- Supervisor: Roderick Murray-Smith http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~rod
- Title: Modern statistical methods applied in a control engineering context
- Pre-requisites: Statistics interests
Network Home page Summary of network aims
NEWS: We expect a number of short-term vacancies to appear at the Glasgow and NUI Maynooth nodes in the near future. If you are interested contact rod@dcs.gla.ac.uk
There are vacancies for researchers with different levels of experience at each of the members of the network. The different members have different research priorities, but some common constraints apply to each position. The project is funded by the European Commission under a Research Training Network. The European Commission requires that the candidate is aged 35 years or less at the time of his appointment and must be a national of a Member State of the Community or of an Associated State (excluding the country in which you plan to work) or have resided in the Community for at least five year prior to the appointment.
Note that pre-doctoral positions are essentially fully paid Ph.D. positions, where the candidate is expected to gain a Ph.D. by the end of the work period. Post-doctoral positions require the candidate to have qualified for a Ph.D. or equivalent before starting work.
Highlights of the programme for potential applicants are:
Applications, with CV and background information (6 copies) should be sent by post to the following address
Restrictions: The European Commission requires that the candidate is aged 35 years or less at the time of his appointment and must be a national of a Member State of the Community or of an Associated State (excluding the country in which you plan to work) or have resided in the Community for at least five year prior to the appointment. So if you are not an EU citizen or an Associated state citizen, you are NOT eligable.
The European Commission has a frequently asked questions site, which might be useful in answering any general questions.
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Pre-doctoral position at the University of Glasgow, Glasgow, U.K. The Department of Computing Science invites applications for a 40 month pre-doctoral Research Assistant position (scale 1B - currently approx. € 26300 euros per year) forming part of the Multi-Agent Control Research Training Network. Candidates can start from April 2000. Candidates should ideally have a strong statistics/maths background. The work will involve Markov-Chain Monte Carlo methods, Bayesian inference, time series modelling and control. The candidate should be keen on applying leading-edge techniques to challenging problems, and dealing with the concrete programming work needed to produce successful results. The work will involve algorithm implementation, application and system development in MATLAB. Informal enquiries to rod@dcs.gla.ac.uk
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Pre/Post-doctoral position at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, U.K. The Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering invites applications for a 40 month pre-doctoral research assistant position (scale 1B - currently approx. € 26300 euros per year) forming part of the Multi-Agent Control Research Training Network. Post-doctoral candidates will also be considered. Modern computer controlled systems typically incorporate a high degree of independent decision-making ability in order to achieve high performance and flexibility. However, at present analysis and design techniques for such hybrid systems remain poorly developed. The need for more powerful methods is urgent. Working closely with the other members of the research network, the objective of the work at Strathclyde University is to develop effective analysis and design techniques for hybrid systems. The development and integration of new theoretical methods for analysis, probabilistic reasoning/decision-making and design will be supported and motivated by realistic case studies (in particular in the renewable energy and aerospace fields). This will require a strongly inter-disciplinary approach taking in fields including mathematics/statistics, control engineering and computer science. Informal enquiries to doug@icu.strath.ac.uk, tel. +44 (0)141 548 2407.
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Pre-doctoral position at the Department of Mathematical Modelling at the Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark. Applicants are invited for a 3 year Ph.D. position forming part of the Multi-Agent Control Research Training Network. Position starts April 2000 at a salary of 266000 DKr (approx = € 35700). Candidates must have qualifications equivlent to a Master's degree. Applicants should ideally have a strong statistics/maths background. The work will involve Markov-Chain Monte Carlo methods, Bayesian inference, time series modelling and control. The work will involve algorithm implementation, application and system development in C/C++ or MATLAB. Enquiries to carl@imm.dtu.dk
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The postdoc position in applied non-linear control of dynamic systems is available at the Department of Computer Automation and Control, Institut Jožef Stefan, Ljubljana, Slovenia for a period up to 18 months.
Applicants must have a PhD (or equivalent) degree at the time of appointment. Candidates with background in control engineering or applied mathematics with strong interest and previous experience in one or more of the following areas are encouraged to apply for the position:
Software development skills and practical experience is desirable. The research will include theoretical studies, software development and application studies within a group of PhD students, postdocs, Master degree students and industrial collaborators. The project is funded by the European Commission under a Research Training Network. The Multi-Agent Control (MAC) network is a collaboration between the Universities of Glasgow, Strathclyde, Maynooth, NTNU, DTU and the Jozef Stefan Insitute (participants). The University of Glasgow acts as the project coordinator. The post carry competitive stipend of up to €22000 EUR per year and offer possiblities of research related travel.
The European Commission requires that the candidate is aged 35 years or less at the time of his appointment and must be a national of a Member State of the Community or of an Associated State (excluding Slovenia) or have resided in the Community for at least five year prior to the appointment. Please visit the project web site http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/mac/ for more information. If you have further questions, please contact Dr. Jus Kocijan at Jozef Stefan Institute, tel. +386 1 4773661, E-mail: jus.kocijan@ijs.si Send your inquieries which should include a CV with a publication list to: Dr. Jus Kocijan Jozef Stefan Institute Jamova 39 SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Recent advances in computer technology have stimulated considerable interest in hybrid dynamical systems. This interest is concerned mainly with issues that arise as a result of the interaction of several dynamical systems, and is motivated by safety related issues that are of critical importance in several application domains. These include human-controller interaction (HCI), switched control systems (SCS) and machine-machine interaction (MMI), all of which are fundamental components of modern automobile and aircraft systems. Typically, hybrid systems are described mathematically using a mixture of continuous differential equations and logic based switching. Perhaps the most important consideration in the analysis of such systems is their stability. In spite of the vast amount of work currently in progress in the area of hybrid and switched systems, many fundamental questions related to their stability remain unanswered. The objective of the work here is to study several open problems related to the stability of hybrid systems.
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The postdoc position in optimal hybrid control of dynamic systems with constraints is available at the Department of Engineering Cybernetics for a period of 2.5 years with starting point in summer/fall 2000.
Applicants must have a PhD (or equivalent) degree at the time of appointment. Candidates with background in control engineering or applied mathematics with strong interest and previous experience in one or more of the following areas are encouraged to apply for the position:
Software development skills and practical experience is desirable. The research will include theoretical studies, software development and application studies within a group of PhD students, postdocs, Master degree students and industrial collaborators. If you have further questions, please contact Associate Professor Tor Arne Johansen at the Department of Engineering Cybernetics, tel. +47 73 59 0395, E-mail: Tor.Arne.Johansen@itk.ntnu.no. See also http://www.itk.ntnu.no or further details.