PhD student positions in Wireless Networks and Distributed Computing in IoT

Information about the department, the division and the research
The Department of Computer Science and Engineering is a joint department at Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg, with activities on two campuses in the city of Gothenburg. The department has around 240 employees from over 30 countries. Our research has a wide span, from theoretical foundations to applied systems development. We provide high quality education at Bachelor's, Master's and graduate levels, offering over 120 courses each year. We also have extensive national and international collaborations with academia, industry and society. For more information, please see http://www.chalmers.se/cse/EN.

We plan to hire up to three PhD students with this announcement. The PhD student(s) will be part of the Networks and Systems division. The division has a strong experience in networked systems, wireless networks, distributed computing, and security. One area of focus is Cyber-Physical Systems and the Internet of Things and its application areas include sustainable cities (e.g., smart cities), energy systems (e.g., smart grids), transport systems (e.g., cooperative driving). 

Major responsibilities
As a PhD student, your research will focus on low-latency and low-power wireless networking and distributed computing for the Internet of Things. The goal of your research will be to devise new approaches to ultra-low-latency, low-power communication and distributed data processing. Your results shall meet the performance requirements of mission and safety-critical applications such as, for example, cooperative driving and wireless process control. Based on our recent advances on network-wide synchronous transmissions, we drive the research in three directions:

• Direction 1:  We will devise robust, ultra-low latency communication protocols that radically depart from conventional approaches by exploiting synchronous transmissions.
• Direction 2: We will design approaches to low-power distributed computing which will utilize our ultra-low latency communication protocols for data exchange.
• Direction 3: We will develop selected applications, such as, for example, secure wireless closed-loop control or cooperative driving, building on the approaches developed in the previous two directions.

Your major responsibility as a PhD student is to pursue your own doctoral studies. You are expected to develop your own scientific concepts and communicate the results of your research verbally and in writing. The position generally also includes teaching on Chalmers' undergraduate level or performing other duties corresponding to 20 per cent of working hours.

Qualifications
To qualify as a PhD student, you must have a solid background in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or in a related discipline, corresponding to a master's level degree of at least 240 higher education credits. As for all PhD studies, a genuine interest and curiosity in the subject matter and excellent analytical and communication skills, both oral and written, are needed.

The ideal candidate for the position has a strong background in networked systems, wireless networks, wireless communication, distributed computing, embedded programming, and/or network security. Further, experience in the Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems is beneficial, such as in one or more of the following directions: IoT protocols (e.g., RPL, TSCH, CoAP), synchronous transmissions (e.g., Glossy, LWB, Chaos), platforms (e.g., Contiki, mbed), technologies (e.g., 802.15.4, BLE, UWB, SDR), and/or applications (e.g., wireless control, cooperative driving, cooperative robotics).

You may apply even if you have not completed your degree, but expect to do so before the position starts. Knowledge of Swedish is not a prerequisite for applying since English is our working language for research, and we publish internationally. Both Swedish and English are used in undergraduate courses. Our researchers and PhD students at the department come from more than 30 different countries.

Application deadline: 15 April 2017

For questions, please contact:
Associate Professor, Olaf Landsiedel, Networks and Systems division, olafl@chalmers.se

Head of division, Tomas Olovsson, Networks and Systems division, tomas.olovsson@chalmers.se

 

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