Doctoral students in Optimization and Control of Complex Systems

Project description

Third-cycle subject: Electrical Engineering

The Challenge:

We are in the midst of an unprecedented transformation of the engineering infrastructures that uphold our technological civilization, such as energy and transportation systems. Driven by technological advances, societal needs, and environmental concerns, these complex systems are expanding in scale, becoming more digital, interconnected, autonomous, and decentralized. While these transformative trends offer limitless opportunities to enhance efficiency and sustainability of engineering infrastructure systems, they also introduce significant challenges in ensuring reliability and fairness, thus demanding innovative solutions.

Your Role:

The Division of Decision and Control Systems is seeking two PhD candidates to work at the intersection of optimization, game theory, and automatic control, for the analysis, modeling, and control of complex systems, such as energy and transportation. The project will involve developing both mathematical foundations, namely, innovative algorithmic and control methodologies, and engineering solutions, namely, their adaptation to practical application domains. The project will target one or more of the following areas of research:

• Adaptive online optimization using data streams
• Incentive design in large-scale infrastructure systems
• Defining, measuring, and operationalizing fairness in control architectures
• Data-driven predictive control for large-scale systems

Supervision: Assistant Professor Giuseppe Belgioioso is proposed to supervise the doctoral student.

What we offer

• The possibility to study in a dynamic and international research environment in collaboration with industries and prominent universities from all over the world .
• A workplace with many employee benefits and monthly salary according to KTH's Doctoral student salary agreement.
• A postgraduate education at an institution that is active and supportive in matters pertaining to working conditions, gender equality and diversity as well as study environment.
• Help to relocate and be settled in Sweden and at KTH .

Admission requirements

To be admitted to postgraduate education (Chapter 7, § 39 Swedish Higher Education Ordinance), the applicant must have basic eligibility in accordance with either of the following:

• passed a second cycle degree (for example a master's degree), or
• completed course requirements of at least 240 higher education credits, of which at least 60 second-cycle higher education credits, or
• acquired, in some other way within or outside the country, substantially equivalent knowledge

In addition to the above, there is also a mandatory requirement for English equivalent to English B/6.

Selection

In order to succeed as a doctoral student at KTH you need to be goal oriented and persevering in your work. During the selection process, candidates will be assessed upon their ability to:

• independently pursue his or her work
• collaborate with others,
• have a professional approach and
• analyze and work with complex issues.

A strong background in the mathematical tools essential for the project, particularly in optimization and control theory, is required. Familiarity with game theory, multi-agent systems, and relevant engineering fields such as energy and transportation will be advantageous. As the project includes conducting numerical experiments, proficiency with computational methods, and numerical simulations will also be beneficial.

After the qualification requirements, great emphasis will be placed on personal skills.

Target degree: Doctoral degree

Information regarding admission and employment

Only those admitted to postgraduate education may be employed as a doctoral student. The total length of employment may not be longer than what corresponds to full-time doctoral education in four years' time. An employed doctoral student can, to a limited extent (maximum 20%), perform certain tasks within their role, eg training and administration. A new position as a doctoral student is for a maximum of one year, and then the employment may be renewed for a maximum of two years at a time.

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To apply for the position

Apply for the position and admission through KTH's recruitment system. It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure that the application is completed in accordance with the instructions in the advertisement.

Applications must be received at the last closing date at midnight, CET/CEST (Central European Time/Central European Summer Time).

Applications must include the following elements:

• CV including your relevant professional experience and knowledge.
• Copies of diplomas and grades from previous university studies and certificates of fulfilled language requirements (see above) . Translations into English or Swedish if the original document is not issued in one of these languages. Copies of originals must be certified .
• Representative publications or technical reports. For longer documents, please provide a summary (abstract) and a web link to the full text.

Other information

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