PostDoc Position in the area of Secure Visible Light Communication Systems

Pervasive Wireless Systems Group

Deadline for receipt of applications: February 20, 2024 23:59 AoE (21 February 2024, 13:59h Europe/Madrid Time)

IMDEA Networks’ Pervasive Wireless System Group headed by Prof. Domenico GIUSTINIANO invites applications for a postdoc position in the area of Secure Visible Light Communication Systems. As a member of the team, the researcher will contribute to the research conducted in the team, working with close interaction with PhD students and international collaborators.

 The position offers:

• Working in a vibrant, collaborative, multi-cultural and English-speaking environment
• The expectation to publish at top-tier venues in networking
• A unique opportunity to experiment with bleeding edge networks
• The chance of mentoring talented PhD students

Skills Required

The candidate should have the following skills:

•  Excellent analytical, technical and problem solving skills
•  Very good organization and communication skills
•  Experience in building research prototypes in the area of Visible Light Communication

 Contract Duration & Type

•  36 months, renewable based on performance
•  Full-time contract. Includes social and health benefits

For reference, examples of papers published by the group in the area of Visible Light Communication are:

– D. Frometa, Borja Genoves, D. Giustiniano, J. Widmer, “A System Architecture for Battery-free IoT Networks”, IEEE ICNP 2023.

– B. Genoves, S. Mir, D. Frometa, A. Galisteo, Q. Wang, D. Giustiniano, “Prototyping Visible Light Communication for the Internet of Things Using OpenVLC”, IEEE Communication Magazine, 2023.

– M. Mir, B. Genoves, A. Varshney, D. Giustiniano, “PassiveLiFi: Rethinking LiFi for Low-Power and Long Range RF Backscatter”, ACM Mobicom 2021.

– A. Galisteo, A. Varshney, D. Giustiniano, “Two to Tango: Hybrid Light and Backscatter Networks for Next Billion Devices”, ACM Mobisys 2020.

– J. Beysens, A. Galisteo, Q. Wang, D. Juara, D. Giustiniano, S. Pollin, “DenseVLC: A Cell-Free Massive MIMO System with Distributed LEDs”, ACM CoNEXT 2018.

– A. Galisteo, Q. Wang, A. Deshpande, M. Zuniga, D. Giustiniano. “Follow that Light: Leveraging LEDs for Relative Two-Dimensional Localization”. ACM CoNEXT, 2017.

– Q. Wang, M. Zuniga, D. Giustiniano. “Passive Communication with Ambient Light”. ACM CoNEXT, 2016.

 Equal Employment Opportunity:

IMDEA Networks Institute aims to increase the proportion of women and therefore qualified female applicants are explicitly encouraged to apply. Until a balanced ratio of men and women has been achieved at the institute, preference will be given to women if applicants have similar qualifications. IMDEA Networks Institute actively promotes diversity and equal opportunities. Applicants are not to be discriminated against in personnel selection procedures on the grounds of gender, ethnicity, religion or ideology, age, sexual orientation (anti-discrimination). People with disabilities who have the relevant qualifications are expressly invited to apply.