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The School of Computer Science and Statistics is seeking to appoint an Assistant Professor in Computer Science, who will join the Discipline of Networks and Distributed Systems. The Assistant Professor will be a full faculty member, and as such will be expected to innovate in both research and teaching, to assist in the administration and mission of the School and contribute to the wider research community. The appointee should have the potential to develop into a leader in their particular field of research with a world-class research programme. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to undergraduate and/or postgraduate teaching in the School, particularly in areas of Networks and Distributed Systems. The successful candidate will be an excellent researcher and lecturer with a strong international research track record and clear potential for research leadership. They should have a strong commitment to research-led undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and a demonstrated capacity/potential to attract research funding and develop a world-class research programme.

ClearWay Research Fellow (2 Posts) We are seeking to recruit two Postdoctoral Research Fellows to investigate the use of deep reinforcement learning (RL) and swarm intelligence techniques to optimize travel-time reliability in the presence of autonomous and conventional vehicles within the ClearWay project funded by Science Foundation Ireland from 2022-2026. The successful candidate is expected to engage in co-supervision of ClearWay PhD students, co- supervision of related undergraduate and MSc dissertation projects, ClearWay industry collaborations, the organization of the ClearWay intelligent mobility hackatons and other public engagement activities, and contribute to preparation of Horizon Europe proposals. The position will be based in the School of Computer Science and Statistics at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland under the direction of Prof. Vinny Cahill and Prof. Ivana Dusparic. For informal inquiries please contact {vinny.cahill, ivana.dusparic}@tcd.ie. Application Procedure: Please send applications by email to vinny.cahill@tcd.ie and ivana.dusparic@tcd.ie quoting “ClearWay Fellowship” in the subject line and including a cover letter, curriculum vitae (giving full details of qualifications and experience, including transcripts of degrees, a description of your contribution to relevant project work, identification of your three most-significant publications relevant to the ClearWay project, and the names of two referees) and 1-2 page research proposal, in PDF format. The closing date for applications is Friday May 6th 2022.

Ph.D. Studentships in Reinforcement Learning and Swarm Intelligence for Coordination of Autonomous Vehicles. Applications are invited for four funded four-year Ph.D. studentships investigating the use of deep reinforcement learning (RL) and Swarm Intelligence techniques to optimize travel-time reliability in the presence of autonomous and conventional vehicles within the ClearWay project funded by Science Foundation Ireland from 2022-2026. The successful candidates will be supervised by Prof. Vinny Cahill and Prof. Ivana Dusparic. They will join the ClearWay team consisting of 4 PhD students and 2 postdoctoral researchers, as well as a wider team of ~10 PhD students working with Profs Cahill and Dusparic in the areas of RL and intelligent mobility. Furthermore, PhD students will have an opportunity to engage in ClearWay industry collaborations and intelligent mobility hackatons. Please send applications by email to vinny.cahill@tcd.ie and Ivana.Dusparic@tcd.ie quoting “ClearWay Studentship” in the subject line and including a curriculum vitae (giving full details of qualifications and experience, including transcripts of degrees, a description of your contribution to relevant project work, and the names of two referees) along with a 1-2-page research proposal, both in PDF format. Details of degree and English language requirements for PhD TCD admissions can be found at https://www.tcd.ie/study/apply/admission-requirements/postgraduate/. The closing date for applications is Friday May 6th 2022.

One Postdoctoral Researcher position is open on SFI-NSFC funded SATORI project – Smart Networking in the Era of AI. Successful candidate, based on their background and interests, will work on one of the two streams within the project: AI for Communications in Smart Cities or AI for Communications in Moving Networks. Within Smart Cities strand we develop techniques and algorithms that utilize urban sensor data to optimize smart city services and performance of the underlying communication networks, e.g., intelligent energy management in IoT networks, and optimisation of data analyticsservices,. Within Moving Networks strand we address integrating mobility information and C-V2X to improve network management and optimize services utilizing vehicular networks, as well as address unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) connectivity. The position will be based in the CONNECT research centre (https://connectcentre.ie/) at the School of Computer Science and Statistics in Trinity College Dublin. For inquiries please contact Ivana.Dusparic@tcd.ie. Full details on https://www.scss.tcd.ie/Ivana.Dusparic/documents/SATORIpostdoc.pdf

We are seeking to recruit a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to work on Personalized Mobility as a Service, within CONNECT - the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Future Networks and Communications in collaboration with the E3 Kinsella SUMMIT (SUstainable MobIlity Models for a Just Transition) initiative. This project will investigate the development of a Mobility-as-a-Service platform to support the delivery of integrated and personalized mobility services at campus scale. The platform will support personalized on-demand travel with interfaces to transport providers, to support service delivery and provisioning, on one side and to individual users on the other side to offer journey planning and booking services. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to integrating and catalysing existing and new activity in this area into a larger initiative, including developing relationships with diverse stakeholders and preparing further research funding proposals. The position will be based in the CONNECT research centre at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. The researcher will also be part of the School of Computer Science and Statistics in TCD. The position will be under the direction of Dr. Mélanie Bouroche. For informal inquiries please contact Melanie.Bouroche@tcd.ie. Candidates should submit a cover letter together with a full CV and contact details of 2 referees, preferably no later than the 31st of March 2022, via email to: Melanie.Bouroche@tcd.ie