Energy-efficient optical fibre communication (Post-doctoral fellow, MC2)

Information about the research/the project
Several open positions as PhD students and Postdocs are announced (see other ads with the same title). The project is cross-disciplinary and involves three different departments at Chalmers; the Photonics Lab at Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, the Communication Systems Group at the Department of Signals and Systems, and the VLSI group at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. The project will benefit from the prolific research environment in the Fiber-Optic Communication Research Centre (FORCE).

Optical communication links and networks are essential for the Internet backbone as well as for interconnects used in data centers and high-performance computing systems. Therefore, the energy consumption in optical transmission systems is an increasingly important problem within our information society. 

In a newly funded research project on Energy-efficient optical communications, we seek to develop novel power consumption models for electronics, optics, and algorithms as well as demonstrating novel energy-efficient link building blocks. This involves analyzing trade-offs required to minimize the energy consumption of a given system. We aim at experimentally and analytically verifying full links that are 10 times more power efficient than today's state-of-the-art and will verify our models in demonstrator projects, which will vertically integrate the optic, electronic and algorithmic components.

Major responsibilities
The persons filling these positions will participate in research as outlined above and will be spending time at all three departments which will be essential to help cross-fertilize our work. Therefore, working in teams is an essential aspect as is “thinking outside the box”. The appointments offer an opportunity to qualify for further research positions within academia or industry.

Your major responsibility as postdoc is to perform your own research in a research group. The position also includes supervising master's and/or PhD students to a certain extent. Another important aspect involves collaboration within academia and with society at large. The position is meritorious for future research duties within academia as well as industry/the public sector.

Position summary
The position as a Post-doctoral fellow student is a full-time temporary employment, limited to a maximum of two years (1+1). A monthly salary is paid.

Qualifications
Applicant should have a Ph.D. degree preferably in Engineering Physics, Electrical Engineering or similar. Strong experience in any of the following areas is highly advantageous; optical fiber communication, optoelectronics, digital communications and signal processing, and design of electronic signal processors. Excellent team-working skills, presentation skills, and fluency in English are required. As merits will be considered knowledge in optimization, electronics, and optics.

To qualify for the position of postdoc, you must have a doctoral degree in a relevant field; the degree should generally not be older than three years. You are expected to be somewhat accustomed to teaching, and to demonstrate good potential within research and education.

Applications sent by email will not be considered.

Application deadline: 2014-06-30


Links



• Chalmers

• http://www.chalmers.se/en/departments/mc2/Pages/default.aspx

• Fiber-Optic Communications Research Center (FORCE)



For questions, please contact:
Professor Peter Andrekson
E-mail: peter.andrekson@chalmers.se

Professor Anders Larsson
E-mail: anders.larsson@chalmers.se

Professor Magnus Karlsson
E-mail: magnus.karlsson@chalmers.se




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Keywords: Algorithms, circuit design, coding, DSP, electronics, energy consumption, energy efficiency, fiber-optic communication, forward error correction (FEC), green communications, internet, long-haul optical link, modulation, optical communication system, optical fiber, optical interconnects, optimization, power efficiency, quality of service, signal processing, VLSI implementation.