{"data":{"id":200911,"slug":"doktorand-i-reglerteknik-med-inriktning-reglering-av-datacenter","type":"job","title":"PhD Student in Control Engineering with Focus on Data Center Control","description":"PhD Student in Control Engineering with Focus on Data Center Control\nLund University, Lund Institute of Technology, Department\n\nProject and Subject Description\n\nThe AEGIS project is at the intersection of two rapidly growing areas: data centers and AI infrastructure on one hand, and energy and power systems on the other. Today, few have expertise in both areas, which means the expertise you develop here is both rare and highly sought after. More specifically, there is a gap between overarching goals such as \"reduce carbon emissions now\" and the concrete control of a data center's cooling system, batteries, and computing hardware. In this project, you will bridge this gap. You will develop a control system that receives overarching goals (\"intents\") and translates them into a coordinated set of control actions for the facility's physical resources. The models are fed back in the control loop and automatically adapted online using both classical control engineering and AI and reinforcement learning.\n\nWithin the project, you will work with:\nDesigning methods for expressing overarching control goals (intent language) that describe objectives for carbon emissions, flexibility, and cost.\nBreaking down overarching goals into concrete control actions.\nAdapting models for power\u2013performance and thermal behavior online.\n\nDuties\nYou will primarily dedicate yourself to your doctoral education, which includes participation in research projects as well as doctoral courses, seminars, and conferences.\nThe doctoral position consists of three main parts and your duties include:\nresearch projects, including writing articles, traveling to conferences, seminars, etc.\ndoctoral courses, local, national as well as international courses (90 ECTS)\nteaching (however maximum 20% of working time), including lab supervision, exam responsibility, and development work. This part also includes departmental service, such as work with diversity and equal treatment, organizing events at the department, etc.\n\nQualifications\nTo be admitted and employed as a doctoral student, you must meet the requirements below.\n\nEligibility Requirements\nYou meet the basic eligibility for education at the research level if you have:\ncompleted an examination at advanced level, or\ncompleted course requirements of at least 240 higher education credits, of which at least 60 higher education credits at advanced level, or\nacquired equivalent knowledge in some other way.\n\nYou meet the special eligibility for control engineering if you have:\nknowledge corresponding to \"FRTF05 Control Engineering, General Course (formerly FRT010)\", as well as specialization at the master's level with relevance to the field, and\na civil engineering degree or equivalent competence.\n\nMSCA's ordinary eligibility criteria also apply:\nNo doctoral degree. At the time of employment, you must not yet have completed a doctoral degree.\nMobility rule. You may not have resided or had your main occupation (work or studies) in Sweden for more than 12 months during the 36 months preceding employment. Shorter visits, such as vacation, do not count.\n\nOther Requirements\nTo benefit from the current doctoral education, the following is also required:\nvery good knowledge of English, in speech and writing.\ngood linguistic analytical ability.\ngood creative ability through coming up with new ideas and approaches.\ngood ability to collaborate with colleagues and network with external contacts.\nthat you are self-driven and structured and take personal responsibility for advancing your studies and research projects.\ngood ability for independent work and the ability to formulate and address scientific problems.\ngood ability for written and verbal communication.\ngood knowledge of mathematics as evident from course grades.\n\nMeritorious\nFor the current doctoral education, the following are meritorious:\nGood knowledge of\nMachine learning and reinforcement learning.\nCloud systems and the underlying technology.\nHardware-level programming and experience with the Linux kernel.\n\nare particularly meritorious.\nConsideration will be given to good collaborative ability, drive and independence, and how the applicant through their experience and competence is assessed to have the ability needed to complete the doctoral education.