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Distributed speech enhancement in wireless acoustic sensor networks50000403v52439547
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Promoter: Prof. dr. ir. Marc Moonen More info: jobsite
More info: https://icts.kuleuven.be/apps/jobsite/vacatures/id/52439547/lang/en
SCD is a division of the department of Electrical Engineering (ESAT) of the Faculty of Engineering of the KU Leuven. SCD's major research objective is to design and build advanced methods for crucial problems in information processing. It builds on the enormous growth in computer power, communication bandwidth and available data and the various needs in society for effective use of these opportunities. SCD has a number of mutually reinforcing groups that build expertise from the more conceptual and mathematical level downstream until the validation with our partners in practical applications in the field. A major driving force of the research is the diverse use of generic information processing methods based on applied mathematics like linear and multilinear algebra, statistics, discrete mathematics, differential geometry, and optimization. SCD has built up world recognized expertise in bioinformatics, biomedical data processing, signal (audio, communications) processing, cryptography, embedded systems, data mining, neural networks, identification, control, ... ProjectThis vacant position is opened in the frame of an FP7/FET project on Heterogeneous Ad-hoc Networks for Distributed, Cooperative, and Adaptive Multimedia Signal Processing ('HANDiCAMS'). The project is aimed at developing a new ICT paradigm, which considers multiple heterogeneous devices that cooperate in multiple signal processing tasks. The research involves algorithm design for speech enhancement in wireless acoustic sensor networks (WASNs). A WASN consists of a set of nodes which are all equipped with a microphone array, as well as facilities for local signal processing and wireless communications. The nodes in the WASN then cooperate to enhance their respective microphone signals based on in-network signal fusion using signals from other nodes. The research will mainly focus on distributed speech enhancement algorithms for heterogeneous WASNs, as well as distributed network topology inference and selection. ProfileCandidates must hold a Masters degree in Engineering (or equivalent). Experience and education in signal processing theory, speech processing and other related areas, as well as Matlab programming skills, are recommended. Excellent proficiency in the English language is also required. OfferThis job opening covers a full-time research position of at least 3 years in the frame of a doctoral program (resulting in a PhD degree awarded by KU Leuven). The research work will be carried out at KU Leuven, Belgium (Supervisors: Dr. Alexander Bertrand and Prof. Marc Moonen). Interested?For more information please contact Dr. Alexander Bertrand, mail: alexander.bertrand@esat.kuleuven.be or Prof. dr. ir. Marc Moonen, mail: marc.moonen@esat.kuleuven.be. You can apply for this job no later than May 31, 2013 via the Click here to apply to this project |
Electromagnetic emission friendly digital integrated circuits50000403v52451235
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Promoter: Prof. dr. ir. Wim Dehaene More info: jobsite
More info: https://icts.kuleuven.be/apps/jobsite/vacatures/id/52451235/lang/en
SCD is a division of the department of Electrical Engineering (ESAT) of the Faculty of Engineering of the KU Leuven. SCD's major research objective is to design and build advanced methods for crucial problems in information processing. It builds on the enormous growth in computer power, communication bandwidth and available data and the various needs in society for effective use of these opportunities. SCD has a number of mutually reinforcing groups that build expertise from the more conceptual and mathematical level downstream until the validation with our partners in practical applications in the field. A major driving force of the research is the diverse use of generic information processing methods based on applied mathematics like linear and multilinear algebra, statistics, discrete mathematics, differential geometry, and optimization. SCD has built up world recognized expertise in bioinformatics, biomedical data processing, signal (audio, communications) processing, cryptography, embedded systems, data mining, neural networks, identification, control, ... ProjectThis vacant position is opened in the frame of an FP7/FET project on Heterogeneous Ad-hoc Networks for Distributed, Cooperative, and Adaptive Multimedia Signal Processing ('HANDiCAMS'). The project is aimed at developing a new ICT paradigm, which considers multiple heterogeneous devices that cooperate in multiple signal processing tasks. The research involves algorithm design for speech enhancement in wireless acoustic sensor networks (WASNs). A