[Tccc] PhD Position in Vehicular Networking for ITS @ Eurecom, France

Thrasyvoulos Spyropoulos Thrasyvoulos.Spyropoulosateurecom.fr
Tue Jan 29 10:48:43 EST 2013



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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,  and
- (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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