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POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSISTANT
(12 MONTHS BURSARY)
CENTRE OF RADIO ACCESS AND RURAL COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES
DISCIPLINE OF ELECTRICAL ELECTRONIC AND COMPUTER EENGINEERING
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE
HOWARD COLLEGE CAMPUS
The Telkom Centre of Excellence (COE) at UKZN is a training, research, consultancy and information resource
Centre for the telecommunications in Southern Africa that conducts research on problems related to subscriber services, teletraffic aspects and access networks. Emphasis is placed on investigating new or alternative ways of providing telecommunications services either through legacy or contemporary networks. The center is involved in advancing or developing new digital communication technologies.
The successful candidate for this position will be involved in the development and investigation of modern communication protocols and techniques for cognitive radio. The project will propose optimal energy efficient communication designs to improve the data transmission, monitoring and compare to the few existing design for cognitive radio. The developed design techniques will aim to improve capacity while addressing the arising challenges of cognitive radios. A capacity evaluation of the design will be carried out and practical parameters developed to assist in the implementation of such systems. The candidate will be expected to apply artificial intelligence, machine learning and optimization techniques to improve data transmission in the adverse cognitive radio environments.
The duration of the appointment will be 12 consecutive months, starting in March 2022 or sooner, and may be extended based on performance should additional funding be secured. Each post-doctoral research assistant is paid a R180 000 stipend per annum.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
• The candidate must have been awarded a PhD in Engineering or Computer Science or allied disciplines within the past 3 years.
• A demonstrated record of research in Digital Communications.
• A demonstrated ability to write code, reports and journal articles.
• The ability to contribute to UKZN’s mission and vision in terms of research.
Applicants who do not meet the minimum requirements will not be considered. The closing date for receipt of applications is Friday 31 January 2022.
Request application forms at: NqayiS@ukzn.ac.za. Applications forms, covering letter and curriculum vitae should be addressed to Prof. Tom Walingo and emailed to: Walingo@ukzn.ac.za.
Alternatively, posted to:
Prof Tom Walingo
Centre of Radio Access and Rural Technologies
School of Engineering (Howard College Campus)
Electrical Engineering North Building, Room 4-08
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Durban 4001
South Africa