PhD Scholarship Position in Systems and Control at Chalmers University of Technology

At the department of Electrical Engineering research and education are performed in the areas of Communication and Antenna systems, Systems and Control, Computer vision, Signal processing and Biomedical engineering, and Electric Power Engineering. Our knowledge is of use everywhere where there is advanced technology with integrated electronics. We work with challenges for a sustainable future in society of today, for example in the growing demands concerning efficient systems for communications and electrification.

We offer a dynamic and international work environment with about 200 employees from more than 20 countries, and with extensive national and international research collaborations with academia, industry and society. The department provides about 100 courses, of which most are included in the Master's Programs "Biomedical Engineering", "Electric Power Engineering", "Systems, Control and Mechatronics" and "Communication Engineering". Read more at www.chalmers.se/en/departments/e2 Information about the research

The PhD student position is within the research group on automation at division of Systems and control. The research group focus on development of methods for control of cyber-physical systems that should be energy efficient, able to meet time-constraints and has to act according to given specifications in all situations. Methods based on artificial intelligence for processing sensor information and take decisions are very promising but are also hard to prove correct. The division has a good balance between applied research projects in close collaboration with industry and projects that mainly focus on basic research. Example of projects are Systematic Testing of Cyber-Physical Systems is a VR-financed strong research environment SyTeC (http://systematictesting.org/about/) and ViMCoR – Vision and machine learning for collaborative robotics that is in collaboration with AB Volvo and CHAIR (Chalmers AI Research Centre).

Major responsibilities

Your main responsibility as a PhD student is to pursue your own scientific studies and to develop your abilities and knowledge within the research fields covered by the project. You are expected to develop your own scientific concepts and communicate the results of your research verbally at scientific conferences and in written journal articles. The position also includes certain departmental duties, typically in form of teaching, corresponding to about 20% of working hours.

Full-time temporary employment.The position is limited to a maximum of five years.

Qualifications

By the starting date, the applicant should have a master’s level degree of at least 240 higher education credits or equivalent in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Applied Math or in a related discipline. A successful applicant should have a strong background in control, mechatronics, artificial intelligence, and/or algorithms and logics. A genuine interest and curiosity in the subject, excellent oral and written English communication skills are needed.

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Application procedure

The application should be marked with Ref 20190413 and written in English.

CV: (Please name the document: CV, Family name, Ref. number)

CV

Other, for example previous employments or leadership qualifications and positions of trust.

Two references that we can contact.

Personal letter: (Please name the document as: Personal letter, Family name, Ref. number)

- Introduce yourself

- Describe your previous research fields and main research results

- Describe your future goals and future research focus

Copies of bachelor and/or master's thesis.

Attested copies and transcripts of completed education, grades and other certificates, eg. TOEFL test results.

Application deadline: 8 August 2019

Knut kesson, knut@chalmers.se