1 - Working at the VUB
For more than 50 years, the Vrije Universiteit Brussel has stood for freedom, equality and solidarity, and this is very much alive on our campuses among students and staff alike.
At the VUB, you will find a diverse collection of personalities: innovators pur sang, but above all people who are 100% their authentic selves. With some 4,000 employees, we are the largest Dutch-speaking employer, in the private sector, in Brussels; an international city with which we are only too happy to connect and where (around) our 4 campuses are located.
Add to this our principle of free research - in which self-reflection, a critical attitude and an open, creative mind around scientific and social issues are central - and you have a university that is fundamentally groundbreaking and pioneering in education and research. In short: the VUB all over again.
Moreover, the VUB is a member of EUTOPIA, an alliance of like-minded European universities, all ready to reinvent themselves.
2 - Position description
The Faculty of Engineering, Department Elektronica en informatica, Research Group Electronics and Informatics: Research – Development - Innovation is looking for a PhD-student with a doctoral grant.
More concretely your work package, for the preparation of a doctorate, contains:
You will pioneer novel multiterminal source coding and its real-world deployment in autonomous systems such as ground and aerial vehicles, and mobile robots. This includes:
Design multiterminal code constructions for video and point-cloud data compression based on machine learning techniques.
Design and analyze deep learning architectures for semantic video and point-cloud data compression and communication.
Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to test solutions on real-life testbeds, including an autonomous vehicle.
Publish research findings at top-tier conferences and journals.
Interact with academic collaborators, industrial partners, and researchers within the IONIAN consortium.
Organize and participate in project meetings, present research findings, and contribute to project reports.
Participate in the follow-up of master thesis students and serve as a teaching assistant in a master’s course.
For this function, our Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus (Elsene) will serve as your home base.