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Open PhD Position: Multi-Band Fusion in a Joint Communication and Sensing system

• Tuesday, 26 May 2026

Next-generation cellular networks – including 6G and future Wi-Fi systems – will not only communicate but also sense their surroundings in a radar-like manner, an emerging paradigm known as Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC). Existing ISAC systems can perform target detection and parameter estimation, such as distance and moving velocity, and even target tracking and recognition.

However, by fully leveraging the ubiquity and spectral agility of communication networks, a finer-grained representation of the environment could be obtained through radio imaging, similar to spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) systems. This would enable applications with significant social and environmental impact in healthcare, remote structural monitoring of buildings or bridges, landslide and flood prevention,  among others.

This PhD project focuses on designing radio imaging algorithms exploiting the multiple disjoint frequency bands available in existing and future communication networks, which span from below GHz to millimeter-wave bands.

Open PhD Position in the field of Unconventional Phased Array Topologies

• Tuesday, 26 May 2026

Future 6G wireless networks, satellite communications, and advanced radar platforms require antenna systems that simultaneously support wide bandwidths, large scan ranges, low power consumption, and high integration density. Conventional phased arrays face increasing challenges in scalability, efficiency, complexity, and cost, especially at millimeter-wave frequencies.

This PhD project explores unconventional antenna array topologies that combine sparse, clustered, and aperiodic phased-array feeds with lens-based electromagnetic structures. The intended scientific breakthrough is the development and experimental validation of novel hybrid array-lens topologies for next-generation wireless sensing and communication platforms.

Open position of the Industrial PhD Researcher on designing polarimetric antenna elements

• Tuesday, 12 May 2026

Section MS3 offers a PhD position on designing polarimetric antenna elements for wide scanning polarimetric arrays, including the beamforming network, to achieve maximal isolation between polarimetric channels while keeping similar phase shifts and propagation losses for all elements.

See the vacancy description, here.