Signal Processing for Communications and Networking

The Communication Systems Division of the CTTC is searching for interested candidates in a Researcher position for its Advanced Signal and Information Processing (ASIP) Department.

The ASIP Department conducts fundamental and applied research on signal processing and communications, including algorithmic development, theoretical analysis and hardware development. For more information about the department, please refer to http://systems.cttc.es/advanced-signal-and-information-processing/. The candidate will join our team and work on the application of machine learning techniques in wireless communications. The candidate is expected to have a strong background in the following specialization areas of interest: Signal Processing for Communications, Machine Learning, Big Data Analytics and Processing. The applicant is expected to carry out innovative research on machine learning and signal processing for communications, particularly on radio and cellular communications. Proven experience in coordination/participation in European and other research projects will be highly valued. Proficiency in Matlab and Python will also be valued.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Applicants for Researcher positions must hold a Ph.D. degree in telecommunications, computer science, electrical engineering, or related fields; be capable of conduct independent research and be highly motivated to work in a collaborative environment interacting with researchers as well as technology transfer staff; have excellent track publication record and capacity of attracting competitive funds.. English proficiency is required. Research and industrial work experience, management and participation in international and national R&D projects,  and preparation of research grant proposals such as EC funded programs, is all highly appreciated.

 CONDITIONS

The position is temporary (investigador interino, according to the Spanish national law), with perspective to become permanent. The salary will be determined according to qualifications, work experience and budget availability. Interested candidates should send their curriculum vitae, including list of publications, scanned copies of the obtained degree titles and a cover letter stating the motivation and suitability of the candidate. They should also provide the names and addresses of at least two referees. These documents should be sent in PDF format through this online application. CVs and any other information gathered during this process will be handled confidentially.

CTTC

Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), in Castelldefels – Barcelona, is a growing and well-funded research institution fostering excellence and diversity. CTTC offers a highly international environment at an exceptionally attractive location. As a research center in telecommunications technologies CTTC provides a fertile environment for research cooperation and innovation between different disciplines.

CTTC seeks to increase the number of women in those areas where they are underrepresented and therefore explicitly encourages women to apply.

CTTC is committed to increasing the number of individuals with disabilities in its workforce and therefore encourages applications from such qualified individuals.

Application Site: http://www.cttc.es/apply/?id=11095

Postdoctoral (convertible to research faculty) position, with competitive salary, is available for researchers with demonstrated outstanding publications in IEEE Transactions on signal processing, wireless communications, and similar quality journals to work on signal processing and communications for IoT, mMTC, and massive MIMO problems as well as other important problems. Please send resume along with names of three references, a research plan, and sample publications to farhang@ece.utah.edu.

At Crestron Electronics, Inc we build the technology that integrates technology.

We are proud to be the largest and most recognized brand in automation and control solutions, and the premier technology partner for fortune 500 businesses globally. Our products’ are integrated into new high-tech commercial buildings’ to include some of the most exciting real estate throughout the world.  Our clients include Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Linked In and many others.  

Our automation and control solutions for homes and buildings allow our clients to control entire environments with the push of a button, integrating systems such as Audio Visual, Lighting, Shading, Security, Building Management Systems and HVAC to provide greater comfort, convenience and security.

Overview:

We continue to experience rapid growth as we invest in resources and create new opportunities, as a result, we have exciting opportunities for a Senior Design Engineer to join our Analog Hardware team in Rockleigh, NJ 07647. As a design engineer for this team , you will work on cutting edge power supply designs using the latest technologies.  You will be part of the team that develops high power audio amplifiers and also create the next generation wireless devices for the Internet of Things.

Responsibilities:

• Develop a product definition, feature set, board level design and verification strategy from a high-level set of requirements.
• Perform detailed analog circuit design and analysis.
• Perform simulations of analog circuits.
• Specify and guide printed circuit board designs.
• Perform the verification and testing of various analog circuits.
• Perform debugging of analog circuits.
• Special projects as assigned.