WASN consists of a set of nodes which are all equipped with a microphone array, as well as facilities for local signal processing and wireless communications. The nodes in the WASN then cooperate to enhance their respective microphone signals based on in-network signal fusion using signals from other nodes. The research will mainly focus on distributed speech enhancement algorithms for heterogeneous WASNs, as well as distributed network topology inference and selection. ProfileCandidates must hold a Masters degree in Engineering (or equivalent). Experience and education in signal processing theory, speech processing and other related areas, as well as Matlab programming skills, are recommended. Excellent proficiency in the English language is also required. OfferThis job opening covers a full-time research position of at least 3 years in the frame of a doctoral program (resulting in a PhD degree awarded by KU Leuven). The research work will be carried out at KU Leuven, Belgium (Supervisors: Dr. Alexander Bertrand and Prof. Marc Moonen). Interested?For more information please contact Dr. Alexander Bertrand, mail: alexander.bertrand@esat.kuleuven.be or Prof. dr. ir. Marc Moonen, mail: marc.moonen@esat.kuleuven.be. You can apply for this job no later than May 31, 2013 via the The ESAT-MICAS division of the University of Leuven has a long standing tradition in integrated circuit research. These activities started back in 1972 and have been expanding ever since. The group consists currently of 6 full time academic staff members, ca. 10 technical and administrative support persons and more than 50 PhD researchers. The research domain covers a wide range of topics in integrated circuit design. MEMs, analog, RF, mm-wave, mixed mode, digital circuits are all studied by different MICAS researchers or research teams. ESAT-MICAS always supports its design results which physical proof of concepts. Numerous chip and pcb designs are conceived, realized and tested in every project that is tackled. For this, we use state of the art chip and pcb technology. The most advanced technology used in our IC designs currently has a minimum feature size of 28 nm. ProjectIn this research EMI friendly digital circuits will be conceived, designed, processed and tested. The research will start with a focus on EMI friendly, yet high speed and power efficient, digital output drivers. In a second phase EMI friendly low drop voltage regulators will be addressed. In this way the proposed PhD research is tackling the EME issues that are the consequence of advanced CMOS scaling. Always increasing current peaks will generate unacceptable radiation levels of the digital systems if they are not taken care of during the design. The research will be carried out in close cooperation with the industrial partners of ESAT-MICAS. Profile
Offer We offer a 1 year scholarship for PhD research that can be extended to 4 years to come to a complete PhD. Candidates might have to pass a predoctoral exam depending on their antecedents. Interested?For more information please contact Prof. dr. ir. Wim Dehaene, tel.: +3216321719, mail: wim.dehaene@esat.kuleuven.be. You can apply for this job no later than July 01, 2013 via the Click here to apply to this project |
Study and design of highly efficient mixed digital-RF transmitter systems50000403v52451243
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Promoter: Prof. dr. ir. Wim Dehaene More info: jobsite
More info: https://icts.kuleuven.be/apps/jobsite/vacatures/id/52451243/lang/en
SCD is a division of the department of Electrical Engineering (ESAT) of the Faculty of Engineering of the KU Leuven. SCD's major research objective is to design and build advanced methods for crucial problems in information processing. It builds on the enormous growth in computer power, communication bandwidth and available data and the various needs in society for effective use of these opportunities. SCD has a number of mutually reinforcing groups that build expertise from the more conceptual and mathematical level downstream until the validation with our partners in practical applications in the field. A major driving force of the research is the diverse use of generic information processing methods based on applied mathematics like linear and multilinear algebra, statistics, discrete mathematics, differential geometry, and optimization. SCD has built up world recognized expertise in bioinformatics, biomedical data processing, signal (audio, communications) processing, cryptography, embedded systems, data mining, neural networks, identification, control, ... ProjectThis vacant position is opened in the frame of an FP7/FET project on Heterogeneous Ad-hoc Networks for Distributed, Cooperative, and Adaptive Multimedia Signal Processing ('HANDiCAMS'). The project is aimed at developing a new ICT paradigm, which considers multiple heterogeneous devices that cooperate in multiple signal processing tasks. The research involves