PhD studentship funded by Kraken Technologies Ltd

Julian Hall has received funding from Kraken (part of the Octopus Energy Group) to fund a 4-year PhD studentship.

Julian Hall has received funding from Kraken Technologies Ltd (part of the Octopus Energy Group) to fund a 4-year PhD studentship. 

The project will research the high-performance solution of mixed-integer programming problems with a focus on applications in the energy industry. The purpose of these investigations will be to identify characteristics that will then be useful in developing novel techniques for enhanced performance on this problem class.

Read our interview with Ben Champion on his industry-funded PhD with Kraken

We caught up with Ben to learn about the benefits of doing a PhD funded by industry.

Ben Champion on his industry-funded PhD with Kraken | School of Mathematics blog

A selfie of Ben with two other members of the HiGHS team

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