\n\nAbout the Position\nThe position is a fixed-term full-time employment, starting as soon as possible or by March 1, 2027 at the latest. The doctoral education is four years with full-time studies. Upon teaching and other departmental work, the employment is extended accordingly. Provisions regarding employment as a doctoral student are found in the Swedish Higher Education Ordinance (1993:100), Chapter 5, Sections 1-7.\n\nOther Information\nWe intend to employ 1 doctoral student. Starting salary is 35 900 kr per month at 2026 salary level.\nApplicants who are called for interview may be asked to complete a work test.\n\nHow to Apply\nYour application should be written in English and you should attach to your application:\n- CV and cover letter with motivation for why you are interested in the education position\/employment and how the research project matches your interests and educational background.\n- Copies of issued study certificates and\/or degree certificates. These should demonstrate your basic and special eligibility for the doctoral education subject and show that you have the subject knowledge required for the doctoral education project.\n- Anything else you wish to provide (copies of grades, references, recommendation letters, etc.).\n\nWe look forward to your application!","language":"sv","is_translated":true,"title_original":"Doktorand i reglerteknik med inriktning reglering av datacenter","description_original":"Doktorand i reglerteknik med inriktning reglering av datacenter \nLunds universitet, Lunds Tekniska H\u00f6gskola, Institutionen\n\u00c4mnes- och projektbeskrivning\nAEGIS-projektet befinner sig i sk\u00e4rningspunkten mellan tv\u00e5 snabbt v\u00e4xande omr\u00e5den: datacenter och AI-infrastruktur \u00e5 ena sidan, och energi- och kraftsystem \u00e5 den andra. I dag \u00e4r det f\u00e5 som har kompetens inom b\u00e5da omr\u00e5dena, vilket inneb\u00e4r att den expertis du utvecklar h\u00e4r \u00e4r b\u00e5de s\u00e4llsynt och mycket efterfr\u00e5gad. Mer specifikt finns det ett gap mellan \u00f6vergripande m\u00e5l som\u00a0\u201dminska koldioxidutsl\u00e4ppen nu\u201d och den konkreta styrningen av ett datacenters kylsystem, batterier och ber\u00e4kningsh\u00e5rdvara. I det h\u00e4r projektet kommer du att \u00f6verbrygga detta gap.\u00a0Du kommer att utveckla ett\u00a0styrsystem\u00a0som tar emot \u00f6vergripande m\u00e5l (\u201dintents\u201d) och \u00f6vers\u00e4tter dem till en samordnad upps\u00e4ttning styr\u00e5tg\u00e4rder f\u00f6r anl\u00e4ggningens fysiska resurser. Modellerna \u00e5terkopplas i styrslingan och anpassas automatiskt online med hj\u00e4lp av s\u00e5v\u00e4l klassisk reglerteknik som AI och f\u00f6rst\u00e4rkningsinl\u00e4rning (reinforcement learning).\u00a0\nDu kommer inom projektet att arbeta med att:\nUtforma metoder f\u00f6r uttrycka vergripande styrm\u00e5l (intent language) som beskriver m\u00e5l f\u00f6r koldioxidutsl\u00e4pp, flexibilitet och kostnad.\nBryta ned \u00f6vergripande m\u00e5l till konkreta styr\u00e5tg\u00e4rder.\nAnpassa modeller f\u00f6r effekt\u2013prestanda och termiska f\u00f6rlopp online.\n\nArbetsuppgifter\nDu kommer framf\u00f6rallt att \u00e4gna dig \u00e5t din forskarutbildning, vilket innefattar s\u00e5v\u00e4l deltagande i forskningsprojekt som forskarutbildningskurser, seminarier och konferenser.\nDoktorandanst\u00e4llningen best\u00e5r av tre huvuddelar och arbetsuppgifterna innefattar:\nforskningsprojekt, inklusive att f\u00f6rfatta artiklar, resa till konferenser, seminarier etc.\nforskarutbildningskurser, lokala, nationella s\u00e5v\u00e4l som internationella kurser (90hp)\nundervisning (dock max 20% av arbetstiden), inklusive labbhandledning, tentamensansvar och utvecklingsarbete. Denna del omfattar ocks\u00e5 institutionstj\u00e4nstg\u00f6ring, t.ex. arbete med m\u00e5ngfald och likabehandling, anordnande av arrangemang p\u00e5 institutionen m.m.\n\nKvalifikationer \nF\u00f6r att kunna antas och anst\u00e4llas som doktorand beh\u00f6ver du uppfylla kraven nedan.\nBeh\u00f6righetskrav\nGrundl\u00e4ggande beh\u00f6righet till utbildning p\u00e5 forskarniv\u00e5 uppfyller du som har:\navlagd examen p\u00e5 avancerad niv\u00e5 eller\nfullgjorda kursfordringar om minst 240 h\u00f6gskolepo\u00e4ng, varav minst 60 h\u00f6gskolepo\u00e4ng p\u00e5 avancerad niv\u00e5 eller \np\u00e5 n\u00e5got annat s\u00e4tt f\u00f6rv\u00e4rvat i huvudsak motsvarande kunskaper.\n\nS\u00e4rskild beh\u00f6righet f\u00f6r reglerteknik uppfyller du som har:\nkunskaper motsvarande \u201dFRTF05 Reglerteknik, allm\u00e4n kurs (tidigare FRT010)\u201d, samt f\u00f6rdjupning p\u00e5 magisterniv\u00e5 med relevans f\u00f6r \u00e4mnesomr\u00e5det, och\ncivilingenj\u00f6rsexamen eller motsvarande kompetens.\n\nMSCA:s ordinarie beh\u00f6righetskriterier g\u00e4ller ocks\u00e5:\nIngen doktorsexamen. Vid tidpunkten f\u00f6r anst\u00e4llningen f\u00e5r du \u00e4nnu inte ha avlagt doktorsexamen.