Dear prospective WSN PhD students: Applications are invited from those interested in pursuing a PhD in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) in Trento, Italy within the D3S group. Two positions are currently available. D3S is a cross-institution group of researchers from both the University of Trento and the nearby FBK-IRST research center, whose projects are characterized by theoretical backing and practical applicability.
To offer a single example, one recent project involves a WSN deployment for monitoring Torre Aquila, a local medieval tower. The system has been in place for more than two years collecting data for analysis by structural engineers. For D3S, this deployment served as a test environment for evaluating our WSN middleware system, TeenyLIME, and as inspiration for novel routing and MAC protocols whose requirements are grounded in reality. A paper on this project received the Best Paper Award in the SPOTS track at IPSN'09. Other recent awards in our group include the Best Demo Award at SenSys'07, and the Best Ph.D. Thesis Award at EWSN'09. Other project examples include TRITon, a project on road tunnel monitoring using WSNs, and ACUBE, a project where a pervasive computing environment equipped with audio, video, and other types of sensors provide support for elders and people with disabilities. 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 ground. Trento is a vibrant city with a beautifully preserved historic center, consistently ranked at the top for quality of life in Italy. It offers a variety of cultural and sports opportunities all year around, as well as excellent food and wine. Applications must be filed online before 16 March 2011, before 13:00, local time, at the link below. IMPORTANT: In the "Preferences" section of the application, under the section "Computer Science", the applicant should indicate a preference for "Distributed Systems". Further, "under Project-specific grants" on the same page, the applicant must place non-zero values beside *both* "Programming abstractions and communication protocols for mobile and highly dynamic wireless sensor networks" and "Dynamic Wireless Sensor Networks". Failure to do so may result in ineligibility for these position. Postdoc positions are also available. More information is available on request. For more information, please contact Amy L. Murphy ([email protected]) or Gian Pietro Picco ([email protected]) and take a look at the links below. Links: Online PhD Application: http://disi.unitn.it/edu/appform/login.xml (apply for "Distributed Systems" and the project specific grants listed above) Amy L. Murphy: http://es.fbk.eu/people/murphy Gian Pietro Picco: http://disi.unitn.it/~picco D3S Group and Projects: http://d3s.disi.unitn.it DISI web site: http://disi.unitn.it FBK web site: http://fbk.eu PhD School: http://ict.unitn.it/ _______________________________________________ Tinyos-help mailing list [email protected] https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tinyos-help
