Postdocs in Learning and Control of Networked Systems

Job description

We are looking for 1-3 postdocs with a strong background and interest in networked control systems, mathematics, modeling, reinforcement learning, and machine learning. The successful candidates will join a project on developing novel mathematical and computational tools for the fundamental understanding and engineering design of emerging networked control systems, including learning complex decision-making dynamics from big data and modeling networked cyber-physical-human systems.

The Division of Decision and Control Systems conducts fundamental research in networked control systems, control of communication systems, and system identification. Industrial projects involve partners such as ABB, Ericsson, and Scania. A major part of the research is conducted in EU-projects in collaboration with European industry and universities. We have a large academic network and collaborate with researchers at Caltech, MIT, UC Berkeley, Stanford, among others. 

What we offer

• A position at a leading technical university that generates knowledge and skills for a sustainable future
• Engaged and ambitious colleagues along with a creative, international and dynamic working environment
• Help to relocate and be settled in Sweden and at KTH

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Qualifications

Requirements

• A doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree. This eligibility requirement must be met no later than the time the employment decision is made.
• Applicants must hold a doctoral degree in Electrical Engineering, Automatic Control, Applied Mathematics, or a similar field.
• The candidates need to have a very strong background in systems and control theory, optimization, or cyber-physical systems.
• The successful applicants are required to have research expertise with an outstanding research and publication record, as well as well-developed analytical and problem solving skills.
• We are looking for strongly motivated individuals, who can work well both independently, as well as collaborative. Candidates for this position also need to have teaching abilities.
• Good command of English orally and in writing is required to present and publish research results.

Preferred qualifications

• A doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree, obtained within the last three years prior to the application deadline

• It is meritorious with awareness of diversity and equal opportunity issues, with specific focus on gender equality

  Great emphasis will be placed on personal skills.

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To apply for the position

Log into KTH's recruitment system to apply for this position. You are responsible for ensuring that your application is complete according to the instructions in the ad.

• CV including relevant professional experience and knowledge.
• Copy of diplomas and grades from your previous university studies. Translations into English or Swedish if the original documents have not been issued in any of these languages.
• Brief account of why you want to conduct research, your academic interests and how they relate to your previous studies and future goals. Max two pages long.

Your complete application must be received at KTH no later than the last day of application, midnight CET/CEST (Central European Time/Central European Summer Time).

About the employment

The position offered is for, at the most, two years.

A position as a postdoctoral fellow is a time-limited qualified appointment focusing mainly on research, intended as a first career step after a dissertation.

Others

Striving towards gender equality, diversity and equal conditions is both a question of quality for KTH and a given part of our values.

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About KTH

KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm has grown to become one of Europe’s leading technical and engineering universities, as well as a key centre of intellectual talent and innovation. We are Sweden’s largest technical research and learning institution and home to students, researchers and faculty from around the world. Our research and education covers a wide area including natural sciences and all branches of engineering, as well as architecture, industrial management, urban planning, history and philosophy. Read more here

1. Prof. Karl Henrik Johansson, kallej@kth.se
2. Assistant Prof. Angela Fontan, angfon@kth.se
3. HR Viktor Söderlund, rekrytering@eecs.kth.se