclassical analysis (led by Jeffrey Galkowski, professor at University College London), numerical analysis (led by Euan Spence, professor at University of Bath) and scientific computing (led by Pierre-Henri Tournier, research engineer at Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions).
The hired research engineer will work under the direction of the scientific computing team of Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions in Paris, in close collaboration with the researchers and post-doctoral fellows of the project at University of Bath and University College London, and will be tasked with developing and implementing new efficient numerical methods for high-frequency wave propagation problems in the finite element open-source software FreeFEM developed at Laboratoire Jacques Louis Lions.
You can find more information about the position and apply at https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/UMR7598-PIETOU-004/Default.aspx
