Job description
Name: PhD student or Postdoc

Within the EU-funded Relate project (Relative Positioning of MobileObjects in Ad hoc Networks) we have an opening for a researcher in thearea of communication protocols for mobile, embedded devices. Theposition is open for both PhD students (4 years) and postdocs (2.5years); selection will be based on the research qualities/potentials ofthe individual candidates.

The Relate project is an international collaboration between LancasterUniversity (UK), University of Karlsruhe (DE), Delft University ofTechnology (NL), and the University for Health Sciences, MedicalInformatics and Technology, Innsbruck (AT). These partners work on anapproach wherein spontaneously networked mobile objects performcollaborative sensing and communication to collectively determine theirrelative positions and spatial arrangement. The project will engagewith the fundamental research challenges that such an approach implies:how to obtain relative position in ad hoc systems, how to reason aboutdynamic spatial arrangements, and how to provide application supportacross different domains. Our research method is experimental systemsengineering: building and deploying prototype systems for applicationexperiments in the real world.

The research at Deft will focus on the question of how to arrangeefficient communication between embedded, mobile devices. Will it bepossible to take advantage of knowledge about the relative positions ofthe devices in the network? Will solutions scale to larger networks?Will they stabilize under typical movement patterns? What about therate at which nodes joining and leaving the network? In addition toanswering these, and other questions, communication software will bedeveloped for use by the other partners so the validity can bedemonstrated in a working system.

Requirements
Education / skills: WO
* [PhD student] University degree (MSc or equivalent) with excellent results in computer science.
* [postdoc] PhD or equivalent in computer science and publications in recognized, international conferences and journals.
* Good background in the following topics: communication networks andprotocols, mobile systems, embedded systems / computer architecture.
* Demonstrable interest and skills in research.
* Good personal communication skills, and good ability to work in a team.
* Proficiency in English, both spoken and written.
funtion type(s): Promotie, toegev. onderw./onderz.plaatsen,
working areas('s):  Techniek, Techniek

Organization
TU Delft, Faculty EECMS

Website:
http://www.tudelft.nl

Department
department of Software Technology, the Parallel and Distributed Systems group (PDS)

Website:
http://pds.ewi.tudelft.nl/

Conditions of employement
Indication maximum salary per month:     
Salary scale:     10
Employement basis:     temporary
Duration of the contract:     4 years / 2,5 years
Maximum hours per week:     38

Additional Information
Salary PhD max: € 2407
Salary Post-doc max: € 3472

Additional information
Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from
Dr. K.G. Langendoen
+31 15 2787666
k.g.langendoen@ewi.tudelft.nl

Or additional information can be found througt one of the folowing links
home page of Koen langendoen (project leader)

Application
You can apply for this job before: 01-10-2005 by sending your application to:

TU Delft Faculteit EWI
W.A. Maertens
Mekelweg 4
2628 CD  Delft
Nederland
peno@ewi.tudelft.nl

When applying for this job always mention the vacancynumber EWI 2005.27

Reference:
http://vacatures.ewi.tudelft.nl/index.php?taal=&m_id=50&record=49