The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Cyprus has an opening for a post-doctoral researcher, to be employed within the IST-FP6 STREP Project NET-REFOUND (Network Research Foundations and Trends).

About the NET-REFOUND Project:  The objective of the NET-REFOUND project is to develop the theory, methods and algorithms suitable for the modeling, analysis and design of future telecommunication networks. The long-term goal is the theoretical understanding of the collective interaction of a multiplicity of communicating nodes beyond the boundaries posed by specific telecommunication standards. This will lead to a quantitative characterization of the fundamental performance limits of these systems and eventually to algorithms for achieving them. Successful completion of the proposed research will lead to methodological approaches that will shape the future telecommunication standards for emerging technologies like wireless sensor networks, vehicular networks, and autonomic computing systems. More information about the project can be found in www.netrefound.org
 
Job description: The post-doctoral researcher will be expected to perform outstanding research on any topic of his/her choice that is in line with the general aims of the NET-REFOUND project. Some research areas of particular interest are:

*    Fundamental Performance Limits and Tradeoffs of Wired and Wireless
Networks
*    Network Information Theory
*    Network Coding
*    Connection and Analogies between Networking Theory and Physics
*    Interactions of Control Theory and Communications and Control over
channels and networks
*    Applications of Game Theory on Networks
*    Cooperative Communications
*    Optimization Techniques for Networks

An ideal candidate will have recently finished a Ph.D. on one of the above topics, and will be interested in continuing and strengthening his/her body of work, perhaps pursuing research directions new to him/her, together with the other members of the project. Note that the scope of the project is very broad, and so it is expected that the post-doctoral researcher will have significant freedom in pursuing his/her research interests. Suitable candidates should have a strong theoretical background on their chosen research topic.

Conditions: The duration of the contract will be for one year, with the option of renewal subject to satisfactory progress and availability of funds.  The contract must start at around September 2007 or sooner if the candidate is available. The compensation will be based on the qualifications of the candidate. Excellent command of the English language is required (no other language is needed).

About the host institution: The Department of ECE of the University of Cyprus was established only in 2003, with the first graduating B.Sc. and M.Sc. students graduating in 2007. The department currently employs around
15 faculty and 30 doctoral students, and is on an expansion phase. The University of Cyprus is the first and largest public university of Cyprus, and is located at the capital, Nicosia. 

NetReFound Partners: Except from the University of Cyprus, other partners of the project are the Centre for Research Technology Hellas (Greece), which is also the coordinator, the Technical University of Eindhoven (The Netherlands), the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (Switzerland), the VTT Technical Research Centre (Finland), and the Fraunhofer German-Sino lab (Germany). The postdoctoral fellow will have ample opportunity for visits and short stays at the other partners of the project.

Contact Info: Interested candidates should send, as soon as possible, by email (a) a cover letter with a brief statement of their research interests,
(b) a CV (including list of publications), and (c) the contact information of at least three persons that can provide reference letters to Stavros Toumpis ( ) and Charalambos Charalambous ( )