Qualifications:

• MS in Electrical Engineering or related field + minimum 6 years of relevant experience is required.
• BS in Electrical Engineering or related field + minimum 8 years of relevant experience is required.
• Expert level knowledge of the below skills is required:

• DC/AC signal parameters, compositions, and transforms
• Analog circuit topologies (operational amplifier ( op-amp) , gain block, inverter, differentiator, integrator, filters), feedback loop stability and circuit simulation methods
• ADC and DAC based circuits
• SPICE simulations (e.g. LTSPice, TinaPro, PSpice, etc.)
• Low-noise techniques, grounding strategies, precision designs, and isolation techniques
• Practical knowledge of PCB construction, properties, effect of PCB materials on signal quality

• Excellent circuit troubleshooting techniques with the ability to debug down to the component level is required
• Excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills; ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team (HW, FW, and Mechanical design engineers) is required
• Familiarity with various regulatory requirements (UL, CE, FCC) is a plus.
• Familiarity with thermal management techniques for semiconductors is a plus.
• Familiarity with component de-rating for improving reliability is a plus.
   

EOE/M/F/D/V

Benefits

At Crestron Electronics, we offer a competitive total compensation package including medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and Short Term Disability. 401K with company contribution, Paid Vacation, Holidays and more! 

We have new onsite state of the art fitness and wellness centers at our Headquarters in Rockleigh, NJ. 

Must be able to work in the US without sponsorship

 *No Solicitation*

Any agency submittal to any and all employees of Crestron Electronics, Inc. by any method of communication will be deemed, the sole property of Crestron Electronics Inc

Development of new optical transmission methods based on nonlinear Fourier transform.

Applications are invited for a three year prestigious Postgraduate Studentship (leading to a PhD) as MSCA Early Stage Researcher, supported the School of Engineering and Applied Science through MSCA ITN European Industrial Doctorates project FONTE, to be undertaken within the Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies (AIPT) [http://www.aston.ac.uk/eas/research/groups/photonics/] at Aston University (Birmingham; UK).

The successful applicant will join an established experimental group working on the applications of the nonlinear Fourier transform signal processing method for the fibre nonlinearity mitigation and the development of the new generation of extra-high-capacity optical networks and related concepts. Secondments: The studentship is offered in collaboration with world-leading industrial unit: Nokia Bell Labs (NBL), Stuttgart, Germany (no less than 18 months at NBL). The project research time and trainings will be equally split between AIPT and NBL. Close collaboration and visits to other three FONTE partners, Technical University of Denmark, Telecom ParisTech (France), and Technical University of Delft (the Netherlands), will be carried out along the project. The position is available to start no later than May 2019 (subject to negotiation) .

Salary
The successful candidates will be employed on a full-time basis with a competitive salary in accordance with the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions regulations for Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) and the personal circumstances of the applicant. The successful candidate will receive a financial package consisting of MSCA living allowance and mobility allowance, together £32,750 pa. Eligible candidates will also receive an additional family allowance according to the rules of the MSCA.

PhD studentship bursary
This studentship includes a fee bursary to cover the home/EU fees. Applicants from outside the EU may apply for this studentship but will need to pay the difference between the ‘Home/EU’ and the ‘Overseas’ tuition fees, the difference currently being £12,005 pa in 2017/18. Confirmation that this funding support is in place for the full duration of the PhD studentship will be required as part of the application process

Background of the Project
Nonlinear transmission effects in optical fibre are now a major limiting factor in modern fibre-optic communication systems. Nonlinear propagation effects make optical fibre channels very different from traditional linear communications channels such as wireless or copper cables. There is a clear need for radically different methods for the coding, transmission, and processing of information that take the nonlinear properties of the optical fibre into account. The nonlinear Fourier transform (NFT) that is to be used in place of the conventional Fourier transform, offers new opportunities for the development of fundamentally novel engineering techniques for the coding, modulation, transmission, and processing of information in optical fibre channels. The student will work on the theoretical development and experimental verification of new coding and modulations techniques for NFT-based optical transmission systems under the supervision of world-class mentors: Prof. S. Turitsyn (AIPT, main supervisor), Drs Y. Prylepskiy (AIPT), H. Buelow (NBL), and M. Yousefi (TPT). FONTE ESRs will benefit from cross-disciplinary joint supervision by world experts in optical communication in academia and industry.

Person Specification
FONTE is looking for candidates with exceptional skills in signal processing, optical communication or applied mathematics. Preferred skill requirements include experience in experimental work, knowledge of scientific programming and computing, physical optics, communications. Knowledge in differential equations, mathematical physics, numerical analysis, information and communication theory, or machine learning is an asset. Applicants with a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Physics, or equivalent, are especially encouraged to apply. The successful applicant should have a first class or upper second class honours degree or equivalent qualification in engineering or physics.

