UTS PhD POSITION DESCRIPTION Position Summary You will play a key role in developing advanced wireless communications and signal processing technologies to enhance the research capability of the mobile sensing and communications program in our Global Big Data Technologies Centre (GBDTC). Detailed Description About Global Big Data Technologies Centre GBDTC is an international centre of excellence for the development of enabling technologies for big data communications, science and business analytics. GBDTC serves as a collaborative hub for transdisciplinary research, and our researchers are internationally recognised for their prominence and impact at the nexus of science and industry, engineering and IT. Leading UTS researchers are joined by eminent professors and scientists from Australia and across the globe, and national research organisations including our foundation partner, CSIRO. Our research covers four main fields in big data technologies in the big data ecosystem: mobile sensing and wireless communications; image and video data analytics; big data storage, sharing and scalable analytics; and big data as a service. More details about the Centre and the Program can be found on http://www.uts.edu.au/research‐and‐ teaching/our‐research/global‐big‐data‐technologies‐centre About the Role The key component of the role will be carrying out research and development in the areas of wireless and digital signal processing for future high capacity communications systems and high resolution remote sensing systems. You will also participate in the Centre’s research projects. This is a great opportunity for a candidate that has strong research experience and publication track record in wireless system design, modulation, coding, multiple input multiple output beamforming algorithm development, interference cancellation, radar signal design, detection and analysis. Research Areas Self‐interference cancellation for full duplex wireless communications Full duplex has emerged as a new communications paradigm shift, and is anticipated to significantly increase information transmission capacity compared to conventional half duplex radios. This research investigates theory and implementation techniques for RF and baseband interference cancellation, enabling bi‐directional transmission with the same frequency band. Additional uses for full duplex in wireless systems, such as active radar systems, will result in revolutionary architecture innovation and significant performance improvement. Massive hybrid antenna array for mm‐wave communications Wireless communications using millimetre wave (mm‐wave) frequency bands have developed from niche 1 20/01/2020 market applications into potentially global applications in mobile broadband systems. Wireless system designers have embarked on research into fifth generation (5G) cellular systems to meeting exponential growth in demand for high data rates and mobility required by new wireless applications. This research project will enable the 5G vision, with a focus on development and delivery of a low cost massive hybrid antenna array implementation and effective digital signal processing techniques. High speed signal processing and implementation for wireless communication systems Increasing demand for high speed wireless communications systems means that new signal processing algorithms and hardware implementations are necessary to meet low cost and high performance requirements. This research project will investigate effective digital signal processing algorithms and efficient hardware design to realise high speed wireless communications in real‐time. PhD candidates should have both theoretical background and hardware implementation experience. The main duties/responsibilities • • • • Perform literature review to understand the state‐of‐the‐ art in high capacity wireless communications technologies such as the emerging 5G systems and high resolution remote sensing systems such as the synthetic aperture radar Conduct scientific research to advance the wireless communications and remote sensing technologies, increase the system capacity, and improve the system performance Participate in research projects, including undertaking algorithm simulations, reporting simulation results, and providing solutions to research problems Write research papers on new theories, algorithms, and implementation solutions, and publish the results in high quality journals and premier international conferences The main skills/experience required • • • • • • • Bachelor or Master qualification in electric engineering, particularly wireless communication and digital signal processing IELTS 6.5 or equivalent for international applicants Proven capability to undertake scientific research as well as industry development projects Strong track record of publishing in high quality journals and premier international conferences Demonstrated skills in numerical simulation at both system and algorithm levels using appropriate tools such as C++, Matlab, and Simulink Knowledge in real‐time digital signal processing hardware and software such as FPGA and VHDL Good communication and interpersonal skills, and ability to work in a multidisciplinary team as an effective team player Scholarship $27,609 pa Scholarship top‐ups available depending on academic merits and research experience. How to Apply Go to website https://www.uts.edu.au/research‐and‐teaching/graduate‐research/future‐research‐ students/application‐essentials for more details. Please also contact Professor Xiaojing Huang (email: Xiaojing.Huang@uts.edu.au) for specific enquiries or issues with your application. 2 20/01/2020
