The Division of Systems and Control at the Department of Electrical Engineering at Chalmers is looking for a Doctoral student to become part of their team. At the department of Electrical Engineering research and education are performed in the areas of Communications, Antennas and Optical Networks, Systems and Control, Signal processing and Biomedical engineering, and Electric Power Engineering. We work with sustainable and smart solutions to societal challenges, such as energy efficiency and electrification in areas ranging from transport and production systems to communication solutions and biomedical engineering.
You will join a group within the Automatic Control unit of the Systems and Control division focusing on data-driven control methodologies.
About the research project
Model-based control is arguably the prime framework to perform certifiably-safe regulation of dynamical systems. However, when dynamics are complex, nonlinear and partially unknown, such a model is typically obtained from observations by performing system identification. Typical identification algorithms are agnostic of the downstream task they will be deployed on, and this may lead to a suboptimal control performance. In this project, we will investigate control-oriented biases and their impact on system identification and control, addressing key issues such as persistence of excitation, safe exploration, input design, and connections with direct control methods.
What you will do
- Perform research, developing your own scientific concepts and communicating the results of your research verbally and in writing
- Take courses at an advanced level within the Graduate school of Electrical Engineering
- The position generally also includes teaching on Chalmers’ undergraduate level or performing other duties corresponding to 20 percent of working hours
- As a WASP student you will also be part of a graduate school network across leading Swedish universities, offering specialized courses for AI, extra training, study visits and conferences broadening your skills.