\nMobilitetsregel. Du f\u00e5r inte ha bott eller haft din huvudsakliga syssels\u00e4ttning (arbete eller studier) i Sverige i mer \u00e4n 12 m\u00e5nader under de 36 m\u00e5nader som f\u00f6reg\u00e5r anst\u00e4llningen. Kortare vistelser, s\u00e5som semester, r\u00e4knas inte.\n\n\u00d6vriga krav\nF\u00f6r att tillgodog\u00f6ra sig den aktuella forskarutbildningen kr\u00e4vs \u00e4ven:\u00a0\nmycket goda kunskaper i engelska, i tal och skrift.\ngod spr\u00e5klig analytisk f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga.\ngod kreativ f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga genom att komma med nya id\u00e9er och angrepps\u00e4tt\ngod f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga att samarbeta med kollegor och n\u00e4tverka med externa kontakter.\natt du \u00e4r sj\u00e4lvg\u00e5ende och strukturerad och tar eget ansvar f\u00f6r att driva studier och forskningsprojekt vidare.\ngod f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga till sj\u00e4lvst\u00e4ndigt arbete och f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga att formulera och angripa vetenskapliga problem.\ngod f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga till skriftlig och muntlig kommunikation.\ngoda kunskaper i matematik som framg\u00e5r av kursbetyg.\n\nMeriterande \nF\u00f6r den aktuella forskarutbildningen \u00e4r f\u00f6ljande meriterande:\u00a0\nGoda kunskaper i\nMaskininl\u00e4rning och f\u00f6rst\u00e4rkningsinl\u00e4rning.\nMolnsystem och den underliggande tekniken.\nH\u00e5rdvarun\u00e4raprogrammering och erfarenhet av Linuxk\u00e4rnan.\n\n\u00e4r s\u00e4rskilt meriterande.\nH\u00e4nsyn kommer att tas till god samarbetsf\u00f6rm\u00e5ga, driv och sj\u00e4lvst\u00e4ndighet samt hur den s\u00f6kande genom sin erfarenhet och kompetens bed\u00f6ms ha den f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga som beh\u00f6vs f\u00f6r att klara forskarutbildningen.\nOm anst\u00e4llningen\nAnst\u00e4llningen \u00e4r en visstidsanst\u00e4llning p\u00e5 heltid, med start s\u00e5 snart som m\u00f6jligt eller senast 1 mars, 2027. Forskarutbildningen \u00e4r fyra \u00e5r vid heltidsstudier. Vid undervisning och annat institutionsarbete f\u00f6rl\u00e4ngs anst\u00e4llningen i motsvarande grad. Best\u00e4mmelser g\u00e4llande anst\u00e4llning som doktorand finns i H\u00f6gskolef\u00f6rordningen (1993:100), 5 kap 1-7 \u00a7\u00a7.\n\u00d6vrigt\nVi avser anst\u00e4lla 1 doktorand. Ing\u00e5ngsl\u00f6n \u00e4r 35 900 kr per m\u00e5nad i 2026 \u00e5rs l\u00f6nel\u00e4ge.\nDe s\u00f6kande som blir kallade till intervju kan komma att f\u00e5 genomf\u00f6ra ett arbetsprov.\nS\u00e5 h\u00e4r s\u00f6ker du\nAns\u00f6kan ska skrivas p\u00e5 engelska och till din ans\u00f6kan ska du bifoga:\n- CV och personligt brev med motivering till varf\u00f6r du \u00e4r intresserad av utbildningsplatsen\/anst\u00e4llningen och p\u00e5 vilket s\u00e4tt forskningsprojektet matchar dina intressen och din utbildningsbakgrund.\n- Kopior p\u00e5 utf\u00e4rdade studieintyg och\/eller examensbevis. Dessa ska styrka din grundl\u00e4ggande och s\u00e4rskilda beh\u00f6righet till forskarutbildnings\u00e4mnet och visa att du har de \u00e4mneskunskaper som kr\u00e4vs f\u00f6r forskarutbildningsprojektet.\n- \u00d6vrigt som du \u00f6nskar \u00e5beropa (kopior av betyg, uppgifter till referenser, rekommendationsbrev etc.).\n\nV\u00e4lkommen med din ans\u00f6kan!","price":"35900.00","currency":"SEK","status":"active","noindex":true,"location":{"address":"Box 118","full_address":null,"city":"Lund","country":"SE","latitude":55.7205201,"longitude":13.1642678},"metadata":{"region":"Sk\u00e5ne l\u00e4n","duration":"6 m\u00e5nader eller l\u00e4ngre","employer":"Lunds Universitet","postcode":"22100","positions":1,"profession":"Doktorand","salary_from":35900,"salary_type":"Fast m\u00e5nads- vecko- eller timl\u00f6n","salary_unit":"month","employer_url":"https:\/\/www.lu.se\/vacancies","scope_of_work":"100\u2013100 %","working_hours":"Heltid","contact_person":"Johan Eker","employment_type":"full_time","occupation_field":"Pedagogik","employer_workplace":"Lunds universitet","experience_required":true,"employment_type_label":"Vanlig anst\u00e4llning"},"user_id":null,"is_sponsored":false,"views_count":1,"ai_views_count":3,"bot_views_count":3,"ai_vendor_counts":{"other":2,"openai":1},"visibility":"public","submission_source":null,"submission_ai_name":null,"has_owner_email":true,"can_contact_owner":true,"phone":"+46462228780","owner_email":"johan.eker@control.lth.se","images":[],"published_at":"2026-09-08T14:25:05+00:00","expires_at":"2026-10-23T23:59:59+00:00","created_at":"2026-09-09T03:26:30+00:00","updated_at":"2026-09-17T02:54:14+00:00"}}