Two Doctoral Researchers in MSCA-Doctoral Network EXACT-6G

23 Jan 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

University of Oulu

Department

Centre for Wireless Communications (CWC)

Research Field

Engineering » Communication engineering

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country

Finland

Application Deadline

30 Mar 2024 - 16:00 (Europe/Helsinki)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Full-time

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

HE / MSCA

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

Two doctoral researcher position at the Centre for Wireless Communications (CWC), University of Oulu (UOulu), Oulu, Finland. UOulu and lead the world's first large 6G technology research program called 6G Flagship, which is one of the Finnish national science flagships. The Doctoral Candidate will join the recently launched EXACT-6G Doctoral Network which is funded by the Horizon Europe Research Program through the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Action, under the title: “Explainable Automation for Continuum 6G infrastructures”. Its whole call for applications is available at 10 PhD positions for 6G-networks development in MSCA- DN EXACT-6G | EURAXESS (europa.eu)

EXACT-6G research project aims to propose, design and validate a novel and agile 6G system architecture and enabling technologies, combining RIS with a compute-continuum infrastructure. Furthermore, EXACT-6G proposes new concepts, such as pervasive orchestration, and designs new explainable AI models for for scalable, autonomous control of the infrastructure, and allows microservices to “follow” users, being tracked by joint communications and sensing (JCAS) mechanisms. In this context, EXACT-6G will build a training network of 10 Doctoral Candidates who will conduct top-notch research towards the development and experimental evaluation of a gamut of techniques, methodological frameworks and tools.

The Doctoral Researchers hosted by CWC at UOulu will develop individual projects on signal processing for physical and link layers to capitalize the usage of RIS technology for connectivity and JCAS. She/He will: (i) explore fundamental performance limits; (ii) formulate optimization problems for different key performance indicators (KPIs); (iii) design transceiver and system performance algorithms by structured optimization and data-driven machine learning tools; and (iv) assess their performance in realistic simulation environments. Doctoral candidate 1 will focus on connectivity, spectral, power and energy efficiency of communications. Doctoral candidate 2 will focus on JCAS or integrated sensing and communications (ISAC).

The Doctoral Candidates will be offered a three-year, full-time contract as well as enrollment to a doctoral program in UOulu.  An up-to-six months secondment is foreseen at Greenerwave in Paris (France) and Iquadrat Informatica S.L. in Barcelona (Spain) as integral part of the contract.

In addition to developing his/her research project, the Doctoral Researcher will:

• learn to master academic writing and author journal publications.
• present his/her work at projects workshops, plenary meetings and international conferences.
• participate in secondments to consortium partners.
• contribute to the supervision of students.

Candidates should send their applications by March 31st  through https://www.exact6g.eu/oaf-2024  . Incorporations will start as of April 2024.

Requirements

Research Field

Engineering » Communication engineering

Education Level

Master Degree or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

We are seeking a highly motivated, enthusiastic, and curiosity-driven researcher to join our dynamic team.

Ideal candidate should:

• Hold, or be close to completing, a Master’s degree (or a similar degree with an academic level equivalent to the master's degree) in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering or Computer Science.
• Strong mathematical and analytical skills.
• Know the usage of common computer tools such as Matlab and Python.
• Be excellent team player, ready to engage in an enthusiastic and hardworking group of scientists and engineers on a joint project.
• Show capacities in both written and spoken English, with excellent communication skills, to fully benefit from the network training.
• Be capable of collaborating intensively with both industrial and academic partners through regular meetings and work visits, and enjoy working in an interdisciplinary and international environment.

Specific Requirements

Please send your application before March 31 2024, via the Apply now button below, and include: 

• Presentation letter
• Curriculum vitae
• Master and Bachelor Diplomas (single file)
• Master and Bachelor Grade Transcript (single file)

Languages

ENGLISH

Level

Good

Additional Information
Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

2

Company/Institute

University of Oulu

Country

Finland

City

Oulu

Postal Code

90570

Street

Erkki Koiso-Kanttilan katu

Geofield

Where to apply

Website

https://oaf2024.exact6g.eu/

Contact

City

Oulu

Website

http://www.oulu.fi/cwc/

Street

Erkki Koiso-Kanttilan katu 3

Postal Code

CWC-RT

E-Mail

[email protected]

Phone

+358294482834

STATUS: EXPIRED