Contrato - Desarrolladores HW/FW para redes de sensores/actuadores

CeDint/ UPM

Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, España

Descripción y requisitos

Perfil de los candidatos: Se buscan personas activas y motivadas con el siguiente perfil:

- Estudios de Ingeniería de Telecomunicación o similar.

- Personas emprendedoras, con iniciativa, inquietudes y capacidad de trabajo en equipo.

- Interés en trabajar en el diseño electrónico de circuitos y programación de microprocesadores en el área de Eficiencia Energética, redes de sensores/actuadores para automatización de edificios y otros campos de investigación del CeDInt-UPM.

Conocimientos:

- Experiencia en el desarrollo HW analógico/digital, simulación de circuitos, diseño de placas de circuito impreso, definición y realización de pruebas,…

- Diseño de hardware / firmware de sistemas digitales basados en microprocesadores.

- Lenguajes de programación C, ensamblador.

- Identificación y selección de componentes.

- Preparación de documentación técnica.

- Valorable: Experiencia con microOS embebidos en dispositivos (tipo Contiki). SO Linux con capacidad para desarrollo de versiones de Linux adaptadas. Conocimientos de Inglés.

Fellowship - Design and development planning communication layer for COMPSS programming model

Barcelona Supercomputing Center

Barcelona, Spain

CLOSING DATE: Thursday, 16 January, 2014

Description

BecaASCETIC

POSITION: 

Design and development planning communication layer for COMPSS programming model

AREA: 

Computer Sciences

The Computer Science department at Barcelona Supercomputing Center offers a research part-time grant for clusters and Grid computing group to perform the following responsibilities:

• Design and development of the communication layer COMPSS to improve their performance. See for more information compss.bsc.es COMPSS.
• At present, the communication layer depends on an external library which partially limits the performance COMPSS (GAT).
• Application Development test to evaluate the performance of the new version.
• These activities were carried out in the vicinity of the European project Ascetic.

Requirements

• Students at last year of Computer Engineering.

Be valued: 

• Previous experience in distributed systems.
• Knowledge of programming in C, Java and Python.
• High level of English.

All candidatures must include: 

- Curriculum vitae and academic record.

- Cover Letter.

More information and applications

Contract - Simulation engineer

Barcelona Supercomputing Center

Barcelona, Spain

CLOSING DATE: Sunday, 12 January, 2014

AREA: Computer Sciences

Description

The Heterogeneous Architectures group at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) is looking for a highly-motivated engineer to participate in the research of a new class of energy-efficient High-Performance Computing (HPC) systems based on low-power processors. This research is part of the Mont-Blanc project, one of the BSC flagship projects, which has set itself the following objective: to design a new type of computer architecture capable of setting future global HPC standards that will deliver Exascale performance while using 15 to 30 times less energy. This research is having a big media impact and important recognition in the research community:

• One Man`s Dream to Build a Supercomputer From Cellphone Chips.
• Barcelona Supercomputer ARMed For Assault on World's Fastest Machines.
• From Mobile Phones to Supercomputers.
• BSC Installs New ARM-Based Prototype.
• BSC researchers awarded SC13 Best Student Paper.

The group has invested considerable amounts of effort to develop a simulation infrastructure for multi-core systems. The simulation environment aids researchers in the evaluation of future processor designs and runtime systems. We look for a person with initiative and a problem-solving mindset to help enhance and maintain the simulation infrastructure as it grows and is being adopted by multiple groups in the center.

The successful candidate will join our research group to implement new features in the simulation infrastructure as they are required by the research tasks in our projects. This includes the following tasks:

• Implementation and validation of performance and power models such processors models, cache coherence protocols, and emerging memory models.
• Implementation and maintenance of tracers and other simulator components.
• Testing of features and overall functionality.
• Instrumentation, profiling and optimization.

The successful candidate is expected to show initiative and strong interpersonal skills to interact with the researchers in the group and other simulation infrastructure users.

Requirements

At least BSc in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent. BSc in Electronics, Telecommunications or equivalent is also considered for candidates with strong programming skills. MSc is preferred.

Essential Skills:

• Strong knowledge of C++.
• Strong debugging and problem solving skills.
• Strong software engineering skills including knowledge about data structures and algorithms.
• Good English communication skills.

     Desirable Skills

•  Knowledge of computer architecture.
•  Experience with computer architecture simulators.
•  Experience with template metaprogramming, STL containers and C++11 extensions.
•  Experience with Linux compilation and debugging toolchains (gcc, autotools, gdb).
•  Experience with distributed control version systems.
•  Experience with scripting languages such as shell script and Python.