algorithm design for speech enhancement in wireless acoustic sensor networks (WASNs). A WASN consists of a set of nodes which are all equipped with a microphone array, as well as facilities for local signal processing and wireless communications. The nodes in the WASN then cooperate to enhance their respective microphone signals based on in-network signal fusion using signals from other nodes. The research will mainly focus on distributed speech enhancement algorithms for heterogeneous WASNs, as well as distributed network topology inference and selection. ProfileCandidates must hold a Masters degree in Engineering (or equivalent). Experience and education in signal processing theory, speech processing and other related areas, as well as Matlab programming skills, are recommended. Excellent proficiency in the English language is also required. OfferThis job opening covers a full-time research position of at least 3 years in the frame of a doctoral program (resulting in a PhD degree awarded by KU Leuven). The research work will be carried out at KU Leuven, Belgium (Supervisors: Dr. Alexander Bertrand and Prof. Marc Moonen). Interested?For more information please contact Dr. Alexander Bertrand, mail: alexander.bertrand@esat.kuleuven.be or Prof. dr. ir. Marc Moonen, mail: marc.moonen@esat.kuleuven.be. You can apply for this job no later than May 31, 2013 via the The ESAT-MICAS division of the University of Leuven has a long standing tradition in integrated circuit research. These activities started back in 1972 and have been expanding ever since. The group consists currently of 6 full time academic staff members, ca. 10 technical and administrative support persons and more than 50 PhD researchers. The research domain covers a wide range of topics in integrated circuit design. MEMs, analog, RF, mm-wave, mixed mode, digital circuits are all studied by different MICAS researchers or research teams. ESAT-MICAS always supports its design results which physical proof of concepts. Numerous chip and pcb designs are conceived, realized and tested in every project that is tackled. For this, we use state of the art chip and pcb technology. The most advanced technology used in our IC designs currently has a minimum feature size of 28 nm. ProjectIn this research EMI friendly digital circuits will be conceived, designed, processed and tested. The research will start with a focus on EMI friendly, yet high speed and power efficient, digital output drivers. In a second phase EMI friendly low drop voltage regulators will be addressed. In this way the proposed PhD research is tackling the EME issues that are the consequence of advanced CMOS scaling. Always increasing current peaks will generate unacceptable radiation levels of the digital systems if they are not taken care of during the design. The research will be carried out in close cooperation with the industrial partners of ESAT-MICAS. Profile
Offer We offer a 1 year scholarship for PhD research that can be extended to 4 years to come to a complete PhD. Candidates might have to pass a predoctoral exam depending on their antecedents. Interested?For more information please contact Prof. dr. ir. Wim Dehaene, tel.: +3216321719, mail: wim.dehaene@esat.kuleuven.be. You can apply for this job no later than July 01, 2013 via the The ESAT-MICAS division of the University of Leuven has a long standing tradition in integrated circuit research. These activities started back in 1972 and have been expanding ever since. The group consists currently of 6 full time academic staff members, ca. 10 technical and administrative support persons and more than 50 PhD researchers. The research domain covers a wide range of topics in integrated circuit design. MEMs, analog, RF, mm-wave, mixed mode, digital circuits are all studied by different MICAS researchers or research teams. ESAT-MICAS always supports its design results which physical proof of concepts. Numerous chip and pcb designs are conceived, realized and tested in every project that is tackled. For this, we use state of the art chip and pcb technology. The most advanced technology used in our IC designs currently has a minimum feature size of 28 nm. ProjectIn this research we will conceive, design, process and test highly efficient, yet flexible RF transmitter systems. These will be based on high speed, continuous time digital modulator that drives a switched mode RF power amplifier. Co-design of these two components will bring the necessary combination of efficiency and flexibility, linearity. This will enable highly integrated, yet efficient, solutions for future wireless applications. A major challenge with switched PA systems is the fulfillment of out of band spectral mask requirements. This research will be carried out in cooperation with the industrial partners of ESAT-MICAS. Profile
