PhD Scholarships in Telematics, NTNU, Norway

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Centre for Quantifiable Quality of Service in Communication Systems Centre of Excellence
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Multiple scholarships

At NTNU, Centre for Quantifiable Quality of Service in Communication Systems there are multiple vacant scholarships for PhD studies. The Centre is a Centre of Excellence (CoE) under the scheme initiated by The Research Council of Norway to enable Norwegian research groups to carry on long-term, basic research at a high international standard.

The Centre deals with Quality of Service (QoS) issues in heterogeneous, multilayered networks where packet switching technology is employed. The Centre works within the following areas: new network structures, multimedia signal processing, dependability, traffic and information security as applied to multiparty communication between stationary and mobile users. The Centre presently has around 35 scientists including professors, postdocs, PhD candidates and visiting professors/scholars .

The Centre invites promising PhD candidates having completed a university education, i.e. a master's degree (with honours) or equivalent, or being about to graduate in an area that is relevant to our research mentioned above, to join the Centre to work with challenging research tasks in a stimulating and international working environment. Your main task will be the research, but you will be given the opportunity to also acquire some teaching experience. During the three year period you will have the opportunity to broaden your knowledge by joining international exchange programs, to participate in national and international conferences and workshops, and to visit other research institutes and universities worldwide.

For further information about the Centre see the Centre's website at http://www.q2s. ntnu.no/.

At present, The Centre has vacant PhD scholarships within the following areas:

"Network Media Handling",
focusing on virtual worlds. Within this topic it will be possible to combine and integrate work within one of the four challenges or virtual worlds; Technology (3D rendering, advanced distribution models) Quality (perceptual evaluation and management) A User perspective (Social computing, User participation, User generated content) Applications (scenarios for virtual words including gaming and health care) The work will be jointly conducted with Center for Advanced Media Research Amsterdam - CAMeRA, at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (http://camera. vu.nl).
Contacts: Professor Peter Svensson, Dept. of Electronics and Telecommunications, phone +47 735 90546, email: svensson@q2s. ntnu.no or Professor Andrew Perkis, Dept. of Electronics and Telecommunications, phone +47 735 92383, email: andrew@q2s.ntnu. no

"QoS Mechanisms for Dynamic Networks", encompassing QoS issues in an interdomain context. The focus will be on dependability and resource allocation both in unicast and multicast architectures. A related area will be suitable monitoring and measurement techniques for such contexts. Further, we are also interested in another potential line of investigation directed toward ensuring QoS in network and service access, taking into account mobility and heterogeneity in access technology as well as operator domain issues. As above, the focus will be on dependability and resource allocation.
Contacts: Professor Øivind Kure, Dept. of Telematics, phone +47 64 84 47 36, email: okure@q2s.ntnu. no or Professor Bjarne E. Helvik, Dept. of Telematics, phone +47 735 92667, email: bjarne@q2s.ntnu. no

"Quality Assessment", encompassing activities on assessing and ensuring QoS. The focus is on assessing QoS through analysis and measurements, and developing network architectures ensuring QoS. Potential topics include source and traffic characterization, network information theory with emphasis on network calculus, cross-layer QoS, coordinated QoS, future Internet networks, as well as media source~s interaction with the network and traffic handling in the network. (Applicants with strong background in mathematics or (tele-) communication, in addition to networking, are also welcome.) Contact Professor Yuming Jiang, Dept. of Telematics, phone +47 735 92724, email: jiang@q2s.ntnu. no Preferably, indicate which areas and problems are of most interest.

Further information about the scholarships and the Centre is also obtainable from the Director of the Centre, Professor Svein J. Knapskog, Dept. of Telematics, phone +47 735 94328, email: knapskog@q2s. ntnu.no

We are looking for well qualified applicants, and offer excellent terms and conditions. Candidates are encouraged to publish and participate at international research conferences/ seminars.
Applicable for all scholarships: PhD candidates are normally engaged for three years, with a possible extension to 4 years with 25% assistant teaching duties at the cooperating University Departments in accordance with individual agreements. The teaching duties are primarily associated with relevant graduate and undergraduate courses, and are normally assigned with a proportionally larger share in the first half of the period of engagement.

NTNU would like to increase the number of females in academic positions. Women are therefore especially encouraged to apply. The Public Sector employees shall as far as possible reflect the diversity in the population. Therefore, it is a personnel policy goal to obtain a balanced mix of age and gender, and to recruit persons with immigrant background. Persons with immigrant background are encouraged to apply.

Wages are negotiated individually. The PhD scholarships are placed in salary code 1017, at level 43-59 on the Norwegian State Salary Scale. This amounts to an annual gross salary of NOK 325 600 - 431 500. The student will be liable to pay personal income tax in Norway. There is a compulsory deduction of 2% for the State Pension Fund.

The appointment will be made in accordance with current regulations with supplementary rules for research fellowship appointments in universities and polytechnics. The goal of each of the announced positions is to obtain a PhD degree. Applicants must commit themselves to participate in an organized doctoral programme in the period of engagement. The engagement is to be made in accordance with the regulations in force concerning State Employees and Civil Servants. A contract of employment will be set up for the engagement period regulating the rights and duties of the PhD student.

The application should contain information about education, exams and previous work experience. Certified copies of certificates and testimonials must be enclosed. As a minimum a CV togehter with certificates for completed bachelor and master's degrees are required.

Publications and other scientific works which the applicant wants to be considered at the appraisal should be enclosed, preferably in three copies. Joint works will be considered. However, if it is difficult to identify contributions from individuals in the joint work, the applicant should enclose a short descriptive summary of his/her contributions.

Applications should be sent to: Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Information Technology, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway. The file number for the position, IME-005-2008, should be explicitly stated on the application. The application deadline is 2008-03-17

Last revised: Feb 05 2008