[Tccc] PhD Student Position in Wireless Sensor Networks at University of Trento, Italy

Gian Pietro Picco gianpietro.picco
Wed Apr 18 09:52:02 EDT 2012




PhD Student Position in Wireless Sensor Networks
at University of Trento, Italy
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Applications are invited from those interested in pursuing a  PhD
in  wireless  sensor networks (WSNs) at the University of Trento,
Italy, in the D3S  group.  D3S  (http://d3s.disi.unitn.it)  is  a
cross?institution  research group focusing on dynamic, decentral?
ized, distributed systems.

In the context of WSNs, the D3S group has been particularly  suc?
cessful  in bringing research results into real?world, long?term,
operational deployments.  Examples are the structural health mon?
itoring  of  a  medieval  tower,  and  the closed?loop control of
lighting in a  road  tunnel.  The  scientific  results  of  these
projects  received the Best Paper Award at IPSN (both in 2009 and
2011) and the Mark Weiser Best Paper Award at PerCom 2012.

Other ongoing projects include: i) a pervasive computing environ?
ment  equipped  with  audio, video, and other types of sensors to
provide support for elders and people with  disabilities;  ii)  a
mobile WSN for monitoring wildlife; iii) a platform for integrat?
ing WSNs into business process, through a model?driven  approach.

Although we emphasize real?world applications as a motivation and
a concrete opportunity for the validation of  our  research,  the
latter  is not limited to the immediate needs of WSN deployments.
We perform a mix of curiosity?driven and  application?driven  re?
search.  The  research challenges tackled by D3S span a broad set
of topics, ranging from low?layer issues concerned with the char?
acterization and design of communication protocols to higher?lay?
er issues related with programming platforms and software  archi?
tectures for WSNs.

New  PhD  students are invited to participate in ongoing projects
to gain experience and insight into real systems, and to identify
novel,  challenging  problems  whose solutions break new grounds.
The D3S group, and Trento at large, provide a fertile environment
for  high?quality  research: two of our PhD students received the
Best Ph.D. Thesis Award at the European  Conference  on  Wireless
Sensor Networks (EWSN) in 2009 and 2012.

The language of the research group is English.

The Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science is
a leading and fast?growing research institution, characterized by
a  young  and international faculty and by a large, international
student population.  Indicators for scientific  production  place
the  department  among  the top in Europe. The department and the
PhD school closely collaborate with ? and operate in ? a  fertile
and  rapidly  growing research and innovation environment charac?
terized by top class research centers and an increasing number of
industrial research labs. The successful candidate will therefore
have the opportunity to work in a dynamic and  exciting  environ?
ment.

Trento  is  a  vibrant city with a beautifully preserved historic
center, consistently ranked among the best cities for quality  of
life in Italy.  It offers a variety of cultural and sports oppor?
tunities all year around, as well as excellent food and wine.

Applications must be filed online before May 15 2012  (at  13:00,
Italy time) at the link below.

IMPORTANT:
In  the "Areas of preference" section of the application, the ap?
plicant must indicate a preference BOTH  for  "Systems  and  Net?
works"  (under  "Computer  Science")  AND "Remote and Distributed
Sensing" (under "Telecommunications"). Failure to do so  may  re?
sult in ineligibility for this position.

It  is  strongly advised to get in contact with Prof. Gian Pietro
Picco (gianpietro.picco at unitn.it) before submitting the  applica?
tion, by providing a curriculum vitae including three references.

Links:

Online    PhD    Application:        http://ict.unitn.it/applica?
tion/ict_doctoral_school
Prof. Gian Pietro Picco:    http://disi.unitn.it/~picco
D3S Group and Projects:     http://d3s.disi.unitn.it
DISI web site:              http://disi.unitn.it
Research at DISI:           http://disi.unitn.it/research
PhD School:                 http://ict.unitn.it/





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