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1. PhD Position in Electrical Engineering specialising in mobile VR/AR systems

Summary of PhD Program:

Virtual- and Augmented reality are quickly becoming a strong trend in the industry. The largest and most prominent global IT companies are investing heavily in these technologies as the next big evolution of the Internet. This doctoral project will research technologies to facilitate mobile VR/AR systems where processing and data management migrates from user devices to the edge clouds in mobile networks, to offload the devices and to facilitate the emergence of new services.

The research will be carried out in close collaboration between researchers from the department of Electrical- and Information technology and the department of Interaction Design, to tie together processing in mobile systems such as 5G and 6G with the specific requirements of VR/AR applications.

Theoretical models will be devised and tested in two state of the art laboratories, the 5G edge cloud lab and the VR/AR lab. The research will encompass modelling, optimisation and control of outbroken processing and data management and experimental implementation of the models and system components for testing and evaluation.

Last Application Date: 02.Nov.2022

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2. PhD Position in Medical Radiation Physics with a focus on MR-Physics

Summary of PhD Program:

Diffusion MRI (dMRI) measures microscopic properties in the tissue by studying random motion of water molecules. In dense tissue, diffusion is slow, while it appears to be faster in looser tissue. dMRI can therefore detect cancers that cause the tissue to be abnormally dense. Unfortunately, current dMRI methods have a poor clinical performance. This shortcoming can be remedied by performing a wider range of diffusion encoding, and thereby learning more about the tissue microstructure.

For example, we aim to distinguish properties like cell density, cell shape, cell size, blood volume, and cell membrane permeability. Once estimated, these parameters can serve as biomarkers to improve the diagnostics and monitoring of disease.

Job Assignment: The main assignment is to work within the MR physics group on the development of prostate cancer diagnostics and radiotherapy monitoring in both the clinical and pre-clinical environment. We will strive to map tissue microstructure and link it to clinically relevant biomarkers.

Moreover, we continuously work on improving our technical approach, meaning that the work can include image reconstruction, machine learning and programming of the actual MRI system. The research group has a large international collaborative network, which means that travel for planning and execution of various future collaborative projects will be encouraged.

Last Application Date: 31.Oct.2022

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3. PhD Position in applied Physics: X-ray imaging instrumentation

Summary of PhD Program:

X-rays have a unique ability to investigate samples in their natural state, such as cells, proteins in solution or electronic devices potentially at resolutions up to the atomic level. The advent of diffraction-limited storage rings (MAX IV) and X-ray free-electron lasers (European XFEL) have opened a whole new spectrum of applications due to their unprecedented brilliance.

This project aims to develop a novel X-ray imaging method, christened X-ray multi-projection imaging, capable of filming processes in 3D, with temporal resolution several orders of magnitude faster than up-to-date 3D X-ray imaging techniques.

In particular, the candidate will work on the development of such technique and its application to the study of cellulose fibers, a renewable biomaterial, which can replace fossil-based materials. The developed instrument will be commissioned at two of the brightest sources in the world: MAX IV and the European XFEL.

Last Application Date: 31.Oct.2022

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4. PhD Position in Building Physics focusing on sustainable buildings and future climate

Summary of PhD Program:

A sustainable development requires reduced use of resources for construction and heating. Thicker thermal insulation, new building parts and changed ventilation rate affect the properties of the buildings. This has sometimes resulted in moisture damage such as discoloration, mold growth, bad odors and rot. Actions to avoid these damages includes doing research that leads to updated building codes, standards and handbooks. The development of calculation tools has increased the possibilities of predicting moisture-related problems.

The doctoral project aims to support the construction industry in designing and erecting energy-efficient buildings, and renovating existing ones to new construction standards, so that the risk of moisture damage is minimized. If moisture damage is avoided, sustainable buildings are created that reduce the need for energy. In addition, resources are saved to produce materials, increases the life of the building and reduces the need for transport. It is critical to also take into account ongoing climate changes that place new demands on our buildings.

For energy performance, there are methods for developing and managing dimensioning climates that are used as boundary conditions in calculations. For moisture safety, however, there is a lack of good tools for producing dimensioning climates, this applies both to current and future climates.

