- JOB
- United Kingdom
20 Feb 2024
Job Information
- Organisation/Company
- Aston University
- Department
- Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies (AIPT)
- Research Field
- Engineering » Communication engineeringPhysics » OpticsTechnology » Internet technologyTechnology » Telecommunications technologyEngineering » Electronic engineeringTechnology » Information technology
- Researcher Profile
- First Stage Researcher (R1)
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Application Deadline
- Type of Contract
- Temporary
- Job Status
- Full-time
- Hours Per Week
- 38
- Offer Starting Date
- Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
- Horizon Europe - MSCA
- Marie Curie Grant Agreement Number
- 101119983
- Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
- No
Offer Description
Horizon Europe MSCA - Doctoral Network -"Next generation high-speed optical networks for metro access" (NESTOR)
Coordinated by Infinera Portugal
The NESTOR Consortium offers an exciting opportunity for 12 doctoral candidates to join this cutting-edge research project. Contact a dedicated supervisor via email to learn more about the specific research topics and application details. Please include your CV, a motivation letter, and relevant academic transcripts.
Description:
Connectivity is the major driver in the modern “information society”, where the range of data-driven applications is exploding, and new information-based value chains are rapidly emerging. Optical networks are the backbone of the global communication infrastructure, interconnecting billions of people and a huge number of various autonomous devices, control systems, and machines. Optical systems’ development incites the skyrocketing growth in the demand for data exchange and harnessing, fuelled by web-based services such as ultra-HD streaming, cloud services, and 5G proliferation, fostering the changes in the digital world and shaping the structure of modern society. The demand growth is especially pronounced in the access and metro links, where data rates largely exceeding the current <1 Tb/s will be required. Moreover, COVID-19 – with the huge number of people working from home – has intensified the pressure on the optical networks. Also, features such as the financial cost of the system elements, latency, dynamic reconfigurability, and energy consumption gain progressively more importance for the new generation of access and metro networks.
The Doctorate Network NESTOR will answer the questions: how, when and where coherent optical transceivers will be deployed in metro-aggregation optical networks to meet the demand for new cost-efficient solutions. NESTOR will also address the who by providing advanced training to 12 fellows - from a new generation of engineers - with PhD projects significantly expanding the flexibility and capacity of access/metro networks. NESTOR harnesses the complementary expertise of the top academic groups - Aston University, UK; Politecnico di Torino (PoliTo) Italy; Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain; Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (SSSA), Italy and Technische
Universiteit Eindhoven (TU/e), the Netherlands and the core telecom industry - Infinera Germany; Infinera Portugal; British Telecom, UK; Orange, France; SM-Optics, Italy; VPIphotonics, Germany and Ericsson, Italy. NESTOR will provide Fellows with a uniquely broad education ranging from recent advances in ML&AI to real-world telecom engineering, enabling them to design and implement high-capacity access and metro networks.
DC1 project:
Title: Advanced Coded Modulation Schemes for High-Performance Metro-Access Optical Transponders
Host Institution and PhD enrolment: Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (TU/e) https://www.tue.nl/en/research/research-groups/signal-processing-systems/ict-lab
Main Supervisors: Dr. G. Liga, Prof. A. Alvorado
Contact email: g.liga@tue.nl
Secondments: VPIphotonics (Germany) https://www.vpiphotonics.com/index.php. Orange (France) https://www.orange.com/en
DC2 project:
Title: Low-complexity DSP techniques for beyond 5G X-haul
Host Institution and PhD enrolment: Aston University, Aston Institute of Photonics Technologies https://www.aston.ac.uk/research/eps/aipt
Main Supervisor: Prof S.K. Turitsyn, s.k.turitsyn@aston.ac.uk
Secondments: BT Group https://www.bt.com/
DC3 project:
Title: Experimental Comparison of novel and legacy technologies for metro access
Host Institution and PhD enrolment: Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC) https://www.upc.edu/ca
Main Supervisor: Prof Luis Velasco
Secondments: Infinera Germany https://www.infinera.com/
DC4 project:
Title: Digital twin of physical layer for short-reach scenarios in metro/access/DCI networks
Host Institution and PhD enrolment: Politecnico di Torino (PoliTo), https://www.polito.it/
Main Supervisor: Prof Vittorio Curri vittorio.curri@polito.it
Secondments: SM-Optics (Italy), https://www.sm-optics.com/
DC5 project:
Title: Cross-layer data-driven techniques for next generation access / metro networks
Host Institution and PhD enrolment: Aston University, Aston Institute of Photonics Technologies https://www.aston.ac.uk/research/eps/aipt
Main Supervisor: Prof W. Forysiak
Secondments: Politecnico di Torino (PoliTo) https://www.polito.it/, Ericsson (Italy) https://www.ericsson.com/en
DC6 project:
Title: AI-based power saving and distributed sensing/failure prevention from optical telemetry
