Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships (PF) 2022 in “Multi-Objective Optimization in Smart Environments using Artificial Intelligence”

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships are individual research grants that enhance the creative and innovative potential of researchers holding a PhD and who wish to acquire new skills through advanced training, international, interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral mobility. MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships will be open to excellent researchers of any nationality.

The Mobile Devices Laboratory (MDL) of Frederick University (FredU) invites motivated postdoctoral researchers to jointly prepare an application for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships call (MSCA-PF-2022) with FredU as host organization.

Description of Hosting Research Team

Mobile Devices Laboratory (MDL) has as major goal to promote research and development in the fields of Computer Networks & Systems (with major focus on Web and Mobile Systems) and Artificial Intelligence. In particular, MDL deals with a wide range of cutting-edge technologies related to web, cloud and mobile computing, smart devices, social media, gaming, natural interactive devices as well as computational intelligence and multi-objective optimization. The research and development at the 12-seat MDL laboratory is supported by modern technological equipment that includes a cloud of 40+ Smartphones and Tablets, a cabinet/rack-mounted CISCO routers and switches, a structured internal computer network for pilot testbeds, a number of testbed computer workstations, electronic and computing devices as well as web and virtual platforms. Currently, the MDL team is composed of three university academics, one project manager, one post-doctoral researcher, five PhD students as well as four postgraduate-level and two undergraduate-level software developers. The MDL research team has more than 100 peer-reviewed publications in international journals and conferences, and participated/is participating in several national and international research projects including Integrated and Innovation projects of the national Research and Innovation Foundation, Erasmus+, AAL, EU JUSTICE and EU LIFE with more than 2M euro total funds, in the last five years. The MDL development team successfully developed or participated in the development of several web and cloud applications, smart systems and platforms and published more than 20 multi-platform smartphone applications in various stores with more than 0.5M downloads. The MDL team also boasts several distinctions such as the Education Leaders award for its technological contribution in the society, innovative applications and systems that won two national Microsoft Hackathon competitions and two National Microsoft Imagine cup competitions as well as a smart IoT system that ranked in the top-10 in the World Imagine Cup Finals at Seattle, USA. Additionally, MDL has an extensive profile of national and international technology transfer activities to the industry and established collaborations with several software companies, securing in this way >0.5M funds from various industrial grants and public procurements.

Website: https://mdl.frederick.ac.cy/Home

Expertise Sought

We are looking for a candidate with expertise in Internet of Things, Sensor Networks, Artificial Intelligence and Optimization

Your profile

1. A PhD degree at the time of the deadline for applications. Applicants who have successfully defended their doctoral thesis but who have not yet formally been awarded the doctoral degree will also be considered eligible to apply.
2. A maximum of eight years’ experience in research, from the date of the award of their PhD degree. Years of experience outside research and career breaks will not count towards the above maximum, nor will years of experience in research in third countries for nationals or long-term residents of EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries who wish to reintegrate to Europe.
3. Should comply with mobility rules: they must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Cyprus, or the host organisation for the outgoing phase (for Global Postdoctoral Fellowships) for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before the call deadline (14/9/22).
4. Good research track record and publications related or complementary to the Expertise Sough or the overall activities of the hosting Research Team.

What we offer:

• A stimulating, interdisciplinary environment for research on Mobile Computing, Web and Cloud Computing, Internet of Things as well as Artificial Intelligence with focus on (Multi-Objective) Optimization and constraint handling.
• Support and guidance for the preparation of your MSCA PF proposal from your future supervisor and the team’s research manager.
• Advise and comprehensive support from the Research and Interconnection Service of Frederick University for incoming international researchers.

How to apply?

You can submit your application via e-mail to com.ca@frederick.ac.cy (Cc research@Frederick.ac.cy) with subject line “MSCA PF 2022 Proposals”. Your application must include of a pdf file with the following documents:

1. A 1-page motivation letter
2. Your academic CV, including a complete list of your publications

As soon as the supervisor agrees to support you as a MSCA-PF candidate, you will be requested to start preparation of the MSCA PF proposal and will be supported further by the supervisor and the R&I Service of FredU.

For more information about the hosting offer, you can contact Associate Professor Dr. Andreas Konstantinidis (Research Manager, com.ca@frederick.ac.cy).

