Research Fellow in Compressive Sensing

Background

City University London is a global University committed to academic excellence with a focus on business and the professions and an enviable central London location.

The University attracts over 17,000 students (35% at postgraduate level) from more than 150 countries and academic staff from over 50 countries. Its academic range is broadly-based with world leading strengths in business; law; health sciences; engineering; mathematical sciences; informatics; social sciences; and the arts including journalism and music.

City is in the top 5% of universities in the world according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2011/12 and in the top 30 UK Universities according to the Times Higher Education Table of Tables 2012. It is ranked in the top 10 in the UK for graduate-level jobs and the top 12 for starting salaries (The Sunday Times University Guide 2012). Fifteen of its subject areas were identified as undertaking world-leading or internationally-excellent research in the last Research Assessment Exercise.

City has embarked on a strategic transformation to strengthen still further its position as a leading global University.

The School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences (SEMS) is focused on research, enjoys strong links with industry and an excellent graduate employment record.

The Structural Dynamics Research Group, part of the Department of Civil Engineering in SEMS, has recently been awarded a research grant by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) on “Compressive Sensing for Wireless Vibration-Based Structural Health Monitoring of Civil Engineering Structures”. The project involves multi-disciplinary computational and analytical work spanning the fields of structural dynamics, compressive sensing, and array signal analysis.

The Group is seeking to appoint an outstanding Research Fellow in the field of signal processing/ compressive sensing to work under the supervision of the Principal Investigator, Dr.Giaralis and in consultation with the international project partners (Prof. R. Baraniuk- Rice University, Houston, TX, USA and Dr P. Boufounos- Mitsubishi Electrics Research Labs, Boston, MA, USA) to meet the aims and objectives of the project. The appointment is fixed for one year and is available from 1st September 2013 or as soon as possible thereafter.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be responsible for developing compressive signal processing based algorithms for structural health monitoring applications supported by theoretical/analytical work under the supervision of the Principal Investigator and the project partners. He or she will also be responsible for developing relevant computer programmes to test the developed algorithms against provided simulated and experimental structural dynamics signals. The succesful candidate will co-author papers reporting research findings to be published in peer-reviewed international journals and conference proceedings and will receive support to attend international conferences and to participate in meetings with the project partners and other project stakeholders.

Person Specification

The post holder will have a PhD in Electrical Engineering/Applied Mathematics or a related subject. Expertise in the field of signal acquisition and processing is essential while research track record in the area of compressive sensing is desirable. Excellent programming skills in MATLAB are required, along with very good communication skills in spoken and written English. Flexibility to travel for a long period of time to liaise with the international academic project partner at Rice University is desirable.

Additional Information

In return, we offer a comprehensive package of in-house staff training and development, and benefits that include a final salary pension scheme.

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Closing date: 24 May 2013