Application closing date 23/03/2020  
Salary £33,797 to £40,322 per annum.  
Job category/type Research
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Job description

The School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EEECS) and the multidisciplinary Centre for Intelligent Autonomous Manufacturing Systems (i-AMS) at Queen's University Belfast (QUB) offer an exciting Research Fellowship in the area of cyber-physical systems control and in specific resource allocation and control co-design in dynamic networks. The successful candidate will be an active member of a wider community, contributing word leading research outputs and completely new research initiatives in the broader area of control theory and cyber-physical systems.  This post is available for 29 months with a possibility for extension. 

The position is offered within the "Edge Computing Resource Allocation for Dynamic Networks" - DRUID-NET project http://www.chistera.eu/projects/druid-net, funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and internationally by the CHIST-ERA programme for The European Coordinated Research on Long-term Information and Communication Technologies and ICT-based challenges. The research network comprises of research institutes in Europe (Inria Lille, UCLouvain, NTUA) and Canada (ETS Montreal) contributing with a diverse skillset within Control, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Networks and Communications and Software Engineering.  

Our research network develops (i) new smart resource allocation mechanisms in dynamic networks, where  the availability of computing, communication and storage resources is limited and time-varying, (ii) and new co-design control strategies for control of cyber-physical systems. This setting raises several critical challenges, among others real-time identification of workload and resources, development of decision mechanisms formally guaranteeing satisfaction of constraints and QoS requirements. This becomes extremely relevant when control applications, which are time-critical and safety-critical, run through these networks. These issues will be addressed in a unified manner. The research at QUB is focused on: (i) developing new theoretical and algorithmically practical solutions to dynamic resource allocation problems and (ii) proposing new co-design strategies in control synthesis of cyber-physical systems. 

Applications are invited from highly motivated exceptional researchers of any nationality to join a vibrant, multidisciplinary team and address critical challenges met in cyberphysical systems today.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have or shortly expect to obtain a PhD in Control or a similar discipline (Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics)
• A minimum of 3 years relevant research experience in the broad area of systems and control theory, and/or analysis of cyber-physical systems. 
• Have a record of publishing (commensurate with career stage) in the proceedings of high quality international conferences and journals (for example IEEE, ACM).

The successful candidate will have substantial opportunities to build their career, including training in innovation, commercialisation and soft skills, travelling to research conferences, and internships within the group's research network.

Queen's University Belfast is a driver of innovation based on our talented, multinational workforce. Throughout the University, our academics are collaborating across disciplines to develop new discoveries and insights, working with outside agencies and institutions on projects of international significance. We are connected and networked with strategic partnerships across the world, helping us to expand our impact on wider society locally, nationally and globally. The University is committed to attracting, retaining and developing the best global talent within an environment that enables them to realise their full potential.

The School of EEECS is committed to the promotion of equality of opportunity and to creating and sustaining an environment that values and celebrates the diversity of its staff and student body. In particular, the School is committed to supporting the career progression of women in science, engineering and technology (SET) in line with the principles of the Athena SWAN Charter.  We are ranked 1st in the UK for knowledge transfer partnerships, (Innovate UK) 9th in the UK for University facilities (Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2018) and 14th in the UK for research quality (Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019).

For any informal queries email to n.athanasopoulos@qub.ac.uk 

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