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Project description
Third-cycle subject: Electrical Engineering
In many larger cyber-physical systems the engineer faces a distributed decision making problem. Since not all information is available everywhere, the decisions are taken based on the locally available information to achieve common goal. It is said that such decision problems have nonclassical information structure and are considered to be notoriously difficult because a general optimal design approach is missing. Quite recently the concept of coordination coding appeared in information theory. It basically describes what statistical relations can be achieved with the support of communications. Initial results show that this concept can be used to derive fundamental bounds for distributed decision-making systems. In this project we will expand those results with the goal to enhance the basic understanding as well as setting the basis for a framework for optimal designs.This new approach will lead to new fundamental insights and it might lead to solutions of long-standing fundamental problems.
Supervision: The doctoral student will be supervised by: Professor Tobias Oechtering and Dr. Maël Le Treust, CNRS researcher at ETIS UMR 8051
What we offer
Eligibility
To be admitted to postgraduate education (Chapter 7, 39 § Swedish Higher Education Ordinance), the applicant must have basic eligibility in accordance with either of the following:
- passed a degree at advanced level,
- completed course requirements of at least 240 higher education credits, of which at least 60 higher education credits at advanced level, or
- in any other way acquired within or outside the country acquired essentially equivalent knowledge.
- Requirements for English equivalent to English B/6, read more here.
Selection
In order to succeed as a doctoral student at KTH you need to be goal oriented and persevering in your work. During the selection process, candidates will be assessed upon their ability to:
- independently pursue his or her work
- collaborate with others,
- have a professional approach and
- analyse and work with complex issues.
The successful applicant is expected to hold or to be about to receive an MSc degree in Electrical Engineering, Engineering Physics, Mathematics or similar with a strong mathematical background. A specialization in information theory is an asset.
The successful applicant should have an outstanding academic track record, and well developed analytical and problem solving skills. We are looking for a strongly motivated person, who is able to work independently. Good command of English orally and in writing is required to publish and present results at international conferences and in international journals.
After the qualification requirements, great emphasis will be placed on personal competency.
Target degree: Doctoral degree
Information regarding admission and employment
Only those admitted to postgraduate education may be employed as a doctoral student. The total length of employment may not be longer than what corresponds to full-time doctoral education in four years ' time.
Union representatives
You will find contact information for union representatives on KTH's website.
Doctoral section (Students’ union on KTH Royal Institute of Technology)
You will find contact information for doctoral section on the section's website.
Application
Apply for the position and admission through KTH's recruitment system. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that the application is complete in accordance with the instructions in the advertisement.
Applications must be received at the last closing date at midnight, CET/CEST (Central European Time/entral European Summer Time).
Elements:
- CV including your relevant professional experience and knowledge.
- Application letter with a brief description of why you want to pursue research studies, about what your academic interests are and how they relate to your previous studies and future goals. (Maximum 2 pages long)
- Copies of diplomas and grades from previous university studies and certificates of fulfilled language requirements (see above). Translations into English or Swedish if the original document is not issued in one of these languages.
- Representative publications or technical reports. For longer documents, please provide a summary (abstract) and a web link to the full text.
- Your individual essay about the Witsenhausen counterexample which you can find at https://people.kth.se/~oech/Witsenhausen.pdf
Other information
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Disclaimer: In case of discrepancy between the Swedish original and the English translation of the job announcement, the Swedish version takes precedence.
| Type of employment | Temporary position longer than 6 months |
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| Contract type | Full time |
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| First day of employment | According to agreement |
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| Salary | Monthly salary according to KTH's doctoral student salary agreement |
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| Number of positions | 1 |
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| Working hours | 100% |
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| City | Stockholm |
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| County | Stockholms län |
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| Country | Sweden |
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| Reference number | J-2021-0877 |
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| Published | 08.Apr.2021 |
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| Last application date | 20.May.2021 11:59 PM CET |
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