Mar 16, 2008

Two PhD positions in Automatic Control at the Department of Information Technology, Division of Systems and Control, Uppsala Univ, Sweden

At the Division of Systems and Control, methodological research is conducted in the areas of estimation, system identification, signal processing, spectral analysis, fault detection, and automatic control. More applied research areas are within wireless communications, radar and synthetic aperture radar, modelling and control of mechanical systems, process control, environment, and medicine.

We are now recruiting two PhD students for participation in research projects of both theoretical and practical character. The main topic is automatic control. Application areas of current interest are biomedical systems, environment or energy, depending on the interest of the student. For more information about the Department and Division, see: http://www.it.uu.se/?lang=en

The successful candidate should have a master of science in engineering or equivalent. Good skills in oral and written English are required. The PhD position is for a maximum of five years and includes departmental duties at a level of at most 20% (typically teaching). Further information: http://www.teknat.uu.se and http://www.it.uu.se.

The department is striving to achieve a more equal gender balance and female candidates are particularly invited to apply.

Applications should include a brief description of research interest and past experience, a CV, copies of exams, degrees and grades, a copy of your Master thesis (or a draft thereof) and other relevant documents. The candidates are encouraged to provide letter(s) of recommendation and contact information to reference persons.

For more information, please contact: Prof. Alexander Medvedev, alexander.medvedev@it.uu.se, tel: +46-18-471 3064 or Prof. Bengt Carlsson, bengt.carlsson@it.uu.se tel: +46-18-471 3119. Union representatives are: Anders Grundström, SACO-rådet, tel +46 18-471 5380, Carin Söderhäll, OFR-S/ST, tel +46 18-471 1996, Stefan Djurström, SEKO, tel +46 18-471 3315.

The application should be sent to: Registrator, UFV-PA 2008/728 Uppsala universitet, Box 256, 751 05 Uppsala, Sweden; fax +46-18-471 2000 or e-mail: registrator@uu.se no later than May 25, 2008. An application by fax or e-mail must be followed by a letter containing the original documents, at the latest a week after application deadline.

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