The project therefore includes both studying moisture-proof solutions, which provide a sustainable construction, and developing a dimensioning climate that is used to calculate the moisture safety of the produced constructions. The main task for doctoral students is to dedicate themselves to their doctoral education, which includes both participation in research projects and doctoral education courses. The duties also include participation in teaching and other institutional work, however, a maximum of 20% of the working time. Teaching takes place mainly in Swedish.

Last Application Date: 21.Oct.2022

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5. PhD Position in primary forest research

Summary of PhD Program:

Primary forests have many names, including pristine forests and virgin forests. They are characterized by little to no direct human impact, mainly the lack of logging. Humans use more than 75% of ice-free land globally, and pristine ecosystems have been transformed to crop lands, pastures and managed forests. Mapping, measuring and studying primary forests serves two purposes:

(1) Whilst we can increasingly detect changes in forest productivity, biomass and even mortality from space, the lack of precise land use maps means that it has been hard to determine what is natural dynamics and what is human intervention (e.g. logging, fertilization, planting). Primary forests are ideal sites to study natural processes since they are defined by little to no past and present direct human impact.

(2) How much carbon pristine forests store or the biodiversity they harbor, can be used to estimate how human land use has affected land carbon storage and biodiversity. Acquiring maps, knowledge and understanding of primary forests in a timely manner is key since old growth forests are being logged and lost at a high rate in Europe and globally. The states of primary forests are also informative for the states that could be reached when restoring ecosystems through free development protection or re-wilding.

Last Application Date: 20.Oct.2022

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6. PhD Position in numerical analysis

Summary of PhD Program:

The project is about so called coupled multiphysics problems, specifically the interaction of two partial differential equations across an interface. In particular, we consider environmental models involving air and water flows. Examples are atmosphere-ocean interaction within a climate model or the coupling of groundwater flows with river systems. The standard is a partitioned approach where existing codes for the subproblems are reused and they interact via the exchange of boundary information.

In this project, we design improved partitioned methods for time dependent problems, and analyze their mathematical properties. A key ingredient are so called waveform iterations. The final result of the project will be not only new/improved methods and mathematical results about their properties, but also an implementation in an open source C++ library.

Last Application Date: 20.Oct.2022

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1. PhD Student in tourism

Summary of Doctoral Project:

Students with basic eligibility for third-cycle studies are those who- have completed a second-cycle degree- have completed courses of at least 240 credits, of which at least 60 credits are from second-cycle courses, or- have acquired largely equivalent knowledge in some other way, in Sweden or abroad. The employment of doctoral students is regulated in the Swedish Code of Statues 1998: 80. Only those who are or have been admitted to PhD-studies may be appointed to doctoral studentships. When an appointment to a doctoral studentship is made, the ability of the student to benefit from PhD-studies shall primarily be taken into account. In addition to devoting themselves to their studies, those appointed to doctoral studentships may be required to work with educational tasks, research and administration, in accordance with specific regulations in the ordinance.

Last Application Date: 10.Sep.2022

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2. PhD Student in sustainability

Summary of Doctoral Project:

Students with basic eligibility for third-cycle studies are those who- have completed a second-cycle degree- have completed courses of at least 240 credits, of which at least 60 credits are from second-cycle courses, or- have acquired largely equivalent knowledge in some other way, in Sweden or abroad. The employment of doctoral students is regulated in the Swedish Code of Statues 1998: 80. Only those who are or have been admitted to PhD-studies may be appointed to doctoral studentships. When an appointment to a doctoral studentship is made, the ability of the student to benefit from PhD-studies shall primarily be taken into account. In addition to devoting themselves to their studies, those appointed to doctoral studentships may be required to work with educational tasks, research and administration, in accordance with specific regulations in the ordinance.

Last Application Date: 10.Sep.2022

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3. Doctoral student in Energy Sciences with focus on fuel cell systems

Summary of Doctoral Project:

The project focuses on fuel cell systems for heavy-duty vehicles. Fuel cells powered by renewable hydrogen have the potential to combine energy efficiency and climate neutrality with zero emissions of harmful substances. For the fuel cell to function in the vehicle, it must operate in concert with components like air compressor, turbine, air humidifier, and air cooler. The project aims to develop a model of the fuel cell system including these components. The model is to be implemented in a vehicle model that will be used to optimise system concepts. The research will be carried out in close collaboration with Volvo and Linköping University.

