PhD Student in Automatic Control with focus on sensor informatics
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This PhD project is part of a close collaboration between Linköping University and Lund University within the ELLIIT programme (https://elliit.se/) and aims to develop the next generation of intelligent sensor systems capable of providing reliable situational awareness in complex and dynamic environments. The research is driven by applications where current technology is insufficient, such as large-scale biodiversity monitoring in natural environments, smart agricultural and ecosystem applications within AgTech (https://agtechsweden.com/), search-and-rescue operations in challenging terrain, and intelligent surveillance for societal security. By combining machine learning with model-based methods, the project enables systems that can detect, distinguish, and track multiple simultaneous events or objects using sensor information from, for example, radio, audio, and vibration signals, even under uncertain and disturbed conditions. The goal is to develop robust and scalable solutions that can form the basis for future technological breakthroughs in areas ranging from environmental monitoring and emergency response to security and biodiversity conservation.
As a PhD student, you devote most of your time to doctoral studies and the research projects of which you are part. Your work may also include teaching or other departmental duties, up to a maximum of 20 per cent of full-time.
Your qualifications
You have a master’s degree in electrical engineering, engineering physics, mechanical engineering, computer engineering, engineering mathematics or have completed courses with a minimum of 240 credits, at least 60 of which must be in advanced courses within the subjects mentioned above. Alternatively, you have gained essentially corresponding knowledge in another way. The degree requirement must be met no later than at the time the employment decision is finalized, which occurs when the employment contract is signed.
Furthermore, you must be eager to learn new things and explore the unknown, and you pay attention to details. You must also have strong communication skills in English, both in writing and orally.
Your workplace
The Division of Automatic Control is successfully conducting research as well as postgraduate and undergraduate education within areas such as autonomous systems, complex networks, data-driven modeling, learning control, optimization, and sensor fusion. The division has extensive collaborations both with industry and other research groups around the world.
Read more about the division here: https://liu.se/en/organisation/liu/isy/rt. For more information about ISY, go to: https://liu.se/en/article/open-positions-at-isy.