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PhD positions at SDU Center for Energy Informatics within Digital Twin technology

jobbeskrivelse:

SDU Center for Energy Informatics invite applications for 3-year PhD positions. The starting date for the positions are as soon as possible in 2019 after the application deadline.

SDU Center for Energy Informatics is an interdisciplinary industry-oriented research and innovation center with an international outlook. The center focuses on development of innovative software solutions that can facilitate the transition towards a sustainable energy system. The center is part of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Southern Denmark, and located at the main Campus in Odense, Denmark.

We are looking for highly-motivated and ambitious students with excellent knowledge of English (written and spoken), who can work well in a team as well as independently and quickly acquire knowledge in new topics. The preferable candidates have a master’s degree in Software Engineering or Computer Science. If at the time of application, the applicant has not yet obtained a master’s degree, a letter from the master thesis supervisor attesting to the eligibility of the applicant must be provided.

The announced PhD positions are part of implementing the center’s strategic research objectives for Digital Twin technology within the following areas:

Digital Twin Framework for Cyber-Physical Systems
The project aims to develop a generic digital twin framework for modelling, controlling and optimizing cyber-physical systems, including Smart Buildings, Smart Factories and Smart Energy Networks. The development of the digital twin framework will be based on the center’s multi-objective optimization framework – Controleum, and include industrial case studies from the center’s research and development projects with industry.

Digital Twin for Experimenting with Robot-Building Integration
The project aims to develop a digital twin of robots and their building context to enable lab facilities to experiment with the building integration of robots. The project will have an experiential focus on spatial sensor data, their representation in a digital twin and the ability to enable new robot-focused experiments in a lab setting. The project will contribute to several projects including the SDU I4.0 lab initiative.

The application must include a research plan of max. 3 pages, indicating the candidates expected research for the 3-year PhD period. The plan must include problem motivation, state of art, research question, proposed methodology, and expected results. The research plan must address one of the two announced areas and indicate the applicants’ competence to execute the research plan. Research plans addressing other than the announced research areas will not be considered.

Contact information
Further information is available by emailing Head of Centre, Professor, PhD, Bo Nørregaard Jørgensen, bnj (at) mmmi.sdu.dk. 

Important information before applying
Applicants are required to have a master’s degree (equivalent to a Danish master's degree) at the time of enrollment and employment.

Employment as a PhD fellow is a 3-year salaried position. Employment and enrollment will cease without further notice at the end of the period.

Employment is governed by the Protocol on PhD Research Fellows signed by the Danish Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations.

The successful candidate will be enrolled at SDU in accordance with Faculty regulations and the Danish Ministerial Order on the PhD Programme at the Universities (PhD order).

Applications must be submitted electronically using the link "Apply online". The Faculty expects applicants to read the Faculty information for prospective PhD students and the SDU information on how to apply before applying.

The applications must include the following - the required forms must be found at the above mentioned Faculty website:

• Completed TEK PhD application form for 5+3 applicants
• Motivated application. Upload in the field called “Project abstractJV_description”
• Detailed Curriculum Vitae
• Copies of the official bachelor diploma and master's diploma and transcripts of exams in professional English translation or in Danish
• Completed TEK PhD form for calculation grade point average. Upload in one of the fields called “Publication”
• An official document describing both the educational structure and the grading scheme of the awarding universities (if not Danish). Upload in one of the fields called “Publication”
• The research plan mentioned above. Upload in the field called “Other relevant material”
• References, you're welcome to use the form for reference letter at the Faculty website
• List of publications and maximum 2 examples of relevant publications, if any

If shortlisting is used, only shortlisted applicants will be assessed by an assessment committee.

The University wishes our staff to reflect the diversity of society and thus welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal background.

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