More information and applications

Contract - Computer science engineer

Barcelona Supercomputing Center

Barcelona, Spain

CLOSING DATE: Sunday, 12 January, 2014

AREA: Computer Sciences.

Description

The Computer Sciences Department of Barcelona Supercomputing Center offers an engineer position under the ARTIN project, Applicable Research to Interconnection Networks. This project involves IBM and the University of Cantabria for research in computer networks for high performance. It is a great opportunity to work on the programming of these supercomputers.

Main Responsibilities:

• Measurement of using the interconnection network in real time.
• Traffic analysis of scientific applications and big-data in real time.
• Programming MPI`s communication libraries.

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Engineering or Telecommunications.

     The following skills will be evaluated:

• Experience in communications programming libraries.
• Experience in programming parallel applications with MPI.
• Knowledge of programming in C/C ++ and Linux scripting.
• Fluent English.

More information and applications

PhD - Comunicaciones digitales

Universidad de Alcalá

Alcalá de Henares, España

Descripción

Posibilidad de solicitar una beca predoctoral de la convocatoria FPU (https://sede.educacion.gob.es/catalogotramites/profesores/formacion/universitarios/fpu.html#pg1 ) para la realización de una Tesis Doctoral en el campo de las Comunicaciones Digitales. En concreto, se trata de realizar desarrollos sobre la capa física de un moderno sistema de comunicaciones basándose en herramientas y principios de la Teoría del Caos.

Requisitos

Graduados recientes en Ingeniería de Telecomunicación de cualquier rama con expediente académico superior a 2,0 y con iniciativa, motivación e interés por la investigación en telecomunicaciones, tanto en el nivel de simulación y software, como en el del hardware involucrado.

Más información y solicitudes

Open positions for fully funded PhD Students

IMDEA Networks

Madrid, Spain

Description

Institute IMDEA Networks (www.networks.imdea.org) is a networking research institute whose multinational team is engaged in cutting edge fundamental science. As a growing, English-speaking institute located in Madrid, Spain, IMDEA Networks offers a unique opportunity for pioneering scientists to develop their ideas. IMDEA Networks is establishing itself internationally at the forefront in the development of future network technologies and has already incorporated highly-reputed scientists (see our research team at http://www.networks.imdea.org/people). Our researchers share the potential to shape the future of networking science over the coming years.

Further information regarding our areas of research can be found at: http://www.networks.imdea.org/research/research-areas

If you are about to embark on a professional research career, IMDEA Networks has a place for you. We are offering a unique opportunity to join us as a PhD Student, and to receive full funding throughout your studies.

Requirements

• B.Sc., M.Sc. or equivalent in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Telecommunications, Telematics or a related field (concluded by the time you join).
• Excellent academic transcripts.
• Clearly defined Statement of Purpose for Ph.D. research thesis.
• Excellent level of spoken and written English (please note: Spanish is not required).
• High level of motivation.

More information and applications

Open positions for fully funded Phd students

Institute IMDEA Networks

Leganés, Madrid

Description

Institute IMDEA Networks (www.networks.imdea.org) is a networking research institute whose multinational team is engaged in cutting edge fundamental science. As a growing, English-speaking institute located in Madrid, Spain, IMDEA Networks offers a unique opportunity for pioneering scientists to develop their ideas. IMDEA Networks is establishing itself internationally at the forefront in the development of future network technologies and has already incorporated highly-reputed scientists (see our research team at http://www.networks.imdea.org/people). Our researchers share the potential to shape the future of networking science over the coming years.

Further information regarding our areas of research can be found at: http://www.networks.imdea.org/research/research-areas

If you are about to embark on a professional research career, IMDEA Networks has a place for you. We are offering a unique opportunity to join us as a PhD Student, and to receive full funding throughout your studies.

Requirements

 -B.Sc., M.Sc. or equivalent in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Telecommunications, Telematics or a related field (concluded by the time you join).

 -Excellent academic transcripts.

 -Clearly defined Statement of Purpose for Ph.D. research thesis.

 -Excellent level of spoken and written English (please note: Spanish is not required).

 -High level of motivation.

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Contract - Engineer DSL

Barcelona Supercomputing Center

Barcelona, Spain

Closing date: Wednesday, 11 December, 2013

Description

Under the Severo Ochoa programme, the BSC will carry out multidisciplinary research to address the complex challenges in the path towards Exascale computing, co-developing energy efficient and high performance hardware and software platforms with applications in personalised medicine, modelling of human organs, and global models for climate change and air quality prediction.

