[Tccc] IoT-Focused PhD Position at INRIA in Paris/Berlin

Emmanuel Baccelli emmanuel.baccelli
Tue Jun 26 10:11:05 EDT 2012


-- PhD Fellowship, Position to be filled -- 


The HiPERCOM team at INRIA in Paris, France, offers 1 PhD fellowship. The position focuses on leveraging the Internet of Things to provide better safety and security in public spaces potentially gathering a large number of people, such as airports, train stations etc. The goals are (i) to better prevent mass panic by early, sensor-enhanced detection of potentially disturbing events, and (ii) to better detect abnormal behavior or presence in specifically monitored areas. The PhD student will fully participate in a new collaboration between INRIA, Freie Universit?t Berlin, and SAGEM, among other partners of the SAFEST project (jointly funded by ANR & BMBF). 

If you join the team, you will: 
? join a 3 year PhD program; 
? spend a significant chunk of that time in Berlin at the Freie Universit?t, and the rest of the time in Paris at INRIA (precise dates to be determined with the applicant). 
? obtain a fellowship starting from ? 23,500 gross per year. 

We encourage motivated and skilled candidates to apply for this position, which will focus on the following challenges: 
? MAC and IP layers; 
? Self-configuration and self-adaptation across the whole network protocol stack; 
? Communication protocols for memory/CPU constrained devices. 

--- Skills --- 

Good programming skills are required. Applicants must have a Master degree in Computer Science or in another appropriate field. 
Good english is a requirement (f rench and/or german skills are a plus but not a requirement. The following fields are particularly relevant: 
? Wireless Networking; 
? Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks (IEEE 802.15.4, RPL, 6LowPan); 
? Distributed algorithms; 
? Simulations (ns3, ns2 or equivalent); 
? Experiments (Contiki, ARM-based nodes, MSP430 based nodes such as wsn430, mica2, telosb, etc). 

--- How to apply --- 

Applicants should email to emmanuel.baccelli at inria.fr and provide: 
? a CV; 
? a cover letter describing why they are interested in this PhD fellowship; 
? two recommendation letters (or more); 


? the grades for the last 2 years and their ranking in their master program; 

For more information email emmanuel.baccelli at inria. fr 
Deadline: July 9th 2012



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