# Recruiting a PhD student with heavy Julia focus

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/recruiting-a-phd-student-with-heavy-julia-focus/134035>\
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**Tags:** phd\
**Created:** [November 21, 2025, 5:01pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/recruiting-a-phd-student-with-heavy-julia-focus/134035 "2025-11-21T17:01:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![gdalle](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/gdalle/32/27854_2.png) [@gdalle](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gdalle)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2025, 5:01pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/recruiting-a-phd-student-with-heavy-julia-focus/134035/1 "2025-11-21T17:01:33Z")

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⚠ WANTED: PhD student ⚠

- The topic? GPU-friendly algorithms for discrete optimization and mathematical programming, to be used inside [decision-focused learning](https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.13565) pipelines.
- The mentors? My colleague [Axel Parmentier](https://axelparmentier.github.io/) and [myself](https://gdalle.github.io/).
- The location? [École des Ponts](https://ecoledesponts.fr/en), in the dreamy Paris suburbs.
- The ideal applicant? A Master’s student in mathematics or computer science, equally interested in theory, algorithms & open-source software.
- The bonus: Getting paid to work in your favorite programming language!

Check out the [**full job description**](https://gdalle.github.io/assets/pdf/jobs/phd_gpu.pdf), and shoot me an email if that sounds like you (or someone you know)!