4 PhD student positions in Media Technology

The "Pervasive, ubiquitous and mobile computing and networking" (PUMCN) research group of the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering is seeking outstanding applicants in the areas of:

- pervasive computing, services, networking;
- mobile systems and networks;
- distributed and mobile data management;
- advanced user interfaces;
- ubiquitous multimedia;
- personalization and profiling in ubiquitous computing;
- network design, performance measurement and modeling;
- sensor networks;
- context-, and situation-awareness and reasoning;
- security and privacy in pervasive computing;
- agent technology;
- adaptive and autonomic computing systems.

Expected qualifications include strong background in computer science and engineering, excellent oral and written communication skills in Swedish or English.


The 4 individual projects are described in brief below:
MobiGroup, reference number 2135-08
MobiGroup is a project in the field of ubiquitous multimedia that looks at dynamic groups for mobile communication.This project is done together with Ericsson Research in Luleå.There are possible links also to the regional EU-project Satin1.
<URL : http://media.csee.ltu.se/projects/MobiGroup/ >

MemoryLane, reference number 2136-08
MemoryLane is a project in the field of ubiquitous multimedia that looks at using mobile communication in pervasive and ubiquitous computing environments to help people with mild dementia navigate their day.This project is done together with the European research project CogKnow.There are possible links also to the regional EU-project Satin1.
<URL : http://www.cogknow.eu/ >

Pervasive Computing, reference number 2137-08
These two phd student positions will do projects in the areas of pervasive computing, services, networking; distributed and mobile data management; personalization and profiling in ubiquitous computing; context-, and situation-awareness and reasoning; security and privacy in pervasive computing; agent technology; and/or adaptive and autonomic computing systems.

Read more at: http://www.ltu.se/omltu/ledigajobb/d21832/d21835/1.39426