Research Fellow A/B in Neuromorphic and Quantum-Inspired Computing: Foundations and Applications in Wireless Communications

The Institute for Communication Systems (ICS), home of the 5G and 6G Innovation Centre (5GIC/6GIC), is looking to recruit a Research Fellow in Neuromorphic and Quantum-Inspired Computing: Foundations and Applications in Wireless Communications. The successful candidate will be part of the Wireless Systems Lab group and will have the opportunity to work very closely with industrial partners as well as academic partners around the world.

The post is part of a major EU-funded 6G research project in which the University of Surrey leads the work on cross-layer co-design of RAN workloads for emerging-computing accelerators. The project investigates how next-generation radio access networks can be made radically more energy-efficient by moving computationally intensive physical-layer (PHY) functions away from conventional digital hardware and onto emerging computing architectures. These include neuromorphic (spiking and event-driven), in-memory and analogue computing.

The post holder will undertake research in neuromorphic, in-memory and other unconventional computing architectures for future wireless communication systems. The research will focus on physical-layer receiver processing and on architectures that reduce reliance on high-resolution analogue-to-digital conversion and conventional digital processing.

ICS is the largest academic research institute in Europe specialising in all aspects of ICT (Information and Communication Technologies). It is home to over 200 researchers with expertise in all communication and broadcasting systems and has developed best-in-class large-scale testbeds for research and innovation, enjoying state-of-the-art lab and computing facilities.

Established in 2012, 5GIC is the world's first dedicated centre researching end-to-end aspects of 5G and works closely with national and international leading academic institutes and key industrial partners. In November 2020, 6GIC was officially launched with parallel research undertaken in both 5G+ and 6G for 2030+.

These roles will be offered at either Research Fellow A or Research Fellow B level depending on experience. The salary range for a Research Fellow A starts at £38,448 and Research Fellow B starts at £48,337.

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