Within this context the Parallel Programming Models group from the Computer Science Department at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center is offering a Engineer position to develop a framework for Domain Specific Languages that leverages the power of HPC Systems.

Main Responsabilities:

A Domain Specific Language (DSL) for solving Convection Diffusion Reaction (CDR) equations.

Requirements

We are looking for a motivated and talented Engineer or Master/PhD student with background/interest in functional programming languages, domain specific languages (DSLs), parallel programming and computer architecture.

The position requires knowledge of Haskell/Scala and C/C++ languages. We will value previous experience in the development of DSLs, programming models and/or experience with parallel and distributed programming in general. Knowledge of OmpSs, MPI or CUDA/OpenCL (or other parallel languages) will be valued.

BS or above in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Telecommunications Engineering.

More information and applications

Microsoft research grants - 2 vacancies

Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Barcelona, Spain

Description

BSC under the collaboration agreement with Microsoft Research are conducting research and development projects in the area of new multicore architectures and Cluster systems in order to work together to foster an environment where industrial, academic, and research personnel can collaborate to use state of the art computational systems and technologies in support of such research projects. We are opening 2 Research Grants Positions to work on the characterization and simulation of MapReduce environments. The position will be located at BSC within the Computer Science department. The grant will have an initial length of 6 months, which may be extended base on the performance of the candidates and the results of the project. The project will be a joint effort with a team of researchers from Microsoft Redmond. The project may also fit the work of a Master Thesis. Candidates must be interested in starting a research career in the scope of an international team. Main Responsibilities:

- Characterization of MapReduce workloads in different hardware platforms (Ethernet, Infiniband, Rotational Disks, Solid State Disks, CPUs, #cores?) and different workloads
- Evaluation of performance bottleneck under different conditions
- Development of event-driven simulation tools for complex environments

PhD - High performance in-memory databases

Barcelona Supercomputing Center

Barcelona, Spain

 

Description

 

BSC under the collaboration agreement with IBM are conducting research and development projects around the Technology Center for Supercomputing for providing education for new professionals and for developing common communication, commercial initiatives and marketing partnership in order to create market interest in IBM and BSC technologies. The Autonomic Systems and eBusiness Platforms research group is looking for a PhD Student to collaborate with research project related with IBM. The project aims to explore the use of high performance in-memory (some combination of DRAM and/or storage class memory such as flash) databases. Active Storage could dramatically change the way that Supercomputing, BioInformatics research centers and Cloud Providers manage data in the BioInformatics domain, eliminating the bottleneck created by the use flat files to store data and making data pipelining easier; and in the Data Analytics domain, introducing scalable active data repositories accessible locally or remotely. In both cases, new algorithms and approaches to large-scale data management problems will be studied and proposed based on the large all-to-all bandwidth (and corresponding bandwidth to local solid-state storage) available in existing prototypes combined with a very large in-memory storage capacity. Candidates must be interested in starting a research career and pursuing a PhD degree in the scope of an international team. Main responsibilities:

 

- Support to the development of the project
- Identify suitable workloads for use on BGAS platform
- Study the opportunities to perform data-prefetching and data-driven workflow orchestration on the selected workloads
- Test the functional correctness of the workflows ported on a BGAS prototype
- Test the scalability of the workflows ported on a BGAS prototype

 

PhD - Software Defined Environments

Barcelona Supercomputing Center

Barcelona, Spain

 

Description

 

BSC under the collaboration agreement with IBM are conducting research and development projects around the Technology Center for Supercomputing for providing education for new professionals and for developing common communication, commercial initiatives and marketing partnership in order to create market interest in IBM and BSC technologies. The Autonomic Systems and eBusiness Platforms research group is looking for a PhD Student to collaborate with research project related with IBM. The project will explore the applicability of the so-called "Software Defined Environments (SDE)" to HPC workloads as it has been previously done with transactional and data analytics workloads. Workloads will be described in a declarative way to capture their requirements and resource abstractions and management technologies will be developed to enable such workloads to be deployed and optimized in an SDE cloud environment. The need for SDEs is justified by the fact that the use of special hardware (e.g. FPGAs, and GPUs) and fast network interconnects is more and more common in all kinds of workloads, either HPC or not traditionally considered HPC. So a related angle of exploration is how HPC technologies can impact modern workloads, and how HPC architectures can be made available to these workloads in the context of SDEs. Candidates must be interested in starting a research career and pursuing a PhD degree in the scope of an international team. Main responsibilities:

 

- Support to the development of the project
- Identify suitable workloads for use on SDEs
- Extend IaaS platforms (mostly OpenStack) to deal with HPC workloads
- Define SDEs to descrine HPC workloads running on heterogeneous clouds
- Test and verify the correctness of SDEs both analytically and empirically (after deploying the workloads on SDE)

 

Software engineer in the communication networks division.

Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya

Barcelona, Spain

 

Description

 

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. For more information www.cttc.es.

 

Requirements

 

- Applicants must hold an MSc/Engineering degree in computer science, telecommunications, or related fields. Experience in R&D or industrial projects carried out in the context of research institutions or industry is appreciated.

- C/C++ and Java

- Linux programming

- Knowledge of networking

- Strong motivation and desire to learn and explore new technologies.

- Good analysis, problem solving, organizational and multi-tasking skills.

- High level of English

- Scripting languages are a plus (perl, python, bash)

 

34 becas de formación

Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial

Madrid, Spain

Descripción

El Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial ofrece 34 becas de formación para titulados medios y superiores. Áreas:

- Diseño de sistemas electromecánicos de aplicación aeroespacial.
- Actualización documentación pirotécnicos. Procedimiento de instalación de cargas útiles pirotécnicas.

- Estudio de migración de los almacenes provisionales a polvorines permanentes. Se desarrollará en las instalaciones del INTA en «El Arenosillo» Huelva.
- Desarrollo de actividades de integración, ensayos y validación de un proyecto espacial.
- Ingeniería de sistemas espaciales, control de actitud, desarrollo de simuladores para control orbital.
- Diseño y análisis de estructuras en material compuesto.
- Análisis y simulación de mecanismos y estructuras aeroespaciales.
- Calibración de instrumentación en ensayos de turborreactores.

- Formación en sistemas de adquisición de datos.
- Aplicaciones en tiempo real sobre la red Ethernet del Centro de Experimentación del El Arenosillo. Estudio Software y Hardware. Se desarrollará en las instalaciones del INTA en «El Arenosillo» Huelva.
- Ensayos en vuelo de aeronaves.
- Desarrollo de sistemas electrónicos y de instrumentación para aplicaciones de instrumentación espacial.
- Telecomunicaciones de Sistemas Espaciales.
- Ingeniería de Sistemas Espaciales.
- Colaboración en la puesta a punto de un entorno de pruebas dinámicas para la verificación del S/S de Control de Actitud de Satélites.
- Análisis de receptores GNSS en entornos de alta dinámica.
- Optimización de trayectorias de Vehículos Aeroespaciales.
- Entorno de radiación espacial, efectos de la radiación en circuitos electrónicos, materiales y nuevas tecnologías.
- Corrección atmosférica de imágenes de teledetección y obtención de magnitudes geofísicas de interés: Reflectancia, temperatura y emisividad de la superficie terrestre.
- Estudio sobre el impacto de la radiación UV en la resistencia/supervivencia y degradación de sistemas modelo-biológicos en ambientes terrestres, de laboratorio y en el espacio.

- Técnicas de co-registro automático de imágenes multisensor. Integración en entornos operativos.
- Influencia de contaminantes en el comportamiento de Pilas de Combustible de polímero sólido. Se desarrollará en las instalaciones del INTA en «El Arenosillo» Huelva.
- Desarrollo de nuevos recubrimientos protectores frente a la oxidación y corrosión a alta temperatura.
- Caracterización de emisiones atmosféricas producidas durante la fase de ensayo de un turbofan.
- Análisis de moléculas orgánicas, biomoléculas y especies macromoleculares mediante técnicas cromatográficas.
- Análisis de imágenes de 60 quásares oscurecidos obtenidas con el telescopio espacial Hubble y espectros correspondientes del Sloan Digital Sky Survey.
- Simulación de reacciones de química prebiótica en sistemas de ultra vacío bajo condiciones controladas.
- Análisis y procesamiento de datos ambientales procedentes de Marte a través de la estación ambiental REMS a bordo de la misión MSL de NASA (Curiosity).
- Formación en el desarrollo, procesado y análisis de microarrays de ADN y anticuerpos.
- Formación en técnicas geomicrobiológicas de aplicación a ambientes extremos de interés astrobiológico.
- Desarrollo de aplicaciones GIS y aplicaciones de proceso de datos para estaciones de seguimiento de UAVs.