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships are individual research grants that enhance the creative and innovative potential of researchers holding a PhD and who wish to acquire new skills through advanced training, international, interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral mobility. MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships will be open to excellent researchers of any nationality.

The Mobile Devices Laboratory (MDL) of Frederick University (FredU) invites motivated postdoctoral researchers to jointly prepare an application for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships call (MSCA-PF-2022) with FredU as host organization.

Description of Hosting Research Team

Mobile Devices Laboratory (MDL) has as major goal to promote research and development in the fields of Computer Networks & Systems (with major focus on Web and Mobile Systems) and Artificial Intelligence. In particular, MDL deals with a wide range of cutting-edge technologies related to web, cloud and mobile computing, smart devices, social media, gaming, natural interactive devices as well as computational intelligence and multi-objective optimization. The research and development at the 12-seat MDL laboratory is supported by modern technological equipment that includes a cloud of 40+ Smartphones and Tablets, a cabinet/rack-mounted CISCO routers and switches, a structured internal computer network for pilot testbeds, a number of testbed computer workstations, electronic and computing devices as well as web and virtual platforms. Currently, the MDL team is composed of three university academics, one project manager, one post-doctoral researcher, five PhD students as well as four postgraduate-level and two undergraduate-level software developers. The MDL research team has more than 100 peer-reviewed publications in international journals and conferences, and participated/is participating in several national and international research projects including Integrated and Innovation projects of the national Research and Innovation Foundation, Erasmus+, AAL, EU JUSTICE and EU LIFE with more than 2M euro total funds, in the last five years. The MDL development team successfully developed or participated in the development of several web and cloud applications, smart systems and platforms and published more than 20 multi-platform smartphone applications in various stores with more than 0.5M downloads. The MDL team also boasts several distinctions such as the Education Leaders award for its technological contribution in the society, innovative applications and systems that won two national Microsoft Hackathon competitions and two National Microsoft Imagine cup competitions as well as a smart IoT system that ranked in the top-10 in the World Imagine Cup Finals at Seattle, USA. Additionally, MDL has an extensive profile of national and international technology transfer activities to the industry and established collaborations with several software companies, securing in this way >0.5M funds from various industrial grants and public procurements.

Website: https://mdl.frederick.ac.cy/Home

Expertise Sought

We are looking for a candidate with expertise in Internet of Things, Sensor Networks, Artificial Intelligence and Optimization

Your profile

1. A PhD degree at the time of the deadline for applications. Applicants who have successfully defended their doctoral thesis but who have not yet formally been awarded the doctoral degree will also be considered eligible to apply.
2. A maximum of eight years’ experience in research, from the date of the award of their PhD degree. Years of experience outside research and career breaks will not count towards the above maximum, nor will years of experience in research in third countries for nationals or long-term residents of EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries who wish to reintegrate to Europe.
3. Should comply with mobility rules: they must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Cyprus, or the host organisation for the outgoing phase (for Global Postdoctoral Fellowships) for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before the call deadline (14/9/22).
4. Good research track record and publications related or complementary to the Expertise Sough or the overall activities of the hosting Research Team.

What we offer:

• A stimulating, interdisciplinary environment for research on Mobile Computing, Web and Cloud Computing, Internet of Things as well as Artificial Intelligence with focus on (Multi-Objective) Optimization and constraint handling.
• Support and guidance for the preparation of your MSCA PF proposal from your future supervisor and the team’s research manager.
• Advise and comprehensive support from the Research and Interconnection Service of Frederick University for incoming international researchers.

How to apply?

You can submit your application via e-mail to com.ca@frederick.ac.cy (Cc research@Frederick.ac.cy) with subject line “MSCA PF 2022 Proposals”. Your application must include of a pdf file with the following documents:

1. A 1-page motivation letter
2. Your academic CV, including a complete list of your publications

As soon as the supervisor agrees to support you as a MSCA-PF candidate, you will be requested to start preparation of the MSCA PF proposal and will be supported further by the supervisor and the R&I Service of FredU.

For more information about the hosting offer, you can contact Associate Professor Dr. Andreas Konstantinidis (Research Manager, com.ca@frederick.ac.cy).