[agents] [jobs] PhD position in Distributed MAS for Autonomic Fault Diagnosis of SDNs at UPM, Madrid, Spain

[Álvaro Carrera Barroso]

A PhD Contract for an outstanding candidate to undertake research in
Distributed Multi-Agent Coordination applied to Autonomic Fault Diagnosis
of Software Defined Networks.


Position description

The expected outcome of the research is a PhD dissertation concerning the
development of scalable and robust algorithms to coordinate multiple
network manager systems in Software Defined Networks.

The PhD position is open at the Intelligent System Group <
http://www.gsi.dit.upm.es/> Department of Telematic Engineering <
http://www.dit.upm.es/>  at the Telecommunication Engineer School <
http://www.etsit.upm.es/> in Universidad Politécnica de Madrid <
http://www.upm.es/> .

Eligibility criteria - Profile


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   The candidate is expected to have a Master’s Degree or an equivalent in
   Computer Science, Telecommunication Engineering, or a related field with a
   strong academic background in Machine learning, Linked Data, Agent
   Technology and/or Software Defined Networking (SDN).
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   Applicants with an experience in one or more of the above academic
   fields are encouraged to apply.
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   Applicants are requested a good knowledge of written and oral English.
   Spanish speaking skills are appreciated.
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   Applicants are requested good proven programming skills, preferably in
   Java and Python (e.g. master thesis, software development experience, etc.)
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   A high level achievement and experience in multi-disciplinary
   collaboration is an advantage.


Responsibilities

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   To conduct research on future Autonomic Fault Diagnosis for Software
   Defined Networks.
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   To develop novel techniques on machine learning algorithms and to
   evaluating them through simulated environments.
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   To publish and present results both at international conferences and in
   high impact scientific journals of the field.
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   To collaborate in challenging and competitive research projects both in
   the proposal redaction and in the project execution.


Offer description


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   Enthusiastic and young team of developers, researchers, post-docs and
   professors.
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   Inspiring, flexible and very dynamic environment.
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   Full-time position with competitive salary based on applicant’s skills.
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   Work contract should start in the first quarter of 2017 and should last
   for three years.



How to apply

If you wish to apply for this work contract, you are kindly asked to send
your CV, transcripts, certificates and relevant publications (if any) and a
Cover Letter describing your research interests and goals in one PDF file
at the following email:  a.carrera at upm.es by March 31th 2017.

We will carefully review your application and you will be contacted for
further interviews in April 2017.

About GSI

The Intelligent Systems Group (GSI, Grupo de Sistemas Inteligentes <
http://www.gsi.dit.upm.es/>) is a research group acknowledged by the
Technical University of Madrid (UPM, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid <
http://www.upm.es/>).

Our staff consists of 11 professors, 7 researchers and collaborators from
several departments of the university, mainly from the Department of
Telematic Systems Engineering (DIT, Departamento de Ingeniería de Sistemas
Telemáticos <http://www.dit.upm.es/>).

Since 1982, our group has conducted research, development and innovation in
theories, methods and applications of artificial intelligent techniques,
specially in intelligent agents, semantics technologies, machine learning
and language engineering.

Closing date

Complete applications for this position close on March 31th, 2017.

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 Álvaro Carrera Barroso           (a.carrera at upm.es)
 Doctor Ingeniero de Telecomunicación
 Profesor en el Departamento de Ingeniería Sistemas Telemáticos
 Grupo de Sistemas Inteligentes
 E.T.S.I. Telecomunicación (U.P.M.)
 Madrid, España
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