Visiting Researchers – February 2026

We are pleased to welcome two visiting researchers to our group this month. Evelyne Knapp (ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland) will be visiting from 16.02 to 09.03.2026. We also welcome Sebastian Rojas Gonzalez, FWO Postdoctoral Fellow (Ghent University - IMEC, Belgium), visiting from 01 to 28.02.2026. We look forward to insightful discussions and collaborations during their visits.

New Group Members – Spring 2026

We are happy to welcome Marián Martinčo, who has joined our research group as an Erasmus trainee. He will be working with us until the end of April, contributing to the development of the DESDEO Web-GUI.

We would also like to highlight that Peter Bednarik, who joined the group earlier in January, will be with us until the end of March. His work focuses on the DESDEO Web-API.

We are delighted to have both Marián and Peter with us and look forward to their contributions.

Open position - doctoral researcher

We have an open position as a Doctoral Researcher (to complete a PhD thesis). The position is in a multidisciplinary research project developing tools and methods to support the transition of industrial energy systems toward resilience, carbon neutrality, and cost-effectiveness.

The employment period begins on 1 September 2026 (or other agreed time) and continues until the end of the project at the end of 2029. Apply between 18 February 2026 and 13 March 2026 23:59 (Europe/Helsinki).

Further information (with the link to apply): Doctoral Researcher in Interactive Multiobjective Optimization for Sustainable Industrial Energy Systems | Faculty of Information Technology

We welcome applications from those who have:

• Appropriate pre-requisites
• Interest in joining the Multiobjective Optimization Group
• Interest in the topic of the project
• Interest in working with practical applications of interactive multiobjective optimization
• Willingness to contribute to the open source software framework DESDEO ( link to DESDEO documentation)