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The International Journal of Combinatorial Optimization Problems and Informatics is an international scientific electronic journal which publishes papers form all areas related to Informatics and the Combinatorial Optimization Problems. IJCOPI is an open access and green journal. IJCOPI is part of the eco-friendly community with the publications by means e-publication mode.

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At the University of Antwerp (Belgium), there is a vacant position for a pre-doctoral researcher in operations research (vehicle routing) at the Faculty of Applied Economics. The ideal candidate has a good background in operations research (www.scienceofbetter.org) and mathematics, including good programming skills and a good command of the English language.

The position is meant to conduct research on vehicle routing problems in which safety considerations are important. The work, which involves the implementation and testing of heuristic optimization strategies, will be carried out in close collaboration with Kenneth Sörensen and Johan Springael. The candidate is expected to enroll the university's Ph.D. program and to obtain a Ph.D. at the end of the project. A short project description can be found below. We offer a four-year position (with annual evaluation), a net monthly grant of over 1900 euro, and a stimulating working environment in a lively cosmopolitan city.