3 Mar 2025
Job Information
- Organisation/Company
IMDEA Networks Institute- Department
Networks Data Science Group- Research Field
Computer science » Other- Researcher Profile
First Stage Researcher (R1)- Positions
PhD Positions- Country
Spain- Application Deadline
30 Apr 2025 - 13:59 (Europe/Madrid)- Type of Contract
Temporary- Job Status
Full-time- Hours Per Week
40- Offer Starting Date
1 May 2025- Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
European Union / Next Generation EU- Reference Number
CNS2023-143870- Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
No
Offer Description
The Networks Data Science group (http://nds.networks.imdea.org/ ) at IMDEA Networks Institute has an opening for one PhD student in the area of mobile network intelligence.
The successful candidate will design original AI solutions for the automation of network functionalities to be deployed in next-generation 6G systems. The focus of the studies will be on surpassing practical limitations that affect today’s AI paradigms and hinder their adoption in production-grade mobile network infrastructures. The PhD student will leverage privileged access to Terabytes of measurements from leading operators to (i) understand the very specific challenges of learning from network traffic and (ii) train original AI models that are designed to operate precisely on such data and overcome the identified challenges.
The student is expected to implement the AI models in emerging network architectures and to demonstrate their viability in production systems under real-world network deployments and traffic loads, therefore contributing to the history of breakthroughs achieved by the NDS group in the development of AI for anticipatory mobile network operation [1-10].
Where to apply
- Website
- https://networks.imdea.org/job/phd-position-in-operational-ai-for-production-gr…
Requirements
- Research Field
- Computer science » Other
- Education Level
- Bachelor Degree or equivalent
Specific Requirements
The position requires:
- a degree in Computer Science or related field, with a solid academic record
- excellent programming skills
- a strong interest in applied AI (prior experience is a plus)
- a strong interest in traffic data analysis (prior experience is a plus)
- fluency in written and spoken English
- enthusiasm for interdisciplinary research.
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Level
- Excellent
- Research Field
- Computer science » Other
Additional Information
Benefits
The position offers:
- hands-on training in applied AI for next-generation mobile network systems
- a unique opportunity to work with large-scale real-world measurement data
- the possibility to interact and collaborate with major telco industry players
- a vibrant, collaborative, multi-cultural and English-speaking environment
- the prospect to publish at top-tier venues in networking
- an advantageous path to a successful career in industry or academia [11]
- the high quality of life of the region of Madrid, Spain, where we are based.
Eligibility criteria
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.
Additional comments
Inquiries on the position can be directed to the thesis supervisor, Dr. Marco Fiore, via email at marco.fiore@imdea.org .
Candidates shall submit by the call deadline a CV, a motivation letter, and the contact details of two references through the IMDEA Networks Institute hiring portal, at https://careers.networks.imdea.org/ .
This position could be co-funded by the project “6G-IRONWARE: Robust time-based mobile network traffic prediction for 6G” (grant CNS2023-143870), funded by MICIU/AEI /10.13039/501100011033 and by the European Union NextGenerationEU/PRTR.
This position could be co-financed by the project “ORIGAMI: Optimized resource integration and global architecture for mobile infrastructure for 6G” (Grant Agreement n. 101139270), funded by the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) and the European Commission through the Horizon Europe program call HORIZON-JU-SNS-2023.
[1] A. Duttagupta, M. Jabbari, C. Fiandrino, M. Fiore, J. Widmer, SymbXRL: Symbolic Explainable Deep Reinforcement Learning for Mobile Networks, IEEE INFOCOM 2025
[2] L. Schiavo, G. Garcia-Aviles, A. Saavedra, M. Gramaglia, M. Fiore, A. Banchs, X. Costa-Perez, CloudRIC: Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) Virtualization with Shared Heterogeneous Computing ACM MobiCom 2024
[3] A. Collet, A. Bazco-Nogueras, A. Banchs, M. Fiore, Explainable and Transferable Loss Meta-Learning for Zero-Touch Anticipatory Network, Management IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, 21:3, 2024
[4] C. Fiandrino, E. Pérez-Gómez, P. Fernández-Pérez, H. Mohammadalizadeh, M. Fiore, J. Widmer, AIChronoLens: Advancing Explainability for Time Series AI Forecasting in Mobile Networks, IEEE INFOCOM 2024
[5] S. Alcala-Marin, A. Bazco-Nogueras, A. Banchs, M. Fiore, kaNSaaS: Combining Deep Learning and Optimization for Practical Overbooking of Network Slices, ACM MobiHoc 2023
[6] A. Collet, A. Bazco Nogueras, A. Banchs, M. Fiore, AutoManager: a Meta-Learning Model for Network Management from Intertwined Forecasts, IEEE INFOCOM 2023
[7] A. Collet, A. Banchs, M. Fiore, LossLeaP: Learning to Predict for Intent-Based Networking, IEEE INFOCOM 2022
[8] C. Zhang, M. Fiore, I. Murray, P. Patras, CloudLSTM: A Recurrent Neural Model for Spatiotemporal Point-cloud Stream Forecasting, AAAI 2021
[9] D. Bega, M. Gramaglia, M. Fiore, A. Banchs, X. Costa-Perez, AZTEC: Anticipatory Capacity Allocation for Zero-Touch Network Slicing, IEEE INFOCOM 2020
[10] D. Bega, M. Gramaglia, M. Fiore, A. Banchs, X. Costa-Perez, DeepCog: Cognitive Network Management in Sliced 5G Networks with Deep Learning, IEEE INFOCOM 2019
[11] https://networks.imdea.org/team/imdea-networks-team/alumni-network/
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available
- 1
- Company/Institute
- IMDEA Networks Institute
- Country
- Spain
- State/Province
- Madrid
- City
- Leganés
- Postal Code
- 28918
- Street
- Avenida del Mar Mediterráneo, 22
- Geofield
Contact
- State/Province
Madrid- City
Leganés- Website
https://networks.imdea.org/- Street
Avenida del Mar Mediterráneo, 22- Postal Code
28918
hr.networks@imdea.org- Phone
914816210
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