Phd Candidate in Semantic and Task-oriented

**About the SnT**

We’re looking for people driven by excellence, excited about innovation, and looking to make a difference. If this sounds like you, you’ve come to the right place

**Your Role**

The position holder will be required to perform the following tasks:

- Work on an emerging research topic of Semantic and Task-oriented communications design for 6G networks
- Carry out research in the predefined areas
- Disseminate results through scientific publications in the top-tier venues
- Present results in top-tier international conferences and workshops
- Background in one of some topics in wireless communications: multiuser system, resource allocation, scheduling
- Optimization techniques and tools: convex optimization, successive convex approximation, stochastic gradient decent
- Programming skills in MATLAB are required. Experience in Python is an advantage

**Language Skills**:Fluent written and verbal communication skills in English are required.

**Here’s what awaits you at SnT**
- **A stimulating learning environment.** Here post-docs and professors outnumber PhD students. That translates into access and close collaborations with some of the brightest ICT researchers, giving you solid guidance
- **Exciting infrastructures and unique labs.** At SnT’s two campuses, our researchers can take a walk on the moon at the LunaLab, build a nanosatellite, or help make autonomous vehicles even better
- **The right place for IMPACT. **SnT researchers engage in demand-driven projects. Through our Partnership Programme, we work on projects with more than 55 industry partners
- **Multiple funding sources for your ideas**. The University supports researchers to acquire funding from national, European and private sources
- **Competitive salary package**. The University offers a 12 month-salary package, over six weeks of paid time off, meal vouchers and health insurance
- **Be part of a multicultural family**. At SnT we have more than 60 nationalities. Throughout the year, we organise team-building events, networking activities and more
- **Boost your career**. Students can take advantage of several opportunities for growth and career development, from free language classes to career resources and extracurricular activities

But wait, there’s more
- Complete picture of the perks we offer
- Discover our Partnership Programme

**In Short**
- Contract Type: Contrat à durée déterminée 36 Mois (extendable up to 48 months if required)
- Work Hours: 40.0 Heures par Semaine
- Location: Kirchberg
- Employee and student status
- Job Reference: UOL05061

The yearly gross salary for every PhD at the UL is EUR 38979 full time

**How to apply**
Applications should be submitted online and include:

- Full CV, including:

- For each degree received or currently enrolled in, provide the degree, institution name, institution city and country, and date (or expected date) of graduation. Include the title and short summary of your final (Bachelor / Master) Thesis if you did one.
- List of publications (if any)
- Name, affiliation and contact details of two referees
- Transcript of all modules and results from university-level courses taken

All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.

The University of Luxembourg embraces inclusion and diversity as key values. We are fully committed to removing any discriminatory barrier related to gender, and not only, in recruitment and career progression of our staff.

**About the University of Luxembourg** University of Luxembourg** is an **international research** university with a distinctly **multilingual** and **interdisciplinary** character. The University was founded in 2003 and counts more than 6,700 students and more than 2,000 employees from around the world. The University’s faculties and interdisciplinary centres focus on research in the areas of Computer Science and ICT Security, Materials Science, European and International Law, Finance and Financial Innovation, Education, Contemporary and Digital History. In addition, the University focuses on cross-disciplinary research in the areas of Data Modelling and Simulation as well as Health and System Biomedicine. Times Higher Education ranks the University of Luxembourg #3 worldwide for its “international outlook,” #20 in the Young University Ranking 2021 and among the top 250 universities worldwide.

**Further information**

Job Reference: UOL05061