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The Open University of Catalonia (UOC), Barcelona, Spain, offers fully‐funded 3-year PhD positions for two ESRs in the context of the FP7 Initial Training Network (ITN) project CROSSFIRE (http://gain.di.uoa.gr/crossfire). These Ph.D. enrolments are under very attractive employment conditions and competitive salaries, which are offered by the Marie Curie Initial Training Network. The selected ESRs will have a unique opportunity to pursue a career in wireless communications and networks. Working in this ambitious research project should lead the ESRs to the successful completion of a doctoral degree awarded by any of the local universities, together with a very strong joint multidisciplinary research and training program in the field of emerging mobile networks. The planned mobility among six EU countries and eight institutions is a plus of the two job positions. ** Candidate requirements: We are looking for highly motivated, enthusiastic junior scientists, with a preferential background in mobile networks and network virtualization. Previous experience in fields directly related to the specific positions is a plus. Excellent research skills and analytical abilities are required, fluency in English (both spoken and written), proactive communication skills and problem solving as part of a team, strong record keeping, great work ethic and initiatives are essential characteristics. Candidates must also meet the following criteria: 1) Be in the first four years (full‐time equivalent research experience) of their research careers. 2) Be of any nationality, but not having resided or carried out their main activity in Spain for more than 1 year in the past 3 years; 2) have a degree that in their country gives access to a PhD. 3) Have not yet been awarded a doctoral degree. ** Description of the positions: PhD position 1 (UOC‐1): “Network virtualization in LTE ‐ Advanced cellular networks”. The key objectives of this ESR position include: i) propose share network infrastructure schemes using network virtualization and design and evaluate Radio Resource Management scheme under the proposed infrastructure ii) design service‐based algorithms to guarantee the QoS/QoE. PhD position 2 (UOC‐2): “Improvement of LTE‐A networks efficiency through cognitive capabilities, cooperation and self‐organized networks” The key objectives of this ESR position include: i) Design and evaluate low overhead SON and cognitive algorithms for LTE‐A ii) Joint design and evaluation of cognition and network optimization functionalities for the efficient use of the available spectrum iii) Evaluate and propose interactions between short‐range communications and LTE‐A. ** Application details: To apply for these positions, please download and fill the CROSSFIRE Application Form: http://gain.di.uoa.gr/crossfire/files/CROSSFIRE_AppForm.pdf and send it along with a motivation letter, full CV, degrees, recommenders’ contact details (up to 3), and any other relevant documents, to [email protected], [email protected] and [email protected] not later than 31 October 2012. _______________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) - for discussions on computer networking and communication. [email protected] https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc
