PhD Opportunities in High Performance Computing in Spain

This PhD project is part of the Collaborative Doctoral Partnership between the Universidad de Sevilla and the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre . The doctoral candidate will work at the intersection of artificial intelligence, simulation, sustainable transport, energy systems and policy support for decarbonisation. At the Universidad de Sevilla, the student will join the Robotics and Computer Technology Laboratory (RTC) within the Architecture and Computer Technology (ATC) Department ....

This doctoral project at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) – BarcelonaTECH focuses on reactive transport modeling for sustainable groundwater management within the European MARMED project. The selected PhD researcher will develop and apply numerical models to study how contaminants, especially emerging contaminants, move and transform in groundwater systems affected by aquifer recharge management (MAR) . The research combines groundwater flow, solute transport, and reactive transport si...

This PhD research staff position is based in the Department of Applied Physics at the Universidade de Vigo , working within the AURORA project . The project focuses on the development and optimisation of numerical tools in DualSPHysics , with research centred on improving particle-based simulation capabilities for complex physical processes. The successful researcher will work on GPU programming using CUDA and on the refinement of interaction and collision models . A substantial part of the proj...

PhD Doctoral Candidate (DC7) – HyNOISE CIEMAT in Madrid, Spain, is recruiting a doctoral candidate to identify and model hydrodynamic and thermo-diffusive instabilities that drive combustion noise in turbulent hydrogen flames. The project forms part of the HyNOISE Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network, which develops predictive and control methods for quiet, stable hydrogen combustion systems. The research will use high-fidelity direct numerical simulations of compressible Navie...

Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) is advertising a PhD Student FPI opening in the Computational Earth Sciences (CES) group in Barcelona, Spain . The project focuses on HPC performance , efficient weather and climate workflows , and AI agents . This is a strong fit for students interested in computer science , earth science , and environmental science , especially where high-performance computing meets climate and weather simulation. The position is funded by a Spanish Ministry FPI grant . Th...

PhD opportunity at IGEO-CSIC, Madrid, Spain The Physics of Climate and Climate Change group at the Instituto de Geociencias (IGEO, CSIC–UCM) invites applications for a PhD researcher to join the project ADAPT-X – AI-Driven AnticiPated aTtribution of eXtreme events (ref. 2025-T1/ECO-36122). This four-year position starts in Spring 2027, or as soon as possible thereafter, and is hosted in Madrid with access to GPU and high-performance computing resources. The project investigates how AI-based weat...