Description

Professor Juan M. Lopez Soler, from the Department of Signal Theory, Telematics and Communication  at the University of Granada, welcomes postdoctoral candidates interested in applying for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-PF) in 2023 at this University. Please note that applicants must comply with the Mobility Rule (for more information about the 2023 call, please consult:(http://sl.ugr.es/0d7F)

Brief description of the institution:

The University of Granada (UGR) was founded in 1531 and is one of the largest and most important universities in Spain. With over 51,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students and almost 3,000 members of staff, the UGR offers over 90 undergraduate degrees, 160 master’s degrees (8 of which are international double degrees) and 28 doctoral programmes via its 124 departments and nearly 50 centers. Accordingly, the UGR offers one of the most extensive and diverse ranges of higher education programmes in Spain.

The UGR has been awarded with the "Human Resources Excellence in Research (HRS4R)", which reflects the institution’s commitment to continuously improving its human resource policies in line with the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers. The UGR is also internationally renowned for its excellence in diverse research fields and ranked among the top Spanish universities in a variety of ranking criteria, such as national R&D projects, fellowships awarded, publications, and international funding.

The UGR is one of the few Spanish Universities listed in the Shanghai Top 500 ranking - Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). The 2022 edition of the ARWU places the UGR in 201-300th position in the world and as the 2-5 highest ranked universities in Spain (http://sl.ugr.es/0d7D), reaffirming its position as an institution at the forefront of national and international research. The UGR stands out in the specialties of Library & Information Science (position 38); Food Science & Technology (30) and Hospitality & Tourism Management (51-75), according to the latest edition of this prestigious ranking by specialties (http://sl.ugr.es/0bSp). A little lower in the ranking, the UGR also stands out in Mathematics (76-100).

Additionally, the UGR has 9 researchers who are at the top of the Highly Cited Researchers (HCR) list (http://sl.ugr.es/0d7E), most of these related to the area of Computer Science. It is also well recognized for its web presence (http://sl.ugr.es/0a6i), being positioned at 42th place in the top 200 Universities in Europe.

Internationally, the University of Granada is firmly committed to its participation in the calls of the Framework Programme of the European Union. For the duration of the last Framework Programme, Horizon 2020, the UGR obtained a total 120 projects with a total funding of around 29,4 million euros.  For the current Framework Programme, Horizon Europe, the UGR has obtained 38 projects, so far, with total funding around 11 € million.

Brief description of the Centre/Research Group:

Current 5G and future 6G networks are expected to play a key role in the digital transformation of the economy and society in the next decade. The extremely high performance, reliability and scalability standards that current 5G and future 6G networks must meet demand extremely challenging procedures, at the frontier limits of knowledge. 6G systems will employ artificial intelligence (AI) even more intensively than in 5G. While in 5G systems AI is used to power the network, in 6G AI will be the basis for network design, optimization and automation.

Wireless and Multimedia Networking Lab (WIMUNET LAB https://wimunet.ugr.es/) do research in 5G/6G, low power IoT and deterministic networking, proposing disruptive solutions for both the radio interface and the network core, evaluated using state-of-the-art analytical modeling, simulation and testbed demonstration methodologies, where AI represents the cornerstone in the design, configuration, deployment and operation of current and future networks.

WIMUNET members teach in the B.Sc. and M.Sc. Telecommunications Engineering and B.Sc. and M.Sc. of Computer Science Engineering. Also, we belong to the Doctoral Program in Information and Communication Technologies of the University of Granada.

Project description:

MSCA-PF candidates will contribute to the projects AI-assisted beyond 5G-6G arCHitectuRe with deterministic netwOrking for iNdustrial communicatiOnS (6G-CHRONOS) and AI-native 6G Deterministic Networking Lab for Industry 4.0 Use Cases (6GNETWORKS-LAB) both financed by NextGenerationEU funds.

5G and Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) technologies can play a key role in future industrial communications. TSN and 5G are technologies with strong potential for the large real-time network needed for Industry 4.0 applications. In this context, two main challenges lie ahead. First, the 5G network should provide deterministic, reliable, high-bandwidth, low-latency communication. Second, a smooth integration between TSN and 5G is required.

For this purpose, the 6G-CHRONOS project will design a B5G/6G network service framework that incorporates the paradigm of Deterministic Networking as a design principle on the 5G network slicing concept to enable the low and deterministic latency required for scenarios of connected robotics and autonomous systems in Industry 4.0. Additionally, the 6G-CHRONOS project will design innovative solutions for the interoperation of the B5G/6G network service framework and TSN. Moreover, the 6G-CHRONOS project will implement an experimental testbed to evaluate the performance of solutions proposed in the project.

The 6GNETWORKS-LAB project proposes the creation of an experimentation platform with the necessary functionalities and equipment for the study and evaluation of the most relevant use cases in industry 4.0. 6GNETWORKS-LAB will provide a real deployment demonstrator for the integration of Advanced 5G/6G networks with TSN, with algorithms based (AI/ML based) to manage, orchestrate and configure the integration of Advanced 5G/6G networks with TSN.

Research Area:

☒ Information Science and Engineering (ENG)

For a correct evaluation of your candidature, please send the documents below to Professor Juan M. Lopez Soler (juanma@ugr. es)

• CV
• Letter of recommendation (optional)