Offer We offer a 1 year PhD scholarship. This can be extended to a 4 year full PhD. Candidates might have to pass a predoctoral exam depending on their antecedents. Interested?For more information please contact Prof. dr. ir. Wim Dehaene, mail: wim.dehaene@esat.kuleuven.be or Prof. dr. ir. Patrick Reynaert, mail: patrick.reynaert@esat.kuleuven.be. You can apply for this job no later than July 01, 2013 via the Click here to apply to this project |
sub-THz integrated circuits in CMOS50000403v52446585
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Promoter: Prof. dr. ir. Patrick Reynaert More info: jobsite
More info: https://icts.kuleuven.be/apps/jobsite/vacatures/id/52446585/lang/en
SCD is a division of the department of Electrical Engineering (ESAT) of the Faculty of Engineering of the KU Leuven. SCD's major research objective is to design and build advanced methods for crucial problems in information processing. It builds on the enormous growth in computer power, communication bandwidth and available data and the various needs in society for effective use of these opportunities. SCD has a number of mutually reinforcing groups that build expertise from the more conceptual and mathematical level downstream until the validation with our partners in practical applications in the field. A major driving force of the research is the diverse use of generic information processing methods based on applied mathematics like linear and multilinear algebra, statistics, discrete mathematics, differential geometry, and optimization. SCD has built up world recognized expertise in bioinformatics, biomedical data processing, signal (audio, communications) processing, cryptography, embedded systems, data mining, neural networks, identification, control, ... ProjectThis vacant position is opened in the frame of an FP7/FET project on Heterogeneous Ad-hoc Networks for Distributed, Cooperative, and Adaptive Multimedia Signal Processing ('HANDiCAMS'). The project is aimed at developing a new ICT paradigm, which considers multiple heterogeneous devices that cooperate in multiple signal processing tasks. The research involves algorithm design for speech enhancement in wireless acoustic sensor networks (WASNs). A WASN consists of a set of nodes which are all equipped with a microphone array, as well as facilities for local signal processing and wireless communications. The nodes in the WASN then cooperate to enhance their respective microphone signals based on in-network signal fusion using signals from other nodes. The research will mainly focus on distributed speech enhancement algorithms for heterogeneous WASNs, as well as distributed network topology inference and selection. ProfileCandidates must hold a Masters degree in Engineering (or equivalent). Experience and education in signal processing theory, speech processing and other related areas, as well as Matlab programming skills, are recommended. Excellent proficiency in the English language is also required. OfferThis job opening covers a full-time research position of at least 3 years in the frame of a doctoral program (resulting in a PhD degree awarded by KU Leuven). The research work will be carried out at KU Leuven, Belgium (Supervisors: Dr. Alexander Bertrand and Prof. Marc Moonen). Interested?For more information please contact Dr. Alexander Bertrand, mail: alexander.bertrand@esat.kuleuven.be or Prof. dr. ir. Marc Moonen, mail: marc.moonen@esat.kuleuven.be. You can apply for this job no later than May 31, 2013 via the The ESAT-MICAS division of the University of Leuven has a long standing tradition in integrated circuit research. These activities started back in 1972 and have been expanding ever since. The group consists currently of 6 full time academic staff members, ca. 10 technical and administrative support persons and more than 50 PhD researchers. The research domain covers a wide range of topics in integrated circuit design. MEMs, analog, RF, mm-wave, mixed mode, digital circuits are all studied by different MICAS researchers or research teams. ESAT-MICAS always supports its design results which physical proof of concepts. Numerous chip and pcb designs are conceived, realized and tested in every project that is tackled. For this, we use state of the art chip and pcb technology. The most advanced technology used in our IC designs currently has a minimum feature size of 28 nm. ProjectIn this research EMI friendly digital circuits will be conceived, designed, processed and tested. The research will start with a focus on EMI friendly, yet high speed and power efficient, digital output drivers. In a second phase EMI friendly low drop voltage regulators will be addressed. In this way the proposed PhD research is tackling the EME issues that are the consequence of advanced CMOS scaling. Always increasing current peaks will generate unacceptable radiation levels of the digital systems if they are not taken care of during the design. The research will be carried out in close cooperation with the industrial partners of ESAT-MICAS. Profile
