The IBCN group belongs to the Department of Information Technology (INTEC) of Ghent University (UGent) and is part of the Internet Technologies Department of iMinds. At a national level the group is collaborating with about 100 industrial partners in many multidisciplinary projects. Also internationally there is strong involvement in European research projects, especially in the Future Internet area, with about 70 finished and running EU projects over the past 10 years. Since the start of the IBCN group in 1992, research resulted in 1600 publications in international journals and conference proceedings, 80 PhD's, 45 international awards, and 6 spin-off companies.

Job description

• You perform research in the domain of Fog Computing.
• You are conducting research in the domain of Fog Computing and more specifically the domain of the Cognitive Internet of Things. Besides performing fundamental research, you will carry out tasks in the framework of European-level and national research projects.
• You are analysing current research trends in Fog Computing and the Cognitive Internet of Things. You are advancing the state-of-the-art in this domain by developing new cognitive services, algorithms and concepts.
• You are building up hands-on experience by implementing these advanced services and by evaluating through emulation on a large testbed or through detailed simulations.
• You publish and present results both at international conferences and in scientific journals.
• This research leads to a PhD degree. Throughout the complete PhD period, you receive a full-time, attractive salary.

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Your profile

• We are looking for candidates with the following qualitifications and skills.
• You have (or will receive within a few months) a Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electronics, Informatics or Optics. You are acquainted with the Java or C++ programming language. Experience and a strong interest in existing or new network technologies are a plus.
• You are able to plan and carry out your tasks in an independent way. You have strong analytical skills to interpret the obtained research results.
• You are a team player and have strong communication skills.
• You are able to commit to timing and milestones set forward by different research projects.
• Your English is fluent, both speaking and writing.

iMinds (www.iminds.be) is an independent research organisation whose task, assigned by the Flemish Government , is to encourage Innovation through excellent Digital Research. iMinds offers companies and organizations active support in research and development and, for that purpose, stimulates companies, authorities and non-profit organizations to work together on IT research projects. iMinds also offers programs to inspire, train and coach the next generation of IT entrepreneurs. The goal of iMinds’ incubation & entrepreneurship program is to bring IT innovations to the market, either by helping to build and grow successful high-tech IT ventures or by driving innovation in industry partnerships and collaborative research. 

iMinds Research consists of more than 850 researchers working at the 5 Flemish universities (Ghent, Leuven, Brussels, Antwerp and Hasselt). It is an international, multidisciplinary research environment with top talent coming from more than 50 countries throughout the world.

iMinds has a non-discriminating gender & diversity policy when attracting research talent.