- Control económico de Proyectos de I+D financiados por los programas marco de la Unión Europea, colaboración en la certificación de costes de dichos proyectos y de sus auditorías.
- Análisis y gestión convocatorias Programa Horizonte 2020.
- Transferencia de tecnología en la industria y gestión de la propiedad industrial e intelectual.
- Comunicación y divulgación científico-técnica.

PostDoc - Mobile communications systems

Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya

Barcelona, Spain

 

Description

 

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. For more information www.cttc.es. CTTC invites applications for a post-doctoral position in the area of cellular technologies, LTE, Self-Organizing Networks, Small cells/Hetnets. The selected candidate will be involved in the design and development of self-organizing algorithms for next-generation cellular heterogeneous networks.

 

Requirements

 

Applicants must be strongly motivated, hold a Ph.D. degree in telecommunications or electrical engineering, have the capacity of carrying out innovative research independently. A good publication record is fundamental. Experience in R&D or industrial projects is a plus. The candidate must have a strong background in current cellular mobile communication systems (LTE), scheduling, RRM techniques, interference management. Strong mathematical skills, along with machine learning experience, and system-level simulator design and development, are highly desirable. Fluency in English is required.

 

Research engineer in positioning and robotics

ASCAMM Technology Centre
Barcelona, Spain

 

Description

 

At  ASCAMM Technology Centre we often say “if you can imagine it, we can manage to manufacture it”. Our doors are open to inventors, researchers, entrepreneurs and forward-thinkers at large, and we are willing to listen, assess and help their innovative ideas move ahead. Some of them become real things. We are one of the most active Spanish “Technology Centers”, that is to say, an entity bridging the gap between Universities and Industry. We work in multiple areas of knowledge: advanced manufacturing, new production technologies, new materials, intelligent systems, new applications, new industrial designs, new software for industry and new business models related to the aforementioned issues. We have a clear conviction of the underlying power of R&D results, because “today's Science is Tomorrow's technology”. With a 160+ staff we are currently either leading and/or involved in more than 100 R&D projects supported by public funding schemes (regional, national and European). ASCAMM is part of the Campus of International Excellence of the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona [www.uab.cat]. We are located in the Valles Technopark [www.ptv.es], a nice wooded area, twenty minutes away from Barcelona downtown.

 

The applicant shall work in several research lines and at several layers of the positioning and the navigation of autonomous vehicle architectures, like signal measurements processing, positioning algorithms (in particular, Indoor positioning using wireless networks), data fusion of measurements from different positioning sensors (wireless signals, GNSS, inertial, laser, electro-optical sensors, etc), network and hardware configuration, etc. The research and development can be done in different hardware platforms, like Android smartphones, wireless tags, robots, ...

 

PostDoc - Several topics - 12 vacancies

Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Barcelona, Spain

 

Description

 

The UPFellows promoted by Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Marie Curie COFUND program (7th Framework Program) offers career development opportunities to outstanding junior postdoctoral researchers for a period of 3 years. UPF Fellows will join one of the most unique and dynamic research environments in Europe, where they will be able to advance in their research and further develop their professional skills with a career development plan guided by a senior scientific mentor and strong administrative support. UPF is a public university focused in 3 main research fields:

 

- Social Sciences and Humanities,

- Biomedicine

- Information and Communication Technologies.

 

UPF Fellows will join one of the most unique and dynamic research environments in Europe, where they will be able to advance in their research and further develop their professional skills with a career development plan guided by a senior scientific mentor.

 

PostDoc - Different areas - 6 vacancies

Fundación Agencia Aragonesa para la Investigación y el Desarrollo

Zaragoza, Spain

Description

ARAID has launched an international call for applications to fill up to 6 research positions in the following areas:

- Biomedicine

- Information technology and communications

- Environmental sciences

- Nanotechnology

- New materials

Requirements

The call for applications is open to any candidate that fits the requirements of mobility, academic background and postdoctoral experience.