Offer We offer a 1 year scholarship for PhD research that can be extended to 4 years to come to a complete PhD. Candidates might have to pass a predoctoral exam depending on their antecedents. Interested?For more information please contact Prof. dr. ir. Wim Dehaene, tel.: +3216321719, mail: wim.dehaene@esat.kuleuven.be. You can apply for this job no later than July 01, 2013 via the The ESAT-MICAS division of the University of Leuven has a long standing tradition in integrated circuit research. These activities started back in 1972 and have been expanding ever since. The group consists currently of 6 full time academic staff members, ca. 10 technical and administrative support persons and more than 50 PhD researchers. The research domain covers a wide range of topics in integrated circuit design. MEMs, analog, RF, mm-wave, mixed mode, digital circuits are all studied by different MICAS researchers or research teams. ESAT-MICAS always supports its design results which physical proof of concepts. Numerous chip and pcb designs are conceived, realized and tested in every project that is tackled. For this, we use state of the art chip and pcb technology. The most advanced technology used in our IC designs currently has a minimum feature size of 28 nm. ProjectIn this research we will conceive, design, process and test highly efficient, yet flexible RF transmitter systems. These will be based on high speed, continuous time digital modulator that drives a switched mode RF power amplifier. Co-design of these two components will bring the necessary combination of efficiency and flexibility, linearity. This will enable highly integrated, yet efficient, solutions for future wireless applications. A major challenge with switched PA systems is the fulfillment of out of band spectral mask requirements. This research will be carried out in cooperation with the industrial partners of ESAT-MICAS. Profile
Offer We offer a 1 year PhD scholarship. This can be extended to a 4 year full PhD. Candidates might have to pass a predoctoral exam depending on their antecedents. Interested?For more information please contact Prof. dr. ir. Wim Dehaene, mail: wim.dehaene@esat.kuleuven.be or Prof. dr. ir. Patrick Reynaert, mail: patrick.reynaert@esat.kuleuven.be. You can apply for this job no later than July 01, 2013 via the http://homes.esat.kuleuven.be/~reynaert/ Project As CMOS goes towards nanometer device sizes, sub-THz operation of CMOS circuits becomes feasible. This enables new applications and opportunities for mm-wave and sub-THz integrated circuits in CMOS. This research will explore new circuit techniques to enable these applications. ProfileCandidates should have a strong background in IC design, preferably in CMOS. Offer Working towards a Ph.D. degree in a challenging research team under the guidance of Prof. Patrick Reynaert, with a competitive salary compared to industry. Interested?For more information please contact Prof. dr. ir. Patrick Reynaert, tel.: +3216321878, mail: patrick.reynaert@esat.kuleuven.be. You can apply for this job no later than May 31, 2013 via the Click here to apply to this project |
Integrated CMOS RF power amplifiers50000403v52425651
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Promoter: Prof. dr. ir. Patrick Reynaert More info: jobsite
More info: https://icts.kuleuven.be/apps/jobsite/vacatures/id/52425651/lang/en
SCD is a division of the department of Electrical Engineering (ESAT) of the Faculty of Engineering of the KU Leuven. SCD's major research objective is to design and build advanced methods for crucial problems in information processing. It builds on the enormous growth in computer power, communication bandwidth and available data and the various needs in society for effective use of these opportunities. SCD has a number of mutually reinforcing groups that build expertise from the more conceptual and mathematical level downstream until the validation with our partners in practical applications in the field. A major driving force of the research is the diverse use of generic information processing methods based on applied mathematics like linear and multilinear algebra, statistics, discrete mathematics, differential geometry, and optimization. SCD has built up world recognized expertise in bioinformatics, biomedical data processing, signal (audio, communications) processing, cryptography, embedded systems, data mining, neural networks, identification, control, ... ProjectThis vacant position is opened in the frame of an FP7/FET project on Heterogeneous Ad-hoc Networks for Distributed, Cooperative, and Adaptive Multimedia Signal Processing ('HANDiCAMS'). The project is aimed at developing a new ICT paradigm, which considers multiple heterogeneous devices that cooperate in multiple signal processing tasks. The research involves algorithm design for speech enhancement in wireless acoustic sensor networks (WASNs). A WASN consists of a set of nodes which are all equipped with a microphone array, as well as facilities for local signal