[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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