For informal enquiries about this project and other opportunities within the AIPT, contact Prof. Sergei Turitsyn by email: s.k.turitsyn@aston.ac.uk

If you require further information about the application process please contact the Postgraduate Admissions team at seasres@aston.ac.uk

Additional Requirements

1. Academic Entry Requirements
You should have been awarded, or expect to achieve, a first or upper second class Honours degree or equivalent qualification in engineering or physics. Preferred skill requirements include experience in experimental work, knowledge of scientific programming and computing, physical optics, communications. If your qualifications are from an overseas institution please provide transcripts of the marks you have already achieved with your application.

2. English language
For applicants from non-English speaking countries, it is necessary to have taken either the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the British Council IELTS test (taken no more than two years before the start date of your course). Minimum requirements are: TOEFL IBT: 93 (23 in Writing, 19 in Speaking, 18 in Reading and 19 in Listening) IELTS: 6.5 (6.0 in Writing Speaking, Reading and Listening). Pearsons English language test: 63 with no less than 57 in each band

Further information can be found at http://www.aston.ac.uk/eas/research/prospective-research-students/how-to-apply/

3. MSCA Eligibility
Applicants must be Early Stage Researchers (ESR), i.e. be in the first four years (full-time equivalent research experience) of their research careers and have not been awarded a doctoral degree. Full-time equivalent research experience is measured FROM the date when the researcher obtained the degree entitling him/her to embark on a doctorate (either in the country in which the degree was obtained or in the country in which the researcher is recruited) – even if a doctorate was never started or envisaged. Research Experience is measured TO the first day of the FONTE employment contract of the researcher.

4. MSCA Mobility
Researchers may not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the UK for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately before the recruitment date.

Interested candidates should contact Prof Sergei Turitsyn [s.k.turitsyn@aston.ac.uk]  in the first instance.

I have an open position in my group for a fully funded PhD student. The requirements are strong background in Mathematics and Signal Processing. Familiarity with Machine Learning and Communication Theory are preferable.

Please email me your: 1) transcripts, 2) updated CV, and 3) GRE and TOEFL (if applicable) scores to elnaz.banansadeghian@wichita.edu. Please include in your CV the contact information of your references who can write recommendation letters for you.

The Institution for Future is a newly established department in Qingdao University, nestling under the mountain and beside the sea in the beautiful coastal city of Qingdao. We have millions of funding and now seeking for some teammates who wish to lead the future with us. The following five labs are opening for candidates at all ranks (Post-Docs, assistant, associate, and full professor):

• Lab of Artificial Intelligence
• Lab of Robotics
• Lab of Intelligent Manufacture
• Lab of Unmanned Systems
• Lab of Fundamental Research

We are interested in candidates in broad areas, including but not limited to: control theory and technology, computer science, signal processing, robotics, unmanned systems, artificial intelligence. You will be given large freedom for your own research and/or industrial projects.

The assistant professor position and Post-Doc position is only for young scientists under 35. The Post-Doc position lasts about 2 years (usually no less than 20 months, no more than 3 years). Special offers are available for outstanding candidates now.

To apply or to request more information, please contact jwy1992@126.com as soon as possible. Application documents should include a detailed CV, publication record, your best 2 papers, and preferably a proposal for your future research.

About the position:

We have a vacancy for a PhD Research Fellow position at the Department of Electronic Systems (IES). The PhD position is for up to 4 years with 25% work assignments for NTNU IES.

Job description:

The pervasion of the Internet of Things (IoT), which connects numerous sensors, actuators, appliances, vehicles etc., has a strong impact on the evolution of smarter and greener cities as well as on environmental monitoring. A basic tenet underlying all key functionalities of the IoT is situational awareness, i.e., the ability to capture events and derive accurate critical information for decision making that enable timely action in a heterogeneous and highly dynamic environment. This calls for an intelligent infrastructure that is autonomous, dependable, and resilient to natural or man-made disturbances. A critical component of such an infrastructure comprises myriads of information-gathering sensors deployed at many points of concern in the city. The sensors deployed in smart cities' IoT constitute critical data sources, on which the ensuing analytics and control actions depend. Those sensors are interconnected through the internet, forming an important part of IoT, and most likely powered only by batteries. To ensure that the sensors function effectively, we need to take a holistic approach to designing secure sensor networks with energy-efficient functional algorithms starting with sensing, followed by data processing and communication to ensure reliable decision making to enable timely actions that make possible long lasting secure and dependable functionality.

