[Tccc] PhD vacancy within the EU FP7 project CONGAS at Delft University of Technology

Huijuan Wang - EWI H.Wangattudelft.nl
Tue Oct 30 12:03:03 EDT 2012



 PhD: Dynamics and Co-evolution in Complex

Networks  

Engels -- Faculty/department Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer

Science

Level Master degree

Maximum employment Maximum of 38 hours per week (1 FTE)

Duration of contract 4 years

Salary scale 2042 to 2612 per month gross

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

The Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS) 
is

known worldwide for its high academic quality and the social relevance of its 
research

programmes. The facultys excellent facilities accentuate its international 
position in

teaching and research. The faculty offers an interdisciplinary setting for its 
500

employees, 350 PhD students and 1700 undergraduates. Together they work on a 
broad

range of technical innovations in the fields of sustainable energy, 
telecommunications,

microelectronics, embedded systems, computer and software engineering, 
interactive

multimedia and applied mathematics. EEMCS: Your Connection to the Future.

The PhD opening is in the section Networks Architectures and Services (NAS) of 
the

Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, and Computer Science (EEMCS) at 
Delft

University of Technology and funded by the EU FP7 project CONGAS.

The Networks Architectures and Services (NAS) section educates and conducts 
research

in the broad area of complex networks, ranging from data communications and

Internetworking, to other man-made infrastructures such as road-traffic 
networks, and to

biological, brain, social and financial sector networks.

The emphasis lies on understanding these complex, real-world networks by 
topological as

well as spectral studies. NAS also has expertise in concepts (e.g. routing, 
robustness) of

network architectures, on the performance analysis of quality of service-aware 
protocols

and Internet behaviour, and on strategic and business-oriented challenges for 
network

operators.

Job description

A variety of socio-technical systems, in areas as diverse as the Internet, 
energy

management, financial markets, ICT infrastructures, design of transport 
systems, urban

planning and policy making possess a rich multi-level structure and exhibit 
complex

dynamics that are the result of a web of interwoven interactions among elements 
with

autonomous decision-making capabilities. The proposed research will address a)

Characterization of evolving networks, b) Dynamics such as information 
diffusion,

percolation and epidemic spread, c) Network co-evolution where the dynamic 
process

changes the network topology and d) extend this expertise to multi-level complex

networks. The overall objective is to understand the emergence of structure and 
patterns

in complex systems, accounting for interactions spanning various scales in time 
and

space, and acting at different structural and aggregation levels.

Requirements

The NAS group has expertise in Internet networking, network robustness and 
epidemics.

We are looking for a brilliant PhD candidate with a deep interest in aspects of 
complex

networks, who has strong mathematical skills and who is eager to apply 
mathematical

insight into practical issues in the wide domain of complex networks. The back 
ground

education for candidates is a master degree in either engineering, computer 
science,

mathematics or/and physics.

Conditions of employment

TU Delft offers an attractive benefits package, including a flexible work week, 
free highspeed

Internet access from home (with a contract of two years or longer), and the 
option

of assembling a customised compensation and benefits package (the 'IKA'). 
Salary and

benefits are in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch 
Universities.

Information and application

For more information about this position, please contact Prof. P.F.A. Van 
Mieghem,

phone: +31 (0)15-2782397, e-mail: p.f.a.vanmieg... at tudelft.nl.

To apply, please e-mail a detailed CV listing awards, prizes and ranking along 
with a

letter of application by November 1st, 2012 to Prof. Van Mieghem and in

cc Mrs. A.C.M. Hoek, hr-ee... at tudelft.nl.

When applying for this position, please refer to vacancy number 
EWI2012-NAS_CONGAS.
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