Two Ph.D. openings in the direction of Autonomy and Control at the ECE department of George Mason University. The positions are fully funded (including tuition, living stipend, and health insurance) with a flexible starting time: Fall 2022 and Spring/Fall 2023. Due to the time frame, Fall 2022 enrollment is limited to students who do not need a US Visa.
Position Description and Qualifications
The position is available in Dr. Xuan Wang’s research group. Our search interests lie primarily in the broad areas of autonomy and control, with specific directions including the Cooperative control and optimization for multi-robot systems; Multi-agent machine learning; Multi-robot resources and task allocation; Resilient multi-agent coordination; System identification and data-driven control of neuron network systems.
For more details: https://mason.gmu.edu/~xwang64/research.html
We expect self-motivated individuals with the following qualifications:
1.Earned bachelor’s or master’s degree by the date of admission, in engineering (electrical, mechanical, aerospace), computer science, computational neuroscience, with solid automatic control, machine learning, or mathematics backgrounds.
2.Strong interest in control systems, reinforcement learning, robot systems, multi-agent systems, or computational neural networks.
3.Good communication skills and writing skills, in English.
4.Preferred qualifications: coding skills, established records in research and publication.
The George Mason University
George Mason University (GMU) is a public research university in Fairfax County in Virginia. Being established in 1972, George Mason is the fastest growing research University in the US. The university is now the largest four-year public university in the Commonwealth of Virginia and is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity", ranked #92 Best Engineering School by US News 2022. Studying and living at GMU position you close to companies changing the face of technology, health care, and more. These include 23 Fortune 500 companies and some of the most advanced cyber security players in the country.
How to apply
Please send an email to xwang64@gmu.edu, with
Subject: PhD-Application
- Personal Statement, Complete CV (including publication list, if applicable).
- Undergraduate/graduate transcript (unofficial is OK).
- TOEFL or IELTS score, if international from non-English speaking countries.