The PhD projects will be around developing and analyzing new efficient statistical learning algorithms for distributed inference to improve data quality, reliability, privacy and security of the physical-layer signals in IoT. The aim is to go beyond state-of-the-art solutions, embrace a secureby-design philosophy by exploiting additional information available at the physical layer, and take a holistic approach that starts with smart sensors, smart inference, and secure two-way communication among all the devices in the network, and energy-efficiency.

We seek a highly-motivated individual who has

• strong mathematical background and a research-oriented master thesis in a related field, e.g., signal processing, information theory, statistical machine learning, applied mathematics, or optimization
• experience with programming

Publication activities in the aforementioned disciplines will be considered an advantage but is not a requirement.

Qualification requirements:

The qualification requirement is completion of a master’s degree or second degree (equivalent to 120 credits) with a strong academic background in Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, or other relevant disciplines with a grade of B or better in terms of NTNU’s grading scale. Applicants with no letter grades from previous studies must have an equally good academic foundation. Applicants who are unable to meet these criteria may be considered only if they can document that they are particularly suitable candidates for education leading to a PhD degree.

Application:

For more detailed information and application submission, please visit the following link:

https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/158760/phd-position-in-signal-processing-for-privacy-preserving-distributed-learning-in-iot

The submission should contain an application letter describing your motivation, relevant experience, skills and qualifications, and a brief research vision for the position (maximum 2 pages) along with a CV, publication list, MSc thesis, letters of reference, proof of fluency in the English language (if applicable) and grade transcripts from both bachelor and master’s degrees.

Development of new optical transmission methods based on nonlinear Fourier transform.

Applications are invited for a three year prestigious Postgraduate studentship (leading to a PhD) as MSCA Early Stage Researcher, supported the School of Engineering and Applied Science through MSCA ITN European Industrial Doctorates project FONTE, to be undertaken within the Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies (AIPT) [http://www.aston.ac.uk/eas/research/groups/photonics/] at Aston University (Birmingham; UK).

The successful applicant will join an established experimental group working on the applications of the nonlinear Fourier transform signal processing method for the fibre nonlinearity mitigation and the development of the new generation of extra-high-capacity optical networks and related concepts. Secondments: The studentship is offered in collaboration with world-leading industrial unit: Nokia Bell Labs (NBL), Stuttgart, Germany (no less than 18 months at NBL). The project research time and trainings will be equally split between AIPT and NBL. Close collaboration and visits to other three FONTE partners, Technical University of Denmark, Telecom ParisTech (France), and Technical University of Delft (the Netherlands), will be carried out along the project. The position is available to start in September/October 2018 (subject to negotiation)

Salary
The successful candidates will be employed on a full-time basis with a competitive salary in accordance with the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions regulations for Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) and the personal circumstances of the applicant. The successful candidate will receive a financial package consisting of MSCA living allowance and mobility allowance, together £32,750 pa. Eligible candidates will also receive an additional family allowance according to the rules of the MSCA.

PhD studentship bursary
This studentship includes a fee bursary to cover the home/EU fees. Applicants from outside the EU may apply for this studentship but will need to pay the difference between the ‘Home/EU’ and the ‘Overseas’ tuition fees, the difference currently being £12,005 pa in 2017/18. Confirmation that this funding support is in place for the full duration of the PhD studentship will be required as part of the application process

Background of the Project
Nonlinear transmission effects in optical fibre are now a major limiting factor in modern fibre-optic communication systems. Nonlinear propagation effects make optical fibre channels very different from traditional linear communications channels such as wireless or copper cables. There is a clear need for radically different methods for the coding, transmission, and processing of information that take the nonlinear properties of the optical fibre into account. The nonlinear Fourier transform (NFT) that is to be used in place of the conventional Fourier transform, offers new opportunities for the development of fundamentally novel engineering techniques for the coding, modulation, transmission, and processing of information in optical fibre channels. The student will work on the theoretical development and experimental verification of new coding and modulations techniques for NFT-based optical transmission systems under the supervision of world-class mentors: Prof. S. Turitsyn (AIPT, main supervisor), Drs Y. Prylepskiy (AIPT), H. Buelow (NBL), and M. Yousefi (TPT). FONTE ESRs will benefit from cross-disciplinary joint supervision by world experts in optical communication in academia and industry.

