Prof. Lalitha Sankar and Prof. Oliver Kosut at Arizona State University are looking for a postdoctoral fellow to work on problems that are at the intersection of optimization, control theory, data science, cybersecurity, and electric grid operations. Eligible candidate should have a PhD in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, computer science, or mathematics/statistics/operations research. The candidate should have a strong background in at least two of these topics: (i) adaptive, optimal, robust, or stochastic control theory; (ii) mathematical optimization; (iii) data science/statistics; and (iv) electric power systems. A background in reinforcement learning and decision-making under uncertainty is highly desirable but not essential.
Interested candidates should contact both Prof. Lalitha Sankar and Prof. Oliver Kosut with CV and publications at lsankar@asu.edu and okosut@asu.edu, respectively.
Arizona State University is the largest public school in the United States. Its ECEE graduate program is ranked in the top 25 in the country. It has one of the best power systems programs across the country (and even the world). It also boasts of world-famous faculty in the areas of optimization, communications, signal processing, information theory, and learning theory. There is very active research conducted in all these areas and a growing focus on data science, AI, and ML from both a theoretical foundations and applications perspectives.