[Our sincere apologies if your receive multiple copies of this message] Applications are invited by the Mobile Communications department at EURECOM, France, for a PhD studentship in the area of Wireless Vehicular Networking for Intelligent Transportation Systems.
This position is partially funded by the EU FP7 project COLOMBO, and offers a competitive salary. The project deals with self-organizing traffic management algorithms (i.e. smart traffic light systems) for Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), based on gathered real-time traffic states from communicating vehicles and on-board PDAs. These advanced algorithms have as objectives to reduce traffic congestion, pollution or noise, and increase traffic safety. EURECOM is an elite French graduate school and research center conducting high quality research in the areas of Mobile Communication, Networking and Security, and Multimedia. It is situated in Sophia Antipolis (between Nice and Cannes), Europe's leading international science park. It is in close proximity with a large number of research units of leading multi-national corporations in the telecommunications, semiconductor and biotechnology sectors, as well as other outstanding research and teaching institutions. A freethinking, multinational population and the unique geographic location provide a quality of life without equal. More information about the school and department are available at https://www.eurecom.fr/en and http://www.eurecom.fr/cm/. ---Topic--- The focus of this position is on the collection, fusion and dissemination of traffic information using vehicular communication protocols, with the goal of providing a close-to-reality traffic state. A special case of interest considers low penetration rates, where V2X information will be augmented by partial information obtained from PDAs and smartphones. The proposed solutions will carefully consider optimal strategies for Road-side Units (RSU) infrastructure deployment, detection of traffic flows, inter-vehicle store-and-carry or store-carry-forward methodologies, environmental effects, and safety aspects. As a result, the selected candidate will have a chance to develop an expertise in diverse areas like vehicular traffic extrapolation, data fusion/gathering, cooperative data dissemination, infrastructure deployment, etc. An important component of the project and the position is the extensive evaluation of all proposed approaches using and extending state-of-the-art ITS simulators. EURECOM is an active developer of the ITS simulation platform iTETRIS (http://www.ict-itetris.eu/10-10-10-community/), used for both research and teaching. iTETRIS is a unique open source simulation platform characterized by a modular architecture that allows integrating two widely adopted traffic and wireless simulators, namely NS-3 and SUMO, while supporting the implementation of cooperative ITS applications. The candidate is expected to evaluate his or her research work on the iTETRIS platform and contribute to its maintenance and extensions. ---Requirements--- We are looking for candidates who are self-motivated and eager to conduct high quality research, publish in top venues, and pursue a doctoral degree. Candidates should have a Master's Degree (or equivalent) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a closely related area, preferably with a focus on networking or communications. They are also expected to have good analytical skills and some background in the area of wireless networking and wireless access technologies (WLAN). Good programming skills in C++ and experience in popular simulation environments is a plus. A good level of written and spoken English is mandatory (knowledge of French is not required). ---Application material--- Screening of applications will begin immediately, and the search will continue until *February 28th 2013*, or until the position is filled, whichever comes first. Interested applicants should submit: - (i) a one page statement of research interests and motivation, - (ii) a CV - (iii) contact details for at least TWO referees who are willing to provide detailed recommendation letters about the candidate, and - (iv) transcript of courses undertaken and their grades. Please, email application materials to (ALL) the email addresses below, under the reference [Doct_CM_TS_Jan2013]: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] ---Contact--- For further questions about the position and requirements, feel free to contact: Prof. Härri (http://www.eurecom.fr/en/people/harri-jerome) Prof. Spyropoulos (http://www.eurecom.fr/~spyropou/) _______________________________________________ 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
