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.

The Automatic Control Lab. conducts fundamental research in networked control systems, control of communication systems, systems biology and system identification. Industrial projects involve both national and international partners such as ABB, Ericsson, Scania, and Microsoft. A major part of the research is conducted within the ACCESS Linnaeus Centre, Sweden’s largest university research centre in networked systems, and in EU-projects in collaboration with European industry and universities. KTH has a large academic network and collaborate with researchers at Caltech, ETH Zurich, MIT, UC Berkeley, Stanford, among others.

Work description

We are now looking for 1-3 PhD students with background and interest from some of the following areas: mathematics, control theory, system identification, machine learning, statistical learning theory, and optimization. The research concerns theory development for different aspects of system identification of large scale complex systems. Examples of problems that we study are estimation in decentralized systems and networks, optimal experiment design, sparse estimation and reinforcement learning. We use and develop techniques from all the areas above. Our applications span a large range, including communications systems, smart grids, intelligent transportation systems, combustion engines, and process control. PhD students are expected (i) to contribute to lay the foundations towards a theory, (ii) to devise practical solutions.

Qualifications 

•  Highly motivated individuals;

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Holding an MSc degree in electrical engineering, engineering physics, computer science or similar;

• The candidates should have excellent grades and very good skills in oral and written communication;
• To be ready to contribute to an international research group and a scientific research agenda of major importance for European industry and society.

Employment

PhD positions are intended for those who pursue their own doctoral studies. The positions include about 80% research and 20% teaching assistance duties. The salary is based on the existing employment agreement for PhD position at the School of Electrical Engineering.

Application

The application shall include a CV, a brief statement on why the applicant wishes to pursue PhD studies, contact information to three references, the degree certificate, and official transcripts of records, and any other information that may be useful.

The application should be sent by email to  in pdf format (only), with all documents merged into a single PDF-file, and with reference number E-2012-0045 in the subject field.

Application deadline: 2011-03-11
Employers reference number: E-2012-0045

Contacts

Håkan Hjalmarsson, Professor
E:mail:  hakan.hjalmarsson@ee.kth.se

Bo Wahlberg, Professor
E-mail:  bo.wahlberg@ee.kth.se

Union representative

Lars Abrahamsson, SACO
Phone: +46 8 790 7058
E-mail:  lars.abrahamsson@ee.kth.se  .

Tillhör: Kungliga Tekniska högskola