Last Application Date: 09.Sep.2022

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4. PhD student in translational diabetes research

Summary of Doctoral Project:

In this PhD project, under the supervision of Professor Allan Vaag, you will study the significance of low birth weight in the clinical presentation of type 2 diabetes in the Swedish Andis and Danish DD2 type 2 diabetes cohorts. Your job will initially concern contributions to the organization of the collection of original birth weight information in the Andis cohort, and to a varying extent also involve other logistical and data management-oriented tasks in relation to the operation of the Andis cohort. The primary research discipline addresses all aspects of epidemiological analyses, where there will also be involvement of and overlap with clinical, genetic, epigenetic, pathophysiological and biomarker research. Other methods that may be used include bioinformatics, machine learning and mathematical modelling.

Last Application Date: 08.Sep.2022

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5. 1–2 PhD candidates in Business Administration (Finance)

Summary of Doctoral Project:

As a doctoral student you will mainly be working with your research project, but you can also be given more general tasks at the department, e.g. teaching, research or administrative work, in accordance with the regulations. Rules for employment as a doctoral student are stated in The Higher Education Ordnance (SFS 1998:80), Chapter 5. The two PhD candidate positions are financed through the research programme BIOPATH, funded by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research Mistra. You will be part of a vibrating and interdisciplinary research environment involving several other PhD candidates, postdocs and senior researchers from different faculties and universities. You are expected to actively contribute to research within the programme’s different focus areas individually as well as in collaboration with other researchers.

Last Application Date: 01.Sep.2022

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6. Doctoral student in Biology

Summary of Doctoral Project:

Biology is the broad subject about all living things. It encompasses everything from processes at the molecular and cellular level to global processes at ecosystem level. The subject is divided into a range of sub-disciplines and specialisations. The PhD programme at the Department of Biology includes many of these specialisations, from molecular biology to applied ecology, from viruses and individual cells to evolutionary biology and global biodiversity. Taking on research studies at the Department of Biology generally means focusing on a delimited part of the research area of biology and may include field studies, experiments, theoretical studies, or a combination of these.

Last Application Date: 01.Sep.2022

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7. Doctoral student in Biology

Summary of Doctoral Project:

The project will involve development of behavioral experiments to be run primarily in the lab, but also adapted to semi-field and field conditions. Experiments will link ecotoxicological studies with neuro-cognitive defects. The PhD candidate will develop and apply deep learning and other image processing techniques to analyse impairments in visual and olfactory processing by quantifying and controlling flight trajectories of exposed and control insects within a newly developed virtual reality arena and more portable testing arenas. In addition, the project will include toxicity tests on single individuals, and at cellular level in dissected brains; electrophysiological recordings from sensory areas of the brain of insects.

Last Application Date: 01.Sep.2022

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8. Doctoral student in Physics: Surface tomography for sustainable development

Summary of Doctoral Project:

The aim of the present project is to develop SXRD tomography, which will make it possible to determine surface structures of much more realistic samples. The concentrated and intense X-rays from the latest generation of synchrotrons, such as MAX IV, in combination with a tomographic analysis method will enable spatially resolved SXRD measurements. This will open up new opportunities for investigations of the relation between surface structure and function within a wide range of applications. The application that will be in focus of the present project is catalysis, with the aim to study reactions that can reduce the greenhouse effect.

Last Application Date: 31.Aug.2022

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9. Doctoral Student in Computer Science with focus on User-centric Code Review Tooling

Summary of Doctoral Project:

We are offering one Ph.D. student position to a qualified applicant with an interest in software engineering, software technology and human-computer interaction, with funding provided by the WASP-funded DAPPER project. Code review is widely accepted as an essential part of professional software development practice and is one of the key collaborative activities that occur within teams of developers. However, despite this key role in software development and organisational practice, it is a relatively under characterised activity, especially with regard to the developer experience and to what extent tools are supporting the code review process. In our past work in this area, we have seen developers implicitly taking on different roles as code reviewers and with that they have different questions and information needs. However, despite varying reviewer needs the code review tooling is the same. DAPPER (Seamless, Tailored Code Review) is a research project with the goal of exploring how code review tooling can be made fit to purpose.

