[Tccc] 2 PhD positions (Small Cell Networks and Intelligent Transportation Systems) @ EURECOM, France
Thrasyvoulos Spyropoulos
Thrasyvoulos.Spyropoulosateurecom.fr
Wed Feb 27 12:47:39 EST 2013
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We have two PhD positions immediately available at EURECOM, in South
France, (https://www.eurecom.fr/en) covering the following topics:
- Vehicular Networking for Intelligent Transportation Systems
- Traffic and Energy Optimizations in Small Cell Networks.
More details about the two positions can be found below.
Thrasyvoulos Spyropoulos
Assistant Professor
Mobile Communications Dept.
Eurecom, Sophia-Antipolis, France
http://www.eurecom.fr/~spyropou/
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PhD Position in Small Cell Networks and Cloud RAN @ EURECOM, France
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Applications are invited by the Mobile Communications department at
EURECOM, France, for a PhD position in the area of Small Cell Networks
and Cloud RAN. This position is partially funded by the Intel Mobile
Communications (IMC) Lab, and offers a competitive salary. The project
deals with future mobile networks, with dense small-cell and
heterogeneous cell deployments, connected to the core network over
heterogeneous backhaul technologies. Such small-cell deployments will
require a large amount of centralized processing inside the cloud (for
interference coordination, radio resource control, and even baseband
processing). So far, access and backhaul are individually designed and
therefore not optimized. In order to support centralized processing and
a heterogeneous backhaul, challenges on access and backhaul will be
simultaneously tackled in this project.
EURECOM is an elite French graduate school and research center
conducting high quality research in the areas of Mobile Communication,
Networking and Security, and Multimedia. It is situated in Sophia
Antipolis (between Nice and Cannes), Europe's leading international
science park.It is in close proximity with a large number of research
units of leading multi-national corporations in the telecommunications,
semiconductor and biotechnology sectors, as well as other outstanding
research and teaching institutions. A freethinking, multinational
population and the unique geographic location provide a quality of life
without equal. More information about the school and department are
available at https://www.eurecom.fr/en and http://www.eurecom.fr/cm/.
---Topic---
The focus of the position will be on (i) the design, modeling, and
analysis of efficient power management algorithms for small cells:
smaller cell size implies larger variance of each cell's utilization; at
the same time, significant overlap will exist (e.g. between small and
macro-cells); since power consumption of cells, when ON, is an important
cost factor for cellular providers, managing the power states of small
cells as a function of past, present, and future traffic requirements,
as well as cross-coverage options, is expected to provide major energy
cost improvements. (ii) joint access and backhaul resource allocation
and delay analysis and optimization: since much of the processing will
happen in the cloud, not only is it possible, but also necessary (due to
the high bandwidth requirements, and heterogeneity of access and
backhaul networks) to come up with joint medium access (with the medium
being both wireless and backhaul resources), scheduling, and admission
control; the selected candidate will explore efficient algorithms for
these problems as well as analyze their performance using both modeling
and simulations. In addition to the above research topics, which will be
the main responsibilities of the student, the selected candidate is
expected to have some involvement in project work package management, as
well as occasional assistance in courses. The selected candidate will be
co-supervised by Prof. Thrasyvoulos Spyropoulos and Prof. Navid Nikaein.
---Requirements---
We are looking for candidates who are self-motivated and would like to
conduct high quality research, and publish in top venues. Candidates
should have a Master's Degree (or equivalent) in Electrical Engineering,
Computer Science, or a closely related area, preferably with a focus on
networking or communications. They are also expected to have very good
analytical skills (Probability Theory, Optimization) and some background
in the area of wireless and cellular networking. Good programming skills
and experience in popular simulation environments is a plus. A good
level of written and spoken English is mandatory (knowledge of French is
not required). Finally, the selected candidate will be well organized
and able to integrate and work well in groups. The position duration is
normally 3 years, with a maximum duration of 4 years.
---Application material---
The position is available immediately, and the selected candidate will
be expected to join as soon as possible. The application evaluation and
selection process will begin immediately, and will continue until the
position is filled. Interested individuals should submit:
- 1-2 page summary of research interests.
- Detailed CV including publications.
