The "Pervasive, ubiquitous and mobile computing and networking" (PUMCN) research group of the Departmnent of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at Lulea University of Technology, Sweden (www.ltu.se) is seeking outstanding applicants in the areas of:
- pervasive computing, services, networking;
- mobile systems and networks;
- distributed and mobile data management;
- advanced user interfaces;
- ubiquitous multimedia;
- personalization and profiling in ubiquitous computing;
- network design, performance measurement and modelling;
- sensor networks;
- context-, and situation-awareness and reasoning;
- security and privacy in pervasive computing;
- agent technology;
- adaptive and autonomic computing systems.
Expected qualifications include strong background in computer science and engineering, excellent oral and written communication skills in Swedish or English.
Preliminary expressions of interest along with CV and supporting documentation should be emailed to phd-search-cs@list.ltu.se before the deadline of 15 May, 2008.
Shortlisted candidates will be contacted and requested to prepare the fullapplication according to the template (http://www.ltu.se/omltu/d1915/d1922/1.8904)
More specific projects have separate deadlines and are lised below.
- For expression of interest on "Sensor network design, performance measurement and modelling" project please contact evgeny.osipov@ltu.se before 15 May, 2008
- For expression of interest on any of the three projects on network infrastructure support for mobile systems; mobile applications and services; and security solutions for mobile systems please contact
christer.ahlund@ltu.se before 15 April, 2008.
For more information on the following research areas please contact:
- mobile systems and networking - Christer Ahlund <christer.ahlund@ltu.se>
- network design and modelling - Evgeny Osipov <evgeny.osipov@ltu.se>
- ubiquitous multimedia - Kare Synnes <kare.synnes@ltu.se>
- pervasive computing - Arkady Zaslavsky <arkady.zaslavsky@ltu.se>
General queries can be emailed to Professor Arkady Zaslavsky <arkady.zaslavsky@ltu.se>