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**Wireless sensor relocation** Position type: Post-doctoral Fellow Functional area: Lille (Villeneuve d'Asq) Application deadline: 29/06/2012 **Mission** The Internet of things refers to the networked interconnection of objects such as smart phones, or other small devices. It is described as a self-configuring autonomous wireless network of devices or sensors whose purpose would be to provide information to humans. Although the idea behind wireless sensor networks is simple, its application is difficult. Even if sensors are equipped with radio communication capabilities, efficiently interconnecting these high-constrained devices in a self-configuring and autonomous way is a challenging task. Moreover, more and more sensor have motion capabilities. It is thus desirable to use this mobility capability to adapt to changes in the sensing field and/or application goal in the time and space dimension. Therefore, the next challenge in the context of mobile wireless sensor networks is not to conceive a new protocol or protocol stack for a specific use case or specific application, but rather to propose a framework to manage both mobility and communication stack to increase the performance of mobile wireless sensor networks. **Job offer description** The post-doc candidate will conceive and study theoretical solutions, simulations and real implementations (depending on candidate skills) of a framework that can integrate and uses efficiently the sensor's mobility in the communication stack. More specifically, we will consider that only a few sensors have motion capabilities and can carry out some static sensors to replace them. This pick up and delivery problem related to the well-known travelling salesman problem must be solve with an heuristic in a distributed manner. **Skills and profile** Candidate must have a solid background in (wireless) networking and algorithms for distributed systems. Programming skills is required (knowledge of network simulator is a plus). Knowledge in queueing theory and performance evaluation tools will be appreciated. Successful candidates must have a PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related fields, and a strong publication record in the areas of design and analysis of network protocols and distributed systems. Fluency in English is also required. **Benefits** Duration : 16 months Salary: 2 620,84 eur gross/month Monthly salary after taxes : around 2138 eur (medical insurance included). Possibility of French courses Help for housing Participation for transportation Scientific Resident card and help for husband/wife visa **Additional information** Before applying, please contact: [email protected] _______________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) - for discussions on computer networking and communication. [email protected] https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc
