Postdoc position in Distributed Control and Robotics

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Employment information
Employment: Temporary employment, 2 years
Scope: Full time
Closing date for application: 2019-11-28
Campus location: Västeras
School: School of Innovation, Design and Engineering, (IDT)

Position description
The position is going to be part of the Federated Choreography of an Integrated Embedded Systems Software Architecture (FIESTA), within the sub-project Distributed Control of Interconnected Systems (DisCo).

The project will focus on the distributed control of cyber-physical systems, that exchange information via a communication network, e.g., vehicle-to-vehicle communication for automated driving. The objective is to design techniques and methodologies for the choreography of different agents in the system in a scalable way.
The project will require the interaction with companies like ABB Robotics.

The position is a temporary employment of 2 years.

Qualifications requirements

• PhD in Computer Science or equivalent, not older than 3 years.
• Fluent in English, both written and in conversation.
• Good knowledge of control theory and mathematical optimization.
• Good publication record, and ability to conduct collaborative cross-disciplinary research.

Decisive importance is attached to personal suitability. We value the qualities that an even distribution of age and gender, as well as ethnic and cultural diversity, can contribute to the organisation.

Merit

• Experience in robotics and multi-robot systems.
• Experience with Matlab.
• Experience with optimization tools, e.g., CPLEX, CVX, or similar.

Application
Application is made online. Make your application by clicking the "Apply" button below.

The scientific publications that you do not have in digital form are to be sent by post to:

Mälardalen University
Division of Human Resources
Ref.no: 2019/2727
Box 883
721 23 Västerås

The applicant is responsible for ensuring that the application is complete in accordance with the advertisement and will reach the University no later than closing date for application.

We look forward to receiving your application.

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