<main id="main"><div><div> <div></div> <div><div></div></div> <div role="textbox" aria-disabled="true" aria-label="Start typing to edit text" aria-multiline="true"> <span></span><div> <div contenteditable="false"><div> <div></div> <div><div><div contenteditable="false"><div><div><div><div> <div><div></div></div> <div><div></div></div> <div><div></div></div> <div><div></div></div> <div><div></div></div> <div><div></div></div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div> </div></div> <div><div contenteditable="false"></div></div> <div><div><div> <div contenteditable="false"> <div><div><div><div><div> </div></div></div></div></div> <div><div></div></div> </div> <div><div> <div> <h1 contenteditable="false">MSc. Thesis @ EPFL x Arqh</h1> <div contenteditable="false"></div> </div> <div contenteditable="false"></div> </div></div> </div></div></div> <div><div><div contenteditable="false"><div><div><div><div role="table" aria-label="Page properties"> <div><div role="row" aria-labelledby=":r2:"> <div><div><div><div><div aria-disabled="true" role="cell" tabindex="-1" id=":r2:" aria-expanded="false" aria-haspopup="dialog"><div> <div> <div><div></div></div> <div><div></div></div> </div> <div>Job Posted</div> </div></div></div></div></div></div> <div role="cell"><div><div><div><div><div>September 29, 2025 3:43 PM</div></div></div></div></div></div> </div></div> <div><div role="row" aria-labelledby=":r3:"> <div><div><div><div><div aria-disabled="true" role="cell" tabindex="-1" id=":r3:" aria-expanded="false" aria-haspopup="dialog"><div> <div> <div><div></div></div> <div><div></div></div> </div> <div>Location</div> </div></div></div></div></div></div> <div role="cell"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><span>Zurich</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> </div></div> <div><div role="row" aria-labelledby=":r4:"> <div><div><div><div><div aria-disabled="true" role="cell" tabindex="-1" id=":r4:" aria-expanded="false" aria-haspopup="dialog"><div> <div> <div><div></div></div> <div><div></div></div> </div> <div>Team</div> </div></div></div></div></div></div> <div role="cell"><div><div><div><div>Empty</div></div></div></div></div> </div></div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div> <div><div> <div><div> <h2 contenteditable="false">Learning to Divide-and-Conquer for Large Scale Vehicle Routing Problems</h2> <div></div> </div></div> <div><div> <h3 contenteditable="false"><span>Scope</span></h3> <div></div> </div></div> <div><div><div> <div contenteditable="false">Build a learning‑guided <span>divide‑and‑conquer</span> pipeline for large‑scale vehicle routing, blending GNN/RL components with classical OR heuristics to deliver fast, high‑quality solutions on real logistics data.</div> <div></div> </div></div></div> <div><div> <h3 contenteditable="false"> <span>What you’ll do</span> </h3> <div></div> </div></div> <div><div><div> <div contenteditable="false">Prototype partitioning and search orchestration, integrate with established heuristics, and benchmark/optimize runtime and solution quality.</div> <div></div> </div></div></div> <div><div> <h3 contenteditable="false"> <span>Profile</span> </h3> <div></div> </div></div> <div><div> <div contenteditable="false"><div></div></div> <div><div> <div contenteditable="false">Excellent Python </div> <div></div> </div></div> </div></div> <div><div> <div contenteditable="false"><div></div></div> <div><div> <div contenteditable="false">Solid ML fundamentals</div> <div></div> </div></div> </div></div> <div><div> <div contenteditable="false"><div></div></div> <div><div> <div contenteditable="false">Exposure to RL and/or GNNs</div> <div></div> </div></div> </div></div> <div><div> <div contenteditable="false"><div></div></div> <div><div> <div contenteditable="false">Comfort with combinatorial optimization/MILP/heuristics</div> <div></div> </div></div> </div></div> <div><div> <div contenteditable="false"><div></div></div> <div><div> <div contenteditable="false">C++ and parallel/distributed computing are a plus</div> <div></div> </div></div> </div></div> <div><div> <h3 contenteditable="false"><span>Details</span></h3> <div></div> </div></div> <div><div> <div contenteditable="false"><div></div></div> <div><div> <div contenteditable="false">Zurich‑based, mostly in‑person preferred. </div> <div></div> </div></div> </div></div> <div><div> <div contenteditable="false"><div></div></div> <div><div> <div contenteditable="false">Start: As soon as possible</div> <div></div> </div></div> </div></div> <div><div> <div contenteditable="false"><div></div></div> <div><div> <div contenteditable="false">Co-supervised with <a href="https://www.epfl.ch/labs/rao/" rel="noopener noreferrer" tabindex="0"><span>Prof. Daniel Kuhn and RAO Lab @ EPFL</span></a> </div> <div></div> </div></div> </div></div> <div><div> <h3 contenteditable="false"><span>Apply (EPFL only)</span></h3> <div></div> </div></div> <div><div> <div contenteditable="false"><div></div></div> <div><div> <div contenteditable="false">Send CV, transcripts, and a motivation letter to <a href="#" rel="noopener noreferrer" tabindex="0"><span>mert.erkul@arqh.ch</span></a>, <a href="#" rel="noopener noreferrer" tabindex="0"><span>careers@arqh.ch</span></a> and <a href="#" rel="noopener noreferrer" tabindex="0"><span>alessandro.dalbesio@arqh.ch</span></a> </div> <div></div> </div></div> </div></div> <div><div> <div contenteditable="false"><div></div></div> <div><div> <div contenteditable="false">More details upon request ​</div> <div></div> </div></div> </div></div> <div><div><div> <div contenteditable="false"></div> <div></div> </div></div></div> </div></div> </div> <span></span> </div> <div><div></div></div> <div></div> </div></div></main>