[Tccc] PhD Student Position in Wireless Sensor Networks at University of Trento, Italy
Gian Pietro Picco
gianpietro.picco
Wed Apr 18 09:52:02 EDT 2012
PhD Student Position in Wireless Sensor Networks
at University of Trento, Italy
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Applications are invited from those interested in pursuing a PhD
in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) at the University of Trento,
Italy, in the D3S group. D3S (http://d3s.disi.unitn.it) is a
cross?institution research group focusing on dynamic, decentral?
ized, distributed systems.
In the context of WSNs, the D3S group has been particularly suc?
cessful in bringing research results into real?world, long?term,
operational deployments. Examples are the structural health mon?
itoring of a medieval tower, and the closed?loop control of
lighting in a road tunnel. The scientific results of these
projects received the Best Paper Award at IPSN (both in 2009 and
2011) and the Mark Weiser Best Paper Award at PerCom 2012.
Other ongoing projects include: i) a pervasive computing environ?
ment equipped with audio, video, and other types of sensors to
provide support for elders and people with disabilities; ii) a
mobile WSN for monitoring wildlife; iii) a platform for integrat?
ing WSNs into business process, through a model?driven approach.
Although we emphasize real?world applications as a motivation and
a concrete opportunity for the validation of our research, the
latter is not limited to the immediate needs of WSN deployments.
We perform a mix of curiosity?driven and application?driven re?
search. The research challenges tackled by D3S span a broad set
of topics, ranging from low?layer issues concerned with the char?
acterization and design of communication protocols to higher?lay?
er issues related with programming platforms and software archi?
tectures for WSNs.
New PhD students are invited to participate in ongoing projects
to gain experience and insight into real systems, and to identify
novel, challenging problems whose solutions break new grounds.
The D3S group, and Trento at large, provide a fertile environment
for high?quality research: two of our PhD students received the
Best Ph.D. Thesis Award at the European Conference on Wireless
Sensor Networks (EWSN) in 2009 and 2012.
The language of the research group is English.
The Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science is
a leading and fast?growing research institution, characterized by
a young and international faculty and by a large, international
student population. Indicators for scientific production place
the department among the top in Europe. The department and the
PhD school closely collaborate with ? and operate in ? a fertile
and rapidly growing research and innovation environment charac?
terized by top class research centers and an increasing number of
industrial research labs. The successful candidate will therefore
have the opportunity to work in a dynamic and exciting environ?
ment.
Trento is a vibrant city with a beautifully preserved historic
center, consistently ranked among the best cities for quality of
life in Italy. It offers a variety of cultural and sports oppor?
tunities all year around, as well as excellent food and wine.
Applications must be filed online before May 15 2012 (at 13:00,
Italy time) at the link below.
IMPORTANT:
In the "Areas of preference" section of the application, the ap?
plicant must indicate a preference BOTH for "Systems and Net?
works" (under "Computer Science") AND "Remote and Distributed
Sensing" (under "Telecommunications"). Failure to do so may re?
sult in ineligibility for this position.
It is strongly advised to get in contact with Prof. Gian Pietro
Picco (gianpietro.picco at unitn.it) before submitting the applica?
tion, by providing a curriculum vitae including three references.
Links:
Online PhD Application: http://ict.unitn.it/applica?
tion/ict_doctoral_school
Prof. Gian Pietro Picco: http://disi.unitn.it/~picco
D3S Group and Projects: http://d3s.disi.unitn.it
DISI web site: http://disi.unitn.it
Research at DISI: http://disi.unitn.it/research
PhD School: http://ict.unitn.it/
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