- Names and contact details of at least two referees, who are willing to
provide detailed recommendation letters about the candidate
- Transcript of courses taken at graduate (and optionally undergraduate)
levels and their grades
Send your application material via e-mail with the subject line ** Small
Cell Networks PhD ** to thrasyvoulos.spyropou... at eurecom.fr
<mailto:thrasyvoulos.spyropou... at eurecom.fr>
---Contact---
If you have questions or need more information about the position, we
encourage you to visit our website or to contact Prof. Spyropoulos
(http://www.eurecom.fr/~spyropou/) directly.
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PhD Position in Intelligent Transportation Systems @ EURECOM, France
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Applications are invited by the Mobile Communications department at
EURECOM, France, for a PhD studentship in the area of Wireless Vehicular
Networking for Intelligent Transportation Systems. This position is
partially funded by the EU FP7 project COLOMBO, and offers a competitive
salary. The project deals with self-organizing traffic management
algorithms (i.e. smart traffic light systems) for Intelligent
Transportation Systems (ITS), based on gathered real-time traffic states
from communicating vehicles and on-board PDAs. These advanced algorithms
have as objectives to reduce traffic congestion, pollution or noise, and
increase traffic safety.
EURECOM is an elite French graduate school and research center
conducting high quality research in the areas of Mobile Communication,
Networking and Security, and Multimedia. It is situated in Sophia
Antipolis (between Nice and Cannes), Europe's leading international
science park. It is in close proximity with a large number of research
units of leading multi-national corporations in the telecommunications,
semiconductor and biotechnology sectors, as well as other outstanding
research and teaching institutions. A freethinking, multinational
population and the unique geographic location provide a quality of life
without equal. More information about the school and department are
available at https://www.eurecom.fr/en and http://www.eurecom.fr/cm/.
---Topic---
The focus of this position is on the collection, fusion and
dissemination of traffic information using vehicular communication
protocols, with the goal of providing a close-to-reality traffic state.
A special case of interest considers low penetration rates, where V2X
information will be augmented by partial information obtained from PDAs
and smartphones. The proposed solutions will carefully consider optimal
strategies for Road-side Units (RSU) infrastructure deployment,
detection of traffic flows, inter-vehicle store-and-carry or
store-carry-forward methodologies, environmental effects, and safety
aspects. As a result, the selected candidate will have a chance to
develop an expertise in diverse areas like vehicular traffic
extrapolation, data fusion/gathering, cooperative data dissemination,
infrastructure deployment, etc. An important component of the project
and the position is the extensive evaluation of all proposed approaches
using and extending state-of-the-art ITS simulators. EURECOM is an
active developer of the ITS simulation platform iTETRIS
(http://www.ict-itetris.eu/10-10-10-community/), used for both research
and teaching. iTETRIS is a unique open source simulation platform
characterized by a modular architecture that allows integrating two
widely adopted traffic and wireless simulators, namely NS-3 and SUMO,
while supporting the implementation of cooperative ITS applications. The
candidate is expected to evaluate his or her research work on the
iTETRIS platform and contribute to its maintenance and extensions.
---Requirements---
We are looking for candidates who are self-motivated and eager to
conduct high quality research, publish in top venues, and pursue a
doctoral degree. Candidates should have a Master's Degree (or
equivalent) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a closely
related area, preferably with a focus on networking or communications.
They are also expected to have good analytical skills and some
background in the area of wireless networking and wireless access
technologies (WLAN). Good programming skills in C++ and experience in
popular simulation environments is a plus. A good level of written and
spoken English is mandatory (knowledge of French is not required).
---Application material---
Screening of applications will begin immediately, and the search will
continue until *February 28th 2013*, or until the position is filled,
whichever comes first. Interested applicants should submit:
- (i) a one page statement of research interests and motivation,
- (ii) a CV
- (iii) contact details for at least TWO referees who are willing to
provide detailed recommendation letters about the candidate,
- (iv) transcript of courses undertaken and their grades.
Please, email application materials to (ALL) the email addresses below,
under the reference [Doct_CM_TS_Jan2013]: secretar... at eurecom.fr,
jerome.hae... at eurecom.fr, thrasyvoulos.spyropou... at eurecom.fr
---Contact---
For further questions about the position and requirements, feel free to
contact:
Prof. Hrri (http://www.eurecom.fr/en/people/harri-jerome)
Prof. Spyropoulos (http://www.eurecom.fr/~spyropou/)
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