PhD - Audio Signal Processing

Music Technology Group - Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Barcelona, Spain

Description

The topic for this PhD position is “Source Separation and Signal Modelling of Orchestral Music Mixtures”. This position is funded by the PHENICX project and the starting date is October 2013. Musical Audio Source Separation relates to advanced signal processing methods that allow extracting a given instrument (sound source) from the original recording. In this case, we will focus on classical music recordings that can come in various formats (e.g, stereo catalogue tracks, multi-track on-stage orchestral recordings). The goals shall cover here both score-informed situations, e.g. supported by score-alignment, and blind situations where the score is not available. The project involves collaborating with other researchers at the MTG in the areas of Music Information Retrieval and Advanced Music Interaction, as well as with other international research partners in the PHENICX project. About PHENICX:

Modern digital multimedia and internet technology have radically changed the ways people find entertainment and discover new interests online, seemingly without any physical or social barriers. Such new access paradigms are in sharp contrast with the traditional means of entertainment. An illustrative example of this is live music concert performances that are largely being attended by dedicated audiences only. The PHENICX project aims at bridging the gap between the online and offline entertainment worlds. It will make use of the state-of-the-art digital multimedia and internet technology to make the traditional concert experiences rich and universally accessible: concerts will become multimodal, multi-perspective and multilayer digital artefacts that can be easily explored, customized, personalized, (re)enjoyed and shared among the users. The main goal is twofold: (a) to make live concerts appealing to potential new audience and (b) to maximize the quality of concert experience for everyone. Scientific objectives of PHENICX are (i) to generate a reliable and effective set of techniques for multimodal enrichment of live music concert recordings suitable for implementation and deployment in real-world situations, and (ii) finding ways to offer the resulting multi-faceted digital artefacts as engaging digital experiences to a wide range of users. The project will establish a methodological framework to map these scientific objectives onto a solid implementation platform that will be developed incrementally and tested in real-life use settings. PHENICX will mainly focus on classical music - a European heritage asset that suffers heavily from an image of inaccessibility to outsider audiences. However, findings from PHENICX will be relevant to live concert situations in any genre. With an innovative technology partner, as well as two authoritative professional music stakeholders in the consortium, the project has strong immediate impact and dissemination potential.

PhD - Photonics

Chalmers university of Technology

Gothenburg, Sweden

 

Description

 

The Photonics laboratory at the Microtechnology and Nanoscience Department (MC2) is a dynamic and creative group with about 30 members working in an international and collaborative atmosphere. We perform both curiosity-driven and applied-research in the areas of optoelectronics, nanophotonics, and fiber optic systems. We enjoy a state-of-the-art laboratory for fiber-optic communications and have access to in-house clean-room facilities to manufacture photonic devices engineered at the nanoscale. Part of our recent research efforts focus on Next-generation optical communication systems featuring ultra-fast data rates (>1 Tb/s); Optical fiber amplifiers with world-record noise figures (1 dB); and ultra-high-repetition-rate (>10 GHz) optical frequency comb technology.

 

An optical frequency comb is typically produced by an ultrashort laser pulse train, whose spectrum consists of a series of discrete equidistant lines spanning over a broad bandwidth. The outstanding phase-noise performance of optical frequency combs has revolutionized the fields of optical synthesis and metrology. The applications of this Nobel-Prize-winning technology range from optical clocks to the synthesis of ultra-pure microwave signals. This project deals with the development of emerging and compact optical frequency comb platforms delivering ultra-high-repetition rates (10-100 GHz) and the study of their suitability for applications in optical communication systems. We will study two main platforms, i.e., electro-optic frequency comb generators made of lithium niobate modulators, and integrated silicon nitride microring resonators. The work is 50% experimental and 40% numerical modeling. It involves testing of chip devices, development of electro-optic comb generators and realization of applications. You will also have room to contribute with your own ideas. The PhD student position is limited to 4 years. The majority of your working time is devoted to your own research project. In addition, the position will normally include 10% departmental work, mostly teaching duties.

 

PostDoc - Crisis management networks

La Salle - URL

Barcelona, Spain

 

Description

 

Research of NITIM is positioned at the interface of management, specifically entrepreneurship, innovation and technology management, computer science and information systems. Research focuses on studies of dynamic organizational and societal phenomena, such as innovation and change, from a network perspective. NITIM research is scientifically rigorous and practically relevant. Engaged scholarship as preferred methodological orientation builds on the cooperation of industrial and academic partners. The now open position is supported by Europe´s Marie Curie Program and will form a portfolio of related research projects from multiple disciplinary backgrounds on the phenomenon of “Crisis Management Networks”. Crisis Management Networks are formed to respond to crisis situation. They emerge and are reconfigured rapidly after a disaster, like Hurricane Katrina, a Tsunami, or a terror attack. With the rapidly growing number and increasing cost of worldwide disasters this phenomenon is practically relevant and calls for novel technological and managerial solutions. At the same time it is theoretically interesting and a benign object of study because of the scale, the impact and the dynamics of crises. Individual project will focus on "Modeling architectures for coordination and communication platforms"