Senior academic staff communication networks and systems

Let’s shape the future - University of Antwerp

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The Department of Computer Science in the Faculty of Science has the following full-time vacancy : senior academic staff in the field of communication networks and systems .

The position will be embedded within the IDLab research group. IDLab targets the most daunting challenges to deliver digital transformation, connecting everything and extracting high value from data. To achieve this, IDLab performs fundamental and applied research on Internet technologies and distributed intelligence. The selected applicant’s research should synergize with one or more existing research tracks within IDLab, which include Programmable Intelligent Networks (focusing on AI-driven future communication networks) and Perceptive Radio Systems (focusing on integrated wireless sensing and communications). IDLab possesses a unique research infrastructure, encompassing a wireless network testbed in the city and nearby highways, an indoor SDR testbed for beyond 5G research on wireless sensing and communications, and a GPU Lab for training of advanced machine learning models. IDLab is both part of the University of Antwerp and the research centre imec. The University of Antwerp is one of the major universities in Belgium. It ranks 12th in the Young University Ranking 2024 of Times Higher Education. The research centre imec is the world-leading R&D and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies.

Position

You will contribute to the University of Antwerp’s three core tasks : education (40%), research (40%) and services (20%). Your role also includes organisational and managerial aspects.

Education

• You will provide high-quality education in the broad area of computing systems.
• Your teaching role will evolve along with the study programmes and language certificates obtained. The courses you will teach may include bachelor-level courses, such as Computer Networks, Distributed Systems, Computer and Network Security, Operating Systems, and master-level courses, such as Topics in Computer Networks, Internet of Things, or Advanced Wireless and 5G Networks.
• You will play a role in developing activating, student-centred and competence-driven programme components and study programmes.
• You will supervise students during their internship and Master dissertations.

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