Last Application Date: 31.Aug.2022

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10. Doctoral student in Computer Science with specialisation in Software Engineering

Summary of Doctoral Project:

This project aims to explore software engineering methods and tools to promote trustworthy AI for cyber-physical systems (CPS). The research approach includes 1) empirical studies of industrial practice and related regulatory frameworks for AI systems, and 2) design of methods and tools to enable trustworthy AI by design. The project particularly focuses on quality assurance (QA) of machine learning (ML) systems in the context of MLOps, i.e. the combination of ML, DevOps, and Data Engineering in highly automated development pipelines. From a QA perspective, ML constitutes a paradigm shift compared to conventional software, both in its uncertainties (probabilistic rather than deterministic outcomes) and its dual dependency on data and source code. Thus, the MLOps pipelines must be composed of engineering tools that support QA accordingly. Further, we want to transfer MLOps concepts into CPS. i.e. digitally controlled physical systems, such as autonomous vehicles and robots.

Last Application Date: 31.Aug.2022

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11. PhD in environmental epidemiology and ageing

Summary of Doctoral Project:

The research group Active and Healthy Ageing conducts research and education at the doctoral level in the field of ageing and health. We represent many different disciplines and professions – gerontology, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, nursing, public health science, sociology, psychology and epidemiology. The research group is led by professor Susanne Iwarsson, located at the Health Sciences Center in Lund, affiliated with the interdisciplinary Center for Ageing and Supportive Environments (CASE), which engages senior and junior researchers at four of the university’s faculties. We are now looking doctoral student who will be placed at the research group Active and Healthy Ageing and affiliated with Björk’s research group EPI@LUND at the Department of Laboratory Medicine, which focuses on epidemiological population-based studies.

Last Application Date: 30.Aug.2022

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12. Doctoral student in Plant Molecular Biology

Summary of Doctoral Project:

The main duties of doctoral students are to devote themselves to their research studies which includes participating in research projects and third cycle courses. The work duties can also include teaching and other departmental duties, up to 20%. As plants cannot move away from adverse conditions, they have developed extensive molecular and physiological defence systems. Plants can thus respond to a range of stimuli such as pathogen infection, water availability, changes in light intensity and temperature, etc. These signalling events often involve multiple cellular organelles including mitochondria, chloroplasts, plasma membrane and the endoplasmic reticulum. The project will focus on understanding signal transduction pathways and effectors that regulate responses to changing environmental conditions and stress, with a focus on the role of plant mitochondria. Besides being important for energy conversion and metabolism, mitochondria take part in sensing and signalling that lead to effective defence responses in plants.

Last Application Date: 30.Sep.2022

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13. Doctoral student in Industrial Design: Reflexivity in Design

Summary of Doctoral Project:

Industrial design aspires to the creation and production of meaningful and relevant experiences and interactions with tangible and intangible objects with significance for society and the environment. Therefore, the research subject of industrial design deals with both basic and applied knowledge generation in industrial design as a phenomenon, aiming to increase the understanding of the field of design from the perspectives of epistemology and practice. The research methods and approaches of the subject span a wide field, enabling a fusion of scientific and artistic approaches to generate knowledge and explore new formats of communication. The specific PhD-candidate position in Industrial Design is being offered in the research area of Reflexivity in Design, which seeks a deeper understanding of how knowledge flows between various practices and communities within the field. Presently, there is limited meaningful integration of design scholarship and design practice, and the resulting divide between the perceived roles of design ‘theory’ and ‘practice’, presents an obstacle to mutual knowledge transfer, effective learning, and collective reflection in the field.

