Tampere University of Technology (TUT) is an active scientific community of 2,000 employees and more than 10,000 students. The University operates in the form of a foundation and has a long-standing tradition of collaboration with other research institutions and business life. Many of the fields of research and study represented at the University play a key role in addressing global challenges. Internationality is an inherent part of all the University’s activities.

The Department of Pervasive Computing educates IT experts based on its scientific research knowledge. Areas of research include software engineering, usability, open-source environments, personal navigation, wireless sensor networks, multiprocessor systems, Internet architechtures and protocols and information security.
Job description:

The job involves scientific research in projects that are mostly executed by external funding. In addition, tasks related to education and courses offered by the department belong to candidate’s job description.

At the personal level, the main goal of the research is to compose a doctoral dissertation as part of a larger research group. The work will be supervised by more senior researchers and staff of the department, but independent attitude towards the work and research is expected.
Requirements: The successful candidate must hold an applicable higher university degree and have a research plan for the completion of a doctorate. The candidate must also either be a PhD student at TUT or apply for post-graduate studies at TUT. The candidate must have demonstrated, during his or her studies towards the higher university degree or otherwise, the competence and motivation to pursue postgraduate studies and complete a doctoral degree in accordance with the research plan.
We offer:

We offer a world-class research environment in a growing international community. We offer MSc and postgraduate education in both Finnish and English.

We are offering a vibrant and active research community at the Department of Pervasive Computing with strong industrial collaboration at the local, national and global levels. Our researchers are strongly encouraged to seek further research collaboration within TUT and with national and international partners.

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