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PhD Researcher Smart Grids

Job offer: Research position to pursue a Ph.D. degree (4 years)

Focus on highly scalable and distributed algorithms to coordinate energy consumption and

production (demand response, DR), as well as the required network (and related software)

architectures & protocols to enable implementing them

Challenging, creative and constructive environment

Unique opportunity to participate in European research projects and to cooperate with

important ICT-oriented companies

Competitive salary

Function:Our research group currently is involved in a couple of national, as well as European, research

projects in the area of smart grids. The focus of our smart grid team in these projects is on scalablesoftware and network architectures, as well as coordination algorithms for e.g., demand response. The

overall objective of the smart grid applications we want to support is to accommodate large

penetration of renewable sources (wind mills, solar panels, etc.) without requiring excessive

investments in the power grid infrastructure.

Your role in these projects will be to devise and evaluate cutting edge algorithms, and study the

required (distributed) software and network architecture, to be able to realize them in realistic large-

scale deployments, and possibly design/implement software prototypes for simulation and proof-of-

concept demonstrations (in lab settings, but also in live field trials). You will perform this work in the

context of research projects that will give you the opportunity to interact and collaborate with

researchers and engineers of leading European universities, research institutes and companies. As

you will be dealing with several aspects of designing and evaluating systems (mathematical models,

optimization techniques, machine learning, network and distributed software architectures, software

development, simulation, etc.), the function is an excellent opportunity to demonstrate and further

improve several of your mathematical and engineering skills.

Your profile: You have strong analytical skills, you are well organized, you are an excellent communicator, a

team player.

You have a strong sense of responsibility and are also able to autonomously plan and performresearch tasks. You respect the predetermined milestones in research projects.

Your English is fluent, both in speaking and writing

Both young graduates and candidates with (industrial) experience are welcome

Master in electrical engineering, ICT, computer science or similar disciplines.

Knowledge of computer network architectures, basic distributed software concepts,

optimization techniques (e.g., linear programming, heuristics), machine learning fundamentals.

A proven experience in software development (e.g., student projects or master thesis

successfully completed and in which an important software development component was

required), knowledge of C/C++, Java.

Interested?Send your motivation letter and CV tomartine.buysse@intec.ugent.be, indicating Application: PhD

Researcher Smart Grids in the subject.

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