PhD Position in Broadband Telemedicine Using Visual Communication at Technical University of Denmark, 2012 Denmark

The Department of Photonics Engineering (DTU Fotonik) at the Technical University of Denmark is inviting applications from qualified candidates for a Ph.D. project of three years duration.

Project summary

A challenge in the future is to provide efficient health services to an aging population. Telemedicine may provide many benefits in this endeavor. This project shall investigate the benefits of using video applications based on broadband communication systems in telemedicine. Broadband telemedicine may support and enhance interactions both between patients and doctors and between doctors and thus implies heterogeneous network structures. Broadband telemedicine with visual communication is both an application with high technical demands and potentially a beneficial societal impact. The project shall demonstrate some of the potentials and address the challenges for the communication system to facilitate high quality and highly reliable visual telemedicine services. Click here for more information.

Candidate requirements

Candidates may apply prior to ob­tai­ning their MSc degree, but cannot begin before having received it. 

Project environment and research group

The project will be carried out within the Communication Cluster at the Department of Photonic Engineering. The cluster consists of 4 research groups:

Coding and Visual Communication,

Metro Access and Short Range Systems,

High-Speed Optical Communications,

Networks and Service Platforms

The groups cover many different aspects of the future communication infrastructure and applications. 

The cluster works with many aspects of communications as optical technology, service integration (e.g. of video applications), coding issues and wireless communication, specifically the fixed/wireless integration.

Approval and Enrolment

The scholarships for the PhD degree are subject to academic approval, and the candidates will be enrolled in one of the general degree programmes of DTU. For information about the general requirements for enrolment and the general planning of the scholarship studies, please see theDTU PhD Guide.

Salary and appointment terms

The salary and appointment terms are consistent with the current rules for PhD degree students. The period of employment is 3 years.

Supervisors

Professor Søren Forchhammer, e-mail: sofo@fotonik.dtu.dk, tel.:+ 45 4525 3622

Professor Lars Dittmann, e-mail: ladit@fotonik.dtu.dk, tel.: +45 4525 3851

Professor Leif Oxenløwe, e-mail: lkox@fotonik.dtu.dk, tel.:+45 4525 3784

Professor Idelfonso Monroy, e-mail: idtm@fotonik.dtu.dk, tel.. +45 4525 3782

Application

We must have your online application by May 2 2012. Please indicate where you saw the ad. Please open the link "apply for this job online", fill in the application form and attach the following documents;

A letter motivating the application (cover letter).

Curriculum vitae.

Grade transcripts and BSc/MSc diploma

Excel sheet with translation of grades to the Danish grading system (see guidelines and excel spreadsheet here).

All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, race, disability, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply.

Further Scholarship Information and Application