Six PhD-positions

[Jeroen Voeten]

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Academic Research with Industrial Focus

For the Boderc project the Embedded Systems Institute searches candidates
for six PhD-positions.

Boderc project
Beyond the Ordinary: Design of Embedded Real-time Control
The Boderc project focuses on distributed embedded real-time controllers of
complex systems. An Oce printer is taken as a case-study and acts as a
driver for the project. The target is an integral approach for a systematic
architectural design, modeling, analysis, and validation methodology of such
heterogeneous systems. A background in one of the basic disciplines
(mechanics, electronics, computer science) and an open mind to solutions in
the other domains is essential.
In this project seven parties (four industrial companies: Océ Technologies,
Philips CFT, AAS, Turnkiek, and three universities: Technische Universiteit
Eindhoven, Universiteit Nijmegen, Universiteit Twente) co-operate with the
Embedded Systems Institute.
The project location will be mainly Eindhoven / Venlo. You receive an
appointment as Ph.D. student for four years at one of the three
participating universities. The project is partly subsidized by the Ministry
of Economic Affairs.

Six PhD Positions

1. Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, department of Electrical Engineering,
Control Systems group.
Required: interest to work on the boundary of computer science (automata,
transition systems, formal verification tools) and control theory
(differential equations, dynamics, simulation, optimization).
Topic: combine, extend and apply the available tools in these disciplines
for embedded control design. The tasks include contributing to the integral
specification model and developing analysis techniques for performance
evaluation and exception handling.
Contact and information: dr.ir. Maurice Heemels, phone +31 40 2473587,
e-mail: m.heemels@tue.nl

2. Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, department of Electrical Engineering,
Information and Communication Systems group.
Required: background in electrical engineering or computer science. He or
she has a strong affinity with system-level design methodology and (formal)
models of computation.
Topic: development of methods and tools for system specification, system
verification, performance modeling, architecture exploration and design of
distributed real-time embedded control systems.
Contact and information: dr.ir. Jeroen Voeten, phone +31 40 2474267, e-mail:
J.P.M.Voeten@tue.nl

3. Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, department of Mechanical Engineering,
Control Systems Technology group.
Topic: modelling of (controlled) mechanics and mechatronics, and focus on
model reduction for hybrid systems. In addition, the PhD student will play a
leading role in experimental validation and controller evaluation.
Contact and information: prof.dr.ir. Maarten Steinbuch, phone +31 40
2475444, e-mail: m.steinbuch@tue.nl

4. Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, department of Mechanical Engineering,
Dynamics and Control group.
Topic: development of analysis tools for mechatronic systems described by
hybrid models. These tools should support the model validation, model
reduction and the performance assessment of such systems.
Contact and information: prof.dr. H. Nijmeijer, phone +31 40 2473203,
e-mail: h.nijmeijer@tue.nl

5. Universiteit Nijmegen, faculty of Science, Mathematics and Computing
Science, Informatics for Technical Applications group.
Topic: to integrate UML-based software design for embedded systems into a
common framework that is suitable for multi-disciplinary system engineering.
This involves hybrid modeling, architectural descriptions and high-level
analysis based on formal methods and tools.
Contact and information: dr. Jozef Hooman, phone +31 24 3652590, e-mail:
hooman@cs.kun.nl

6. Universiteit Twente, faculty of Electrical Engineering, Control
Engineering group.
Topic: distributed controller architectures for mechatronic systems. The aim
is to design and validate distributed controller architectures for
distributed embedded computer systems. Existing methods (e.g. multi-agent
technologies, CSP-based communication abstraction software layers) can be
used as starting point. Feasibility must be demonstrated using lab setups
with HIL-simulation.
Contact and information: dr.ir. J.F. Broenink, phone: +31 53 489 2793,
e-mail: J.F.Broenink@utwente.nl


Required profile for all six positions
* Master's degree in one of the disciplines mentioned
* Affinity to research with an industrial focus
* Team player, open-minded
* Active participation in knowledge sharing

Employment
* A full-time employment for four years, with an intermediate evaluation
after one year.
* A salary conforming the standard regulations.
* Support for your personal development and career planning.
* Attractive secondary labor conditions.

Your reaction
Information about the Boderc project may be obtained from the project
manager Frans Beenker, phone: +31 40 2475020
(frans.beenker@embeddedsystems.nl) or from the people mentioned in the
descriptions of the positions. Please send your
application (letter and curriculum vitae), indicating the position(s) you
apply for, to:

Embedded Systems Institute
Laplace Building
Attn: Boderc-positions
P.O. Box 513
5600 MB  EINDHOVEN
The Netherlands

Application may also be emailed to: office@embeddedsystems.nl
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