Job Description
Two PhD positions in Czech Academy of Sciences / Trinity College DublinApr 24, 2018Two PhD Studentships in Distributed Knowledge Processing and Decision-Making for Wireless Sensor Networks.Where? Department of Adaptive Systems, UTIA, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague 8.When? Available immediately (open call).With whom? Professor Anthony Quinn, who holds joint posts as associate professor in Electronic and Electrical Engineering at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, and as research scientist in the Department of Adaptive Systems, UTIA, Czech Academy of Sciences.What is the opportunity? The research projects will advance key agendas in (wireless) sensor networks, focusing on optimal cooperation between sensors and agents as they share data and knowledge, and ultimately support autonomous decision-making. These projects will develop statistical signal processing and machine learning methods to address fundamental questions about how this distributed knowledge can optimally be processed into decisions.Who are you? You understand that data science is a key enabler of smart technology progress in the twenty-first century. You want to contribute to principled Bayesian solutions in this area and receive research training that will equip you to be an industry and/or academic leader in statistical signal processing and machine learning. You have an excellent academic track record to level 9 (masters) in a discipline with foundations in probability, statistics, systems, and/or computation.What are the terms? You will register for the PhD degree in either Charles University or the Czech Technical University, under the supervision of Professor Quinn at UTIA. You will receive funding from the Czech research funding agency, GAČR, of between ČZK 10,000-20,000 per month for three years, along with support for conference attendance.What should you do? Preliminary enquiries should be directed to Professor Quinn (aquinn@tcd.ie or aquinn@utia.cas.cz). The formal email application comprises (i) a full CV, (ii) examples of peer-reviewed research outputs, (iii) a list of three referees, and (iv) a statement of purpose (maximum two pages).Anthony Quinn, Prague and Dublin, April 2018 #J-18808-Ljbffr