The Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (TU/e) has the following vacancy
PhD "Multi-objective Design-space Exploration for Wireless Sensor
Networks" (V36.331)
at the Department of Electrical Engineering
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The Department of Electrical Engineering concerns the research and
education of the Electrical Engineering discipline. Electrical
Engineering covers the application of electrical phenomena with respect
to energy transfer, telecommunication, and calculation and processing of
information and the technology involved. Both hardware, in the form of
electronic circuits and accessories, and software, in the form of system
software for electro-technical application, are the subject of study.
Existing and new electrical components and systems are analyzed,
designed and realized. In addition, the maintenance of these systems is
the subject of research, as is the relevance for society of electrical
engineering and informatics.
The Group
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This position is in the Electronic Systems group of the Electrical
Engineering department of the TU/e. The group has expertise on (formal)
modelling and design of embedded systems. Major research themes are
predictable design, multiprocessor systems on a chip, models of
computation and programming models, trade-off analysis and
multi-objective optimization, synthesis trajectories that provide
performance guarantees, resource management and scenario-based design.
Targeted systems are real-time control systems, mobile multimedia
systems, and wireless sensor networks (WSNs).
The Project
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The Ambient Living with Embedded Networks (ALwEN) project is a joint
effort by a consortium of companies, research institutes and
universities to improve the design, deployment, programming, and
modeling of ambient wireless sensor and actuator networks targeting
quality-of-life-improving applications. Scientific results will be
validated on 1000 node prototype networks, both in a laboratory
environment and in pilot healthcare environment.
Tasks
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Within this project, the Electronic Systems group has an opening for a
PhD student. The PhD student is expected to develop system-level models
of large-scale sensor networks aiming to predict both application
quality metrics and resource usage. Using these models, multi-objective
optimization, design-space exploration, and synthesis techniques for
such systems need to be developed. The models and design techniques
should be validated on the planned prototypes. The work needs to be
performed in collaboration with other members of the ALwEN project
consortium and the Electronic Systems group.
Requirements
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We would like to get in contact with talented individuals that are among
the top students of their generation and have recently obtained a
Master's degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, or
computer science. Excellent programming skills are a necessity.
Experience with sensor networks and/or formal modeling techniques is
considered an advantage.
Appointment and Salary
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The appointment is for four years. As an employee of the university you
will receive a competitive salary as well as excellent secondary
benefits (including excellent sport facilities and child care). The
research in this project must be concluded with the attainment of a PhD
degree. A salary is offered starting at EUR 2000,- per month (gross) in
the first year and increasing up to EUR 2558,- per month (gross) in the
last year. Moreover 8% bonus share (holiday supplement) is provided
annually. Assistance for finding accommodation can be given.
Information
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For further information on the project you can contact dr.ir. Twan
Basten (a.a.basten@tue.nl, http://www.es.ele.tue.nl/~tbasten, +31 40 247
5782). For information concerning employment you can contact P.F.M. Tiel
Groenestege (personnel officer, p.f.m.tiel.groenestege@tue.nl, office
PT. 1.06, +31 40 247 2004).
Application
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If you are interested in this position, please send a detailed
curriculum vitae, an application letter motivating why the position and
the proposed research is of interest to you and summarizing your views
on the research area, a publication list, a copy of your best
publication in English (if any), course lists of your Master's and
Bachelor programs (incl. grades), and the names of two references, all
in electronic form to dr.ir. Twan Basten, a.a.basten@tue.nl, mentioning
vacancy number V36.331.
The position is open for applications until 11-02-2008, or as long as it
is required to fill the position. |