2026_IR_08_DEI – Information freshness and reliability in ephemeral communications

Position: Research appointment (pre-doc) Institute: Uni. Padua
Posted on: 27/05/2026 Deadline: 23/06/2026

Scientific-Disciplinary Group

09/IINF-03 - Telecommunications

Description

The research activity focuses on analyzing and optimizing the performance of ephemeral communication systems, where retention and validity of data exchange infrastructures are strictly time-bound. The candidate will model and evaluate advanced information freshness metrics (such as Age of Information - AoI) while ensuring transmission reliability. The work involves the performance evaluation of various architecture solutions as well as developing algorithms for efficient resource management, possibly with distributed optimization techniques, aiming to maximize resilience in dynamic environments.

Job posting website

https://www.dei.unipd.it/bandi

Number of positions

1

Funding body

Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione - Università degli studi di Padova