PhD Student Position in Wireless Sensor Networks
at University of Trento, Italy
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Applications are invited from those interested in pursuing a PhD
in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) at the University of Trento,
Italy, in the D3S group. D3S (http://d3s.disi.unitn.it) is a
crossâ€institution research group focusing on dynamic, decentralâ€
ized, distributed systems.
In the context of WSNs, the D3S group has been particularly sucâ€
cessful in bringing research results into realâ€world, longâ€term,
operational deployments. Examples are the structural health monâ€
itoring of a medieval tower, and the closedâ€loop control of
lighting in a road tunnel. The scientific results of these
projects received the Best Paper Award at IPSN (both in 2009 and
2011) and the Mark Weiser Best Paper Award at PerCom 2012.
Other ongoing projects include: i) a pervasive computing environâ€
ment equipped with audio, video, and other types of sensors to
provide support for elders and people with disabilities; ii) a
mobile WSN for monitoring wildlife; iii) a platform for integratâ€
ing WSNs into business process, through a modelâ€driven approach.
Although we emphasize realâ€world applications as a motivation and
a concrete opportunity for the validation of our research, the
latter is not limited to the immediate needs of WSN deployments.
We perform a mix of curiosityâ€driven and applicationâ€driven reâ€
search. The research challenges tackled by D3S span a broad set
of topics, ranging from lowâ€layer issues concerned with the charâ€
acterization and design of communication protocols to higherâ€layâ€
er issues related with programming platforms and software archiâ€
tectures for WSNs.
New PhD students are invited to participate in ongoing projects
to gain experience and insight into real systems, and to identify
novel, challenging problems whose solutions break new grounds.
The D3S group, and Trento at large, provide a fertile environment
for highâ€quality research: two of our PhD students received the
Best Ph.D. Thesis Award at the European Conference on Wireless
Sensor Networks (EWSN) in 2009 and 2012.
The language of the research group is English.
The Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science is
a leading and fastâ€growing research institution, characterized by
a young and international faculty and by a large, international
student population. Indicators for scientific production place
the department among the top in Europe. The department and the
PhD school closely collaborate with †and operate in †a fertile
and rapidly growing research and innovation environment characâ€
terized by top class research centers and an increasing number of
industrial research labs. The successful candidate will therefore
have the opportunity to work in a dynamic and exciting environâ€
ment.
Trento is a vibrant city with a beautifully preserved historic
center, consistently ranked among the best cities for quality of
life in Italy. It offers a variety of cultural and sports opporâ€
tunities all year around, as well as excellent food and wine.
Applications must be filed online before May 15 2012 (at 13:00,
Italy time) at the link below.
IMPORTANT:
In the "Areas of preference" section of the application, the apâ€
plicant must indicate a preference BOTH for "Systems and Netâ€
works" (under "Computer Science") AND "Remote and Distributed
Sensing" (under "Telecommunications"). Failure to do so may reâ€
sult in ineligibility for this position.
It is strongly advised to get in contact with Prof. Gian Pietro
Picco (gianpietro.picco@unitn.it) before submitting the applicaâ€
tion, by providing a curriculum vitae including three references.
Links:
Online PhD Application: http://ict.unitn.it/applicaâ€
tion/ict_doctoral_school
Prof. Gian Pietro Picco: http://disi.unitn.it/~picco
D3S Group and Projects: http://d3s.disi.unitn.it
DISI web site: http://disi.unitn.it
Research at DISI: http://disi.unitn.it/research
PhD School: http://ict.unitn.it/
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