PhD: Integrated 6G Localization, Sensing, Communications and Control
Pubblicato il 03-08-2026 - University Of Bologna in Italia
Organisation/Company University of Bologna Research Field Computer science Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Application Deadline 4 Aug 2026 - 23:00 (UTC) Country Italy Type of Contract To be defined Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week To be defined Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No
Offer Description
This is a call for expressions of interest. The formal selection process will be carried out by a selection committee at the University of Bologna.
Open PhD Position
Integrated 6G Localization, Sensing, Communications and Control
Program: PhD in Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering (ETIT), University of Bologna (UNIBO, Italy),
Project Context: The selected candidate will join the ERC Starting Grant project “CUE GO – Contextual Radio Cues for Enhancing Decision-Making in Networks of Autonomous Agents”, which aims to develop a new methodological framework to improve decision-making in autonomous systems. The project combines high-frequency radio sensing and localization, semantic environmental mapping, and intelligent agent coordination. The goal is to enable autonomous agents to extract contextual radio features/cues from electromagnetic representations of their environment. These features carry semantic meaning relevant to the agents’ mission and can accelerate decision-making, enhance ambient awareness, and enable prediction of action outcomes.
Expected Work:
The selected candidate will conduct research at the intersection of wireless communications, signal processing, and control theory, aiming to develop cutting-edge algorithms for joint localization, communication, and control. The work will account for the deployment of emerging technologies, including extremely large antenna arrays and leaky-wave antennas, on mobile autonomous agents.
Possible activities will include:
- Design of integrated communication, sensing, and control strategies for next-generation 6G systems;
- Development of high-accuracy localization and radio mapping techniques;
- Distributed multi-agent sensing and cooperative positioning algorithms;
- Machine learning and data-driven methods for ambient awareness.
Working Environment: The PhD will be conducted at the University of Bologna (Bologna, Italy) in collaboration with the National Reserach Council of Italy (CNR-IEIIT, Bologna, Italy).
Candidate Profile: We are looking for motivated candidates with the following background:
- MSc (or equivalent) in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, Computer Science, Robotics, or related fields
- Solid background in signal processing, wireless systems, applied mathematics, and/or control theory
- Knowledge of machine learning or optimization methods is a plus
- Proficiency in programming (Python, Matlab, C++, or similar)
- Strong interest in cutting-edge research on 6G and autonomous systems
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