Last Application Date: 25.Sep.2022

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14. Doctoral student in environmental law

Summary of Doctoral Project:

The Faculty of Law is offering one doctoral student position for a Doctor of Laws Degree within environmental law. Professor Johannes Somsen and Senior Lecturer Britta Sjöstedt are the intended supervisors. Art. 191 TFEU proclaims that EU environmental policy is in pursuit of ‘preserving, protecting and improving the quality of the environment’ and ‘protecting human health’. In the Anthropocene, however, anthropogenic forces have pushed previously stable Earth systems such as climate, water and biodiversity towards erratic states of flux, exhaustion and collapse. Lawyers and ethicists must face the difficult but vital question how ‘preserving, protecting and improving’ the environment and the right to a ‘healthy’ environment in the Anthropocene should be understood. Can or should conventional ambitions to keep humans out of nature or to restore nature to previous states survive the dynamic temporal and spatial realities that define the Anthropocene, or does ‘a safe operating space for humanity’ now imply structural human (technological) interventionism in Earth systems? How should we understand and apply pivotal terms like ‘conservation’, ‘environmental health’, and ‘natural’?

Last Application Date: 21.Sep.2022

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15. Doctoral student for a doctor of laws degree

Summary of Doctoral Project:

The Faculty of Law is offering one doctoral student position for a Doctor of Laws Degree. Research within the doctoral education is conducted in one of the following subjects: jurisprudence, labour law, banking law, private law, EU law, fiscal law, public international law, administrative law, international environmental law, private international law, comparative law, constitutional law, environmental law, human rights, public law, civil and criminal procedure, law and economics, legal history, social and welfare law, and criminal law.

Last Application Date: 21.Sep.2022

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16. Doctoral student in Regenerative Immunology

Summary of Doctoral Project:

The Regenerative Immunology laboratory at the Department of Laboratory Medicine within the Faculty of Medicine conducts research into the role of the immune system in regeneration. The research team is led by Associate Senior Lecturer Nicholas Leigh. The lab is a friendly environment composed of students, postdocs, and technical staff. The lab’s overarching goal is to understand the factors that allow for highly regenerative species to perform remarkable acts of regeneration (e.g. limb regeneration).

Last Application Date: 18.Sep.2022

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17. Doctoral student in Technology and Society with focus on traffic safety and advanced statistical methods

Summary of Doctoral Project:

The Department of Technology and Society, Transport and Roads Division has received funds for a European Research Council (ERC) project focusing on the development of a new method for analysing safety of infrastructure in future mobility scenarios, including vehicle automation. The project aims to build a realistic simulation environment to study how the infrastructure affects the interaction of different road users and model it in a mathematical way to predict severe events. The successful PhD candidate will work in strict contact with the Traffic Safety Virtual Reality Hub at Lund University.

Last Application Date: 16.Sep.2022

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18. Doctoral student in theoretical computer science and/or combinatorial optimization

Summary of Doctoral Project:

The MIAO research group has a unique profile in that we are doing cutting-edge research both on the mathematical foundations of efficient computation and on state-of-the-art practical algorithms for real-world problems. This creates a very special environment, where we do not only conduct in-depth research on different theoretical and applied topics, but where different lines of research cross-fertilise each other and unexpected and exciting synergies often arise. Much of the activities of the group revolve around powerful algorithmic paradigms such as, e.g., Boolean satisfiability (SAT) solving, Gröbner basis computations, integer linear programming, and constraint programming. This leads to classical questions in computational complexity theory—though often with new, fascinating twists—but also involves work on devising clever algorithms that can exploit the power of such paradigms in practice.

Last Application Date: 15.Sep.2022

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19. PhD Student in culture and creativity

Summary of Doctoral Project:

The employment of doctoral students is regulated in the Swedish Code of Statues 1998: 80. Only those who are or have been admitted to PhD-studies may be appointed to doctoral studentships. When an appointment to a doctoral studentship is made, the ability of the student to benefit from PhD-studies shall primarily be taken into account. In addition to devoting themselves to their studies, those appointed to doctoral studentships may be required to work with educational tasks, research and administration, in accordance with specific regulations in the ordinance. The applicants will be ranked based on an overall assessment of the quality of their submitted degree projects and papers, research proposal, grades from previous studies, relevant work experience, and personal suitability.

Last Application Date: 10.Sep.2022

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