PhD: Exascale Mesh Partitioning for Scalable FEM Solvers

Inria Villeurbanne; Villeurbanne; On-site; EUR 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Inria Villeurbanne invites applications for a PhD position focusing on scalable mesh/graph/hypergraph partitioning for parallel FEM. The project is part of the Horizon Europe FEniCS Lighthouse initiative and involves international collaboration to advance partitioning objectives for scalable simulations.

The PhD will design and implement partitioning algorithms, analyze performance, and work closely with partners to integrate results into the FEniCS framework and related tools, contributing to

Qualifications

• Strong background in HPC and FEM
• Experience with mesh/graph/hypergraph partitioning
• Proficiency in C++ and Python; parallel programming skills

Responsibilities

• Design, analyze and implement mesh partitioning algorithms
• Research optimizing inter‑process communication in FEM
• Collaborate with international project partners and contribute to open‑source FEniCS

Skills

C++

Python

MPI/OpenMP

GPU acceleration

Education

PhD in HPC / computational science

Tools

METIS

ParMETIS

SCOTCH

KaHIP

Zoltan

FEniCS

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Job description

Inria Villeurbanne invites applications for a PhD position focusing on scalable mesh/graph/hypergraph partitioning for parallel FEM. The project is part of the Horizon Europe FEniCS Lighthouse initiative and involves international collaboration to advance partitioning objectives for scalable simulations.

The PhD will design and implement partitioning algorithms, analyze performance, and work closely with partners to integrate results into the FEniCS framework and related tools, contributing to