Resource Allocation and Scheduling in edge systems supporting AI and Agentic AI applications - 2026_IPD_DEIB_2

Position: Post-doctoral research appointment Institute: Polytechnic of Milano
Posted on: 06/03/2026 Deadline: 07/04/2026

Scientific-Disciplinary Group

09/IINF-05 - Information Processing Systems

Description

The research will develop optimization models, heuristic solutions, and reinforcement learning methods for resource management and scheduling in edge computing systems running AI and Agentic AI applications, partially deployed on edge devices, edge servers and cloud. The goal is to obtain efficient solutions taking into account application performance, the energy consumption of edge devices and the current workload of the whole system.The candidate will also be involved in teaching activities to support courses in software engineering, basic programming (in Python and C++) and advanced programming (for parallel computing with MPI).

Number of positions

1

Funding body

Politecnico di Milano

Selection process

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In order to participate in the selection, please read the call ("bando") available at the following website: https://www.polimi.it/en/post-doctoral-contracts Oral test aimed at ascertaining candidates’ aptitude and suitability to carry out the activity covered by the contract, as well as at assessing their knowledge of English and/or other languages relevant to the activities to be performed (up to 50 points) Relevance and pertinence of the enclosed publications to the activity covered by the contract (up to 20 points) Relevance and pertinence of previous research activities, previous collaborations to educational and third mission activities and work experience, if any, in relation to the activity covered by the contract (up to 10 points) Relevance and pertinence of their study programme to the activities covered by the contract (up to 20 points)