KTH in Stockholm is the largest and oldest technical university in Sweden. No less than one-third of Sweden’s technical research and engineering education capacity at university level is provided by KTH. Education and research spans from natural sciences to all branches of engineering and includes architecture, industrial management and urban planning. There are a total of just over 15,000 first and second level students and more than 1,600 doctoral students. KTH has almost 4,300 employees.

The School of Electrical Engineering conducts research and education in the fields of electrical engineering, systems engineering, information and communications theory, space and fusion plasma physics, and electrical power engineering. 300 people work in this creative and dynamic environment, out of which half are Ph.D. students, many from other countries. Our research projects are carried out in close collaboration with industry partners as well as with research colleagues from Sweden and other countries. The school is responsible for educating civil engineers in electrical engineering and five masters programs which are in great demand and which have a close connection to our main fields.

Within the School of Electrical Engineering, the Laboratory for Communication Networks conducts advanced research and education in the field of computer networking, with a focus on networked system design and performance evaluation. Current areas that our research covers are sensor networking, multimedia communications, cloud computing and mobile communications.

Project Description

Multimedia sensor networks allow periodic visual monitoring of an environment without the need for deploying and maintaining an infrastructure. They are expected to play an important role in the remote surveillance of public spaces, in environmental monitoring and in smart homes.

The challenge in the design of multimedia sensor networks lies in that multimedia information delivery usually requires significant processing and communication capacity to be available, and providing these leads to high energy consumption. Sensor networks are, however, energy constrained as they typically rely on batteries. To address this challenge, new algorithms are needed for multimedia information processing and new algorithms and protocols are needed for the delivery of the processed multimedia information.

As a PhD student in Multimedia Sensor Networks your task will be to develop communication protocols for the efficient delivery of visual information in energy constrained environments. The focus will be on efficient communication protocols tailor made for multimedia information delivery in a distributed environment. The project involves both theoretical and experimental work, requires cooperation with other scientific disciplines, and will be carried out in collaboration with research groups at other universities.

Eligibility and Assessment Criteria

The potential candidate must have a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or a corresponding degree. Basic knowledge in networking is required and a specialization in radio communications and/or multimedia communication is an asset.

The candidate should be highly motivated for doing scientific research and should have well developed analytical and problem solving skills.

Application

The application must include following documents:

1. Cover letter (maximum 1 page)
2. CV (maximum 2 pages) including education and relevant academic/work experience
3. Summary form, see www.ee.kth.se/~gyuri/SummaryPhD-MSN.doc  
4. Official record of transcripts and copy of degree certificate

Above described documents should be submitted as a single PDF file.

Attention: You need to fill in the summary form that can be downloaded from www.ee.kth.se/~gyuri/ SummaryPhD-MSN.doc

Applications should be sent via e-mail to 0023@ee.kth.se Please indicate reference number E-2012-0023 in the e-mail subject.

Deadline for application is 19 March 2012.

Contacts

György Dán, Assistant professor, Laboratory for Communication Networks
gyuri@ee.kth.se

Viktória Fodor, Associate professor, Laboratory for Communication Networks
vfodor@ee.kth.se

Trade Union representative

Lars Abrahamsson, SACO
Phone: +46 8 790 70 58
lars.abrahamsson@ee.kth.se