Person Specification
FONTE is looking for candidates with exceptional skills in signal processing, optical communication or applied mathematics. Preferred skill requirements include experience in experimental work, knowledge of scientific programming and computing, physical optics, communications. Knowledge in differential equations, mathematical physics, numerical analysis, information and communication theory, or machine learning is an asset. Applicants with a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Physics, or equivalent, are especially encouraged to apply. The successful applicant should have a first class or upper second class honours degree or equivalent qualification in engineering or physics.

For informal enquiries about this project and other opportunities within the AIPT, contact Prof. Sergei Turitsyn by email: s.k.turitsyn@aston.ac.uk

If you require further information about the application process please contact the Postgraduate Admissions team at seasres@aston.ac.uk

Additional Requirements

1. Academic Entry Requirements
You should have been awarded, or expect to achieve, a first or upper second class Honours degree or equivalent qualification in engineering or physics. Preferred skill requirements include experience in experimental work, knowledge of scientific programming and computing, physical optics, communications. If your qualifications are from an overseas institution please provide transcripts of the marks you have already achieved with your application.

2. English language
For applicants from non-English speaking countries, it is necessary to have taken either the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the British Council IELTS test (taken no more than two years before the start date of your course). Minimum requirements are: TOEFL IBT: 93 (23 in Writing, 19 in Speaking, 18 in Reading and 19 in Listening) IELTS: 6.5 (6.0 in Writing Speaking, Reading and Listening). Pearsons English language test: 63 with no less than 57 in each band

Further information can be found at http://www.aston.ac.uk/eas/research/prospective-research-students/how-to-apply/

3. MSCA Eligibility
Applicants must be Early Stage Researchers (ESR), i.e. be in the first four years (full-time equivalent research experience) of their research careers and have not been awarded a doctoral degree. Full-time equivalent research experience is measured FROM the date when the researcher obtained the degree entitling him/her to embark on a doctorate (either in the country in which the degree was obtained or in the country in which the researcher is recruited) – even if a doctorate was never started or envisaged. Research Experience is measured TO the first day of the FONTE employment contract of the researcher.

4. MSCA Mobility
Researchers may not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the UK for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately before the recruitment date.

Interested candiidates should contact Prof Sergei Turitsyn [s.k.turitsyn@aston.ac.uk]  in the first instance.

A Ph.D. research position is available in the KU Leuven Department of Electrical Engineering (ESAT), STADIUS Center for Dynamical Systems, Signal Processing and Data Analytics, in the frame of a research project on multi-service wireless networks, combining information transfer with power transfer and computation offloading (edge/cloud computing) services. The research activities will be focused on the design and evaluation of joint resource allocation algorithms,allocating radio resources as well as power and computational resources.

The research will be carried out in an international team of signal processing researchers at STADIUS. The standard duration of a Ph.D. research project at KU Leuven is 4 years.

Further info: https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/54677025

The Signal Processing for Communications and Navigation (SPCOMNAV) research group at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB) seeks researchers to contribute to the activities on 5G and GNSS positioning in urban and vehicular environments (V2X), currently ongoing at the group. The researchers will benefit from the strong and intense links of SPCOMNAV with industry and European institutions, being involved in international research projects contributing to make a leap forward in the current state of the art.

The researchers are expected to contribute both with fundamental research results and with performance analyses on the use of 5G technologies for localization, either in a standalone manner or in cooperation with other positioning technologies such as GNSS (GPS, Galileo). For 5G-only localization, the researcher will participate in the design of positioning solutions based on technologies such as mmWave, massive MIMO and band aggregation. For combined 5G+GNSS positioning, the researcher will investigate specific methods to improve the security and accuracy of GNSS receivers, including methods for anti-spoofing and the interplay between 5G and GNSS through cloud-based signal processing.

Skills/Qualifications

The positions to be filled are seeking for candidates with a background in Electrical (Telecommunications) Engineering having preferably a Ph.D. in this field. Prospective candidates in related disciplines such as Electronics Engineering may be considered for this position, as well as candidates holding just a M.Sc. but with an outstanding academic record.

Candidates should have high grades in courses dealing with communication technologies and signal processing (estimation and detection theory), and proven experience in these fields. They must be proactive, enthusiastic and with strong self-motivation for conducting research and facing new challenges.

Fluent English both written and spoken is required.

Benefits

SPCOMNAV is one of the leading academic players in the field GNSS and 4G/5G positioning in Europe. UAB is the 1st Spanish university in research productivity and it stands within the top 10 universities in the world ranking of "50 under 50".