Host Institution and PhD enrolment: Politecnico di Torino (PoliTo), https://www.polito.it/
Main Supervisor: Prof Vittorio Curri vittorio.curri@polito.it
Secondments: SM-Optics https://www.sm-optics.com/, BT Group https://www.bt.com/
DC7 project:
Title: Optical communications and architecture for 5G/6G metro-edge
Host Institution and PhD enrolment: Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC) https://www.upc.edu/ca
Main Supervisor: Prof Luis Velasco
Secondments: Infinera Portugal https://www.infinera.com/
DC8 project:
Title: Network modelling for access and metro aggregation networks
Host Institution and PhD enrolment: Infinera Germany https://www.infinera.com/
Main Supervisor: Dr Antonio Napoli anapoli@infinera.com
Secondments: VPIphotonics (Germany) https://www.vpiphotonics.com/index.php, Orange (France) https://www.orange.com/en
DC9 project:
Title: Multi-objective optimization for next-generation coherent metro-aggregation networks
Host Institution and PhD enrolment: Infinera Portugal https://www.infinera.com, PhD enrolment - ISCTE https://www.iscte-iul.pt/
Main Supervisor: Dr Joao Pedro JPedro@infinera.com
Secondments:Politecnico di Torino (PoliTo), https://www.polito.it/
DC10 project:
Title: Control of disaggregated networks
Host Institution and PhD enrolment: Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (SSSA), Italy https://www.santannapisa.it/en
Main Supervisor: Dr Nicola Sambo Nicola.Sambo@santannapisa.it
Secondments: Infinera Germany https://www.infinera.com/
DC11 project:
Title:Advanced network architectures and optimization techniques for flexible converged metro networks
Host Institution and PhD enrolment: Infinera Portugal https://www.infinera.com/, PhD enrolment - ISCTE https://www.iscte-iul.pt/
Main Supervisor: Dr Joao Pedro JPedro@infinera.com
Secondments: Prof Vittorio Curri vittorio.curri@polito.it
DC12 project:
Title: Low-complexity DSP techniques for metro-access networks
Host Institution and PhD enrolment: Infinera Germany https://www.infinera.com/ ; PhD enrolment - Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC) https://www.upc.edu/ca
Main Supervisor: Dr Antonio Napoli anapoli@infinera.com
Secondments: VPIphotonics (Germany) https://www.vpiphotonics.com/index.php
Where to apply
- t.kilina@aston.ac.uk
Requirements
- Research Field
- Engineering » Communication engineering
- Education Level
- Master Degree or equivalent
Skills/Qualifications
NESTOR is looking for candidates with exceptional skills and grades in engineering or physics and/or computer science and/or signal processing, with the knowledge of machine learning and/or some expertise in the areas related to optics / photonics, communications or electrical engineering. Preferred skill requirements include experience in scientific programming and computing, signal processing, communications and information theory, statistical analysis, optical communication systems. Knowledge of mathematical methods and numerical analysis are an asset.
Specific Requirements
MSCA requirements. Researchers are NOT eligible if they already have a PhD or have successfully defended their doctoral thesis. Candidates MUST NOT have resided or carried out their main activity (e.g. work, studies) for more than 12 months within the last three years in the country of the host institutions (by the employment start date). Candidates can be of any nationality but may need security clearance prior to commencing their position.
In exceptional cases outstanding candidates with a BSc in an appropriate discipline will also be considered at Aston University
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Level
- Excellent
Additional Information
Benefits
The selected candidates will be employed a full-timecontract. The salary follows the Marie Curie-Skłodowska DN funding Scheme. On top of the regular compensation, an extra allowance will be available to cover mobility expenses. The living allowance will be subject to a country correction coefficient, according to the country of a hosting organisation. Applicants may also be eligible for a family allowance.
Selection process
General guidance for applicants: The DC positions are also advertised locally at the respective institutions and local recruitment sites. These individual advertisement will have further details including local PhD admission criteria and application deadlines.
To apply, initially send your CV, a cover letter and supporting docuemtns bu email (using the subject header "NESTOR application") to the main supervisor for the position that you wish to apply for. Description of DC projects listed above.
Additional comments
NESTOR is explicitly committed to the principle of equal opportunities. For further information please contact Ms Tatiana Kilina (t.kilina@aston.ac.uk)
For specific questions concerning the content of the research please contact Dr Joao Pedrp (jpedrp@infinera.com) and Dr. Antonio Napoli (ANapoli@infinera.com)
PhD tuition fee: The NESTOR fellowship includes a bursary to cover PhD tuition fees.
Acknowledgement: This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the MSCA GA 101119983
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available
- 12
- Company/Institute
- Multiple locations
- Country
- European Union
- Geofield
Contact
- State/Province
- West Midlands
- City
- Birmingham
- Website
- Street
- Aston Triangle
- Postal Code
- B4 7ET
- t.kilina@aston.ac.uk