PhD student in backscatter communication - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

The Department of Information Technology has a leading position in research and education. The Department currently has about 280 employees, including 120 teachers and 110 PhD students. More than 4000 students study one or more courses at the department each year. More info: http://www.it.uu.se

The Department of Information Technology is opening a PhD student position for highly motivated individuals interested in conducting outstanding research in the area of backscatter communication. You will join one of the leading research groups with publications at the most prestigious conferences in the area.

Duties/Project description: The overall contribution of this project is to enable battery-free wide-area Internet of Things networks based on backscatter communication by leveraging cooperation among devices. Focus of the research is to derive general methods and building blocks to reduce device complexity, enable security, and to improve reliability and predictability of backscatter networks. Among the expected achievements are prototype implementations to demonstrate and evaluate the research results.

The position is for at most five years, and includes department duties (mainly teaching) at a level of at most 20%, as well as course participation. The candidate will be expected to teach in English or Swedish.

Requirements: The candidate must have a Master of Science in computer science or electrical engineering, or equivalent. The ideal candidate for the position has a solid background in wireless communication and distributed systems.

As for all PhD students, a genuine interest and curiosity in the subject matter and excellent analytical and communication skills, both oral and written, are required.

Additional qualifications: Experience with hardware/radio-frequency design, low-level programming of energy constrained devices is helpful.

Application:
The application should include a description of yourself, your research interests, reasons for applying for this particular PhD position and past experience (max. 3 pages), a CV, copies of relevant university degrees and transcripts, relevant publications, a copy of your MSc thesis (or a summary in case the thesis is ongoing) and other relevant documents (eg, TOEFL test results). Candidates are encouraged to provide up to 3 letters of recommendation and contact information to reference persons. We would also like to know your earliest possible date for starting.

Rules governing PhD students are set out in the Higher Education Ordinance chapter 5, §§ 1-7 and in Uppsala University's rules and guidelines http://regler.uu.se/?languageId=1.

Uppsala University strives to be an inclusive workplace that promotes equal opportunities and attracts qualified candidates who can contribute to the University’s excellence and diversity. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people of all backgrounds.

Salary: According to local agreement for PhD students.
 
Starting date:As soon as possible or as otherwise agreed.

Type of employment: Temporary position according to the Higher Education Ordinance chapter 5 § 7.

Scope of employment: 100 %

For further information about the position please contact: Prof. Christian Rohner, Division of Computer Systems, E-mail: christian.rohner@it.uu.se

Please submit your application by 30 September 2019, UFV-PA 2019/3160.

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