processing and wireless communications. The nodes in the WASN then cooperate to enhance their respective microphone signals based on in-network signal fusion using signals from other nodes. The research will mainly focus on distributed speech enhancement algorithms for heterogeneous WASNs, as well as distributed network topology inference and selection. ProfileCandidates must hold a Masters degree in Engineering (or equivalent). Experience and education in signal processing theory, speech processing and other related areas, as well as Matlab programming skills, are recommended. Excellent proficiency in the English language is also required. OfferThis job opening covers a full-time research position of at least 3 years in the frame of a doctoral program (resulting in a PhD degree awarded by KU Leuven). The research work will be carried out at KU Leuven, Belgium (Supervisors: Dr. Alexander Bertrand and Prof. Marc Moonen). Interested?For more information please contact Dr. Alexander Bertrand, mail: alexander.bertrand@esat.kuleuven.be or Prof. dr. ir. Marc Moonen, mail: marc.moonen@esat.kuleuven.be. You can apply for this job no later than May 31, 2013 via the The ESAT-MICAS division of the University of Leuven has a long standing tradition in integrated circuit research. These activities started back in 1972 and have been expanding ever since. The group consists currently of 6 full time academic staff members, ca. 10 technical and administrative support persons and more than 50 PhD researchers. The research domain covers a wide range of topics in integrated circuit design. MEMs, analog, RF, mm-wave, mixed mode, digital circuits are all studied by different MICAS researchers or research teams. ESAT-MICAS always supports its design results which physical proof of concepts. Numerous chip and pcb designs are conceived, realized and tested in every project that is tackled. For this, we use state of the art chip and pcb technology. The most advanced technology used in our IC designs currently has a minimum feature size of 28 nm. ProjectIn this research EMI friendly digital circuits will be conceived, designed, processed and tested. The research will start with a focus on EMI friendly, yet high speed and power efficient, digital output drivers. In a second phase EMI friendly low drop voltage regulators will be addressed. In this way the proposed PhD research is tackling the EME issues that are the consequence of advanced CMOS scaling. Always increasing current peaks will generate unacceptable radiation levels of the digital systems if they are not taken care of during the design. The research will be carried out in close cooperation with the industrial partners of ESAT-MICAS. Profile
Offer We offer a 1 year scholarship for PhD research that can be extended to 4 years to come to a complete PhD. Candidates might have to pass a predoctoral exam depending on their antecedents. Interested?For more information please contact Prof. dr. ir. Wim Dehaene, tel.: +3216321719, mail: wim.dehaene@esat.kuleuven.be. You can apply for this job no later than July 01, 2013 via the The ESAT-MICAS division of the University of Leuven has a long standing tradition in integrated circuit research. These activities started back in 1972 and have been expanding ever since. The group consists currently of 6 full time academic staff members, ca. 10 technical and administrative support persons and more than 50 PhD researchers. The research domain covers a wide range of topics in integrated circuit design. MEMs, analog, RF, mm-wave, mixed mode, digital circuits are all studied by different MICAS researchers or research teams. ESAT-MICAS always supports its design results which physical proof of concepts. Numerous chip and pcb designs are conceived, realized and tested in every project that is tackled. For this, we use state of the art chip and pcb technology. The most advanced technology used in our IC designs currently has a minimum feature size of 28 nm. ProjectIn this research we will conceive, design, process and test highly efficient, yet flexible RF transmitter systems. These will be based on high speed, continuous time digital modulator that drives a switched mode RF power amplifier. Co-design of these two components will bring the necessary combination of efficiency and flexibility, linearity. This will enable highly integrated, yet efficient, solutions for future wireless applications. A major challenge with switched PA systems is the fulfillment of out of band spectral mask requirements. This research will be carried out in cooperation with the industrial partners of ESAT-MICAS. Profile
