Post-Doctoral Research Associate Position in Nanonetworks and Intelligent Surface-Assisted 5G/6G Communication

The Research Centre on Interactive Media, Smart System and Emerging Technologies – RISE (www.rise.org.cy), empowers knowledge and technology transfer in the region. RISE is a significant investment supported by the European Commission, the Republic of Cyprus and its founding Partners, the Municipality of Nicosia, Max Planck, University College London, the University of Cyprus, the Cyprus University of Technology and the Open University of Cyprus.

RISE, as a centre of excellence, cultivates a culture of innovation and creativity in an inspiring environment filled with academics, researchers, creative and onward-looking people, innovators, entrepreneurs and practitioners. The centre operates under the moto “Inspired by Humans Designed for Humans” with the vision to produce world class research that drives innovation towards social and economic benefit while conducting excellent, internationally competitive scientific research in the areas of visual sciences, human factors and design, communication, and artificial intelligence.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to conduct fundamental and applied research in the area described above. The researcher may work on one or more of the following topics: MAC protocols for wireless nanonetworks, Beam-stearing and beam-tracking algorithms algorithms, use of metasurfaces for different applications (energy, space), and use of intelligent metasurfaces as a component in D2D communications for 5G and 6G networks. The performance of the envisioned methods/algorithms may be evaluated in both simulators and experimental platforms to be developed. Depending on their qualifications and expertise, successful candidates will be responsible to prepare reports and project deliverables, contribute to the preparation of research proposals, implement and deploy applications, engage in algorithm and software development, and assist in the supervision of undergraduate students. Furthermore, successful candidates will be strongly encouraged to publish their research results in high quality international conferences and journals. The successful candidate will work under the supervision and guidance of the SNS Research Group Leader, Dr Vasos Vassiliou.