Offer We offer a 1 year PhD scholarship. This can be extended to a 4 year full PhD. Candidates might have to pass a predoctoral exam depending on their antecedents. Interested?For more information please contact Prof. dr. ir. Wim Dehaene, mail: wim.dehaene@esat.kuleuven.be or Prof. dr. ir. Patrick Reynaert, mail: patrick.reynaert@esat.kuleuven.be. You can apply for this job no later than July 01, 2013 via the http://homes.esat.kuleuven.be/~reynaert/ Project As CMOS goes towards nanometer device sizes, sub-THz operation of CMOS circuits becomes feasible. This enables new applications and opportunities for mm-wave and sub-THz integrated circuits in CMOS. This research will explore new circuit techniques to enable these applications. ProfileCandidates should have a strong background in IC design, preferably in CMOS. Offer Working towards a Ph.D. degree in a challenging research team under the guidance of Prof. Patrick Reynaert, with a competitive salary compared to industry. Interested?For more information please contact Prof. dr. ir. Patrick Reynaert, tel.: +3216321878, mail: patrick.reynaert@esat.kuleuven.be. You can apply for this job no later than May 31, 2013 via the ProjectThis research project is about fully integrated CMOS RF power amplifiers, using novel digital modulator architectures and power combining techniques. The focus will be on the RF-frequency range (800MHz-5GHz) ProfileCandidates should have a Masters degree in electronics, with a strong focus on IC design, RF design, CMOS, and preferably with some circuit design and measurement experience. OfferA research position working towards Ph.D. degree. Interested?For more information please contact Prof. dr. ir. Patrick Reynaert, tel.: +3216321878, mail: patrick.reynaert@esat.kuleuven.be. You can apply for this job no later than July 01, 2013 via the Click here to apply to this project |
Circuits and technologies for embedded security50000403v89
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Promoter: Ingrid Verbauwhede details
Description: Digital circuit designers need to take the effects of deep-submicron technologies such as process variations and leakage currents, into account. This is also the case for security designs. Every small embedded device, including sensor nodes or RFID tags, smartcards, and so on, need some form of security and privacy. Unfortunately the integrated circuit is very often the weak link. There is a large need on new circuit techniques to support strong security on integrated circuits: secure memories, secure generation of unique keys and identification tags, etc. There are two main goals. One is to realize efficient, low power, high performance implementations of new security algorithms and protocols. The second is to make also the implementations secure. The research will take place in the COSIC (Computer Security and Industrial cryptography) research group of the Electrical Engineering department at the KU Leuven, under the supervision of Prof. Ingrid Verbauwhede. To get an idea of past and current projects please visit the websites: www.esat.kuleuven.be/cosic Key words: digital circuits design, technology, security, cryptography Latest application date: 2013-06-01 Financing: available Type of Position: scholarship Duration of the Project : 4 years Link: http://esat.kuleuven.be/cosic Research group: Remarks: The candidate should have a strong background in circuit design, digital design and is interested in learning about security applications. Knowledge on cryptography and security is a plus. Team spirit and good knowledge of English are required. COSIC is a very international research group with researchers from almost 20 different countries. The start date of the project is flexible. Apply to Click here to apply to this project |
Advanced Symmetric Cryptanalysis50000403v6970
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Promoter: Bart Preneeldetails
Description: Symmetric cryptography is used to protect large amounts of digital data. Block ciphers, stream ciphers, message authentication codes, hash functions are types of algorithms which fall in the class of symmetric cryptography. Well-known standards include the AES, the 3GPP algorithm suite, the SHA-3 candidates. The security of these algorithms is usually measured by determining their resistance against several methods of cryptanalysis: differential cryptanalysis, linear cryptanalysis, etc. We are continuously looking for students who want to learn about symmetric cryptanalysis and to apply the methods to modern cryptographic algorithms. Besides the standard cryptanalysis methods, the students will also work with recently developed advanced variants like rebound attacks, zero-correlation linear cryptanalysis etc. A background in cryptography or computer security is not required. The applicant should be familiar with linear algebra, coding theory, Boolean functions, programming in C, C++ or Java, and be willing to learn more mathematics as needed. Key words: symmetric cryptography, cryptanalysis, hash functions, block ciphers, stream ciphers Latest application date: 2016-04-09 Financing: available Type of Position: scholarship Duration of the Project : 4 years Link: http://www.esat.kuleuven.be/scd/research.php?view=SK Research group: Apply to Click here to apply to this project |
