INDUSTRIAL PHD POSITION - Sensor fusion enabled indoor

positioning

Summary
Thomas Johann Seebeck Department of Electronics at School of Information Technologies, Tallinn University of
Technology, Estonia, and OÜ Eliko, Estonian, has an opening for an industrial PhD project on the development of
sensor fusion enabled indoor positioning.

Research field: Information and Communication Technology

Supervisors: Muhammad Mahtab Alam
Alar Kuusik
Sander Ulp
Availability: This position is available.
Offered by: School of Information Technologies
Thomas Johann Seebeck Department of Electronics
Application deadline: Applications are accepted between May 03, 2021 00:00 and May 31, 2021 23:59
(Europe/Zurich)

Description
Context
Wireless indoor tracking and positioning systems have become a very popular research topic due to the increase of
practical applications and demand from the industry as well as the spread of IoT devices [1-4]. Although, UWB as a
technology has already established itself as the most promising technology for indoor positioning [1-2], the require-
ments for indoor positioning accuracy, robustness and cost-effectiveness for industrial applications are not entirely
met. New methods that combine UWB ranging with different sensors and methods such as IMU-s, multi-antenna
devices, cameras, pressure sensors etc. are required to solve difficult scenarios where obstructions and non-line of
sight conditions make accurate tacking very costly or unreliable.
Objectives and Tasks
This industry PhD thesis aims to tackle the problems related to indoor positioning systems and improve and develop
new methods and algorithms for sensor fusion to enhance the performance of UWB based positioning systems.
The focus of the PhD is to deal with industry application driven research which requires next generation positioning
systems. In collaboration with Eliko OÜ the PhD thesis will be based on real industry challenges and data, practical
environments using existing Eliko RTLS positioning system [5].
Prerequisites:

• A strong background in signal processing and applied mathematics;

• Past experience in positioning and UWB technology is highly desirable;
• Excellent knowledge of languages such as, C/C++, (Embedded) C and python as well as tools like Matlab etc.;
• Self-motivated and committed person who takes ownership of their project;
• Excellent writing skills.

Tallinn University of Technology is an equal opportunity university. Female applicants are particularly encouraged
to apply.
Eliko is a technology company which specializes and is the leading expert in Estonia in indoor positioning. Eliko
RTLS UWB system is based on the Qorvo DWM1000 chip with custom and in house developed hardware, software
and algorithms. Eliko has multiple partners and clients across the world and has an active partnership with several
industry companies. Eliko is further interested in contributing to the positioning research community and to develop
algorithms for the next generation positioning systems.
Contacts at Tallinn University of Technology

• Muhammad Mahtab Alam, [email protected]

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• Alar Kuusik, [email protected]

Contacts at Eliko OÜ

• Sander Ulp, [email protected]

References:

1. Mendoza-Silva GM, Torres-Sospedra J, Huerta J. A meta-review of indoor positioning systems. Sensors. 2019
Jan;19(20):4507.
2. Brena RF, García-Vázquez JP, Galván-Tejada CE, Muñoz-Rodriguez D, Vargas-Rosales C, Fangmeyer J. Evo-
lution of indoor positioning technologies: A survey. Journal of Sensors. 2017 Mar 29;2017.
3. Liu H, Darabi H, Banerjee P, Liu J. Survey of wireless indoor positioning techniques and systems. IEEE Trans-
actions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part C (Applications and Reviews). 2007
4. Wirola L, Laine TA, Syrjärinne J. Mass-market requirements for indoor positioning and indoor navigation. In
2010 International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation 2010 Sep 15 (pp. 1-7). IEEE.
5. Eliko KIO RTLS https://www.eliko.ee/products/kio-rtls/

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INDUSTRIAL PHD POSITION - Multi network positioning
algorithms and methods

Summary
Thomas Johann Seebeck Department of Electronics at School of Information Technologies, Tallinn University of
Technology, Estonia, and OÜ Eliko, Estonian, has an opening for an industrial PhD project on the development of
multi network positioning algorithms and methods.

Research field: Information and Communication Technology

Supervisors: Muhammad Mahtab Alam
Ivo Müürsepp
Sander Ulp
Availability: This position is available.
Offered by: School of Information Technologies
Thomas Johann Seebeck Department of Electronics
Application deadline: Applications are accepted between May 03, 2021 00:00 and May 31, 2021 23:59
(Europe/Zurich)

Description
Context
Over the years several tracking and positioning systems have been developed and have become a main research
topic for industrial application. Technologies such as GNSS, BLE, UWB, 5G, Wi-Fi, Ultrasound have been deployed
and improved to meet practical applications and demand from the industry as well as the spread of IoT devices
[1-2]. These networks usually are deployed for different use cases and often co-exist, but algorithms to facilitate
handovers and roaming between different technologies as well as combining the output of different methods has not
been researched to its full potential. Industrial applications require seamless transitions from outdoor and indoor as
well as different accuracies and cost-efficiency of different technologies.
Objectives and Tasks
This industry PhD thesis aims to tackle the problems related to multiple positioning systems and improve and develop
new methods and algorithms to enable transitions and combined effort from different technologies. The focus of
the PhD is to deal with industry application driven research which requires different types of positioning system. In
collaboration with Eliko OÜ the PhD thesis will be based on real industry challenges and data, practical environments
using existing Eliko RTLS positioning system and add-on systems [3].
Applicants should fulfil the following requirements:

• A strong background in signal processing and applied mathematics;

• Past experience in positioning and UWB technology is highly desirable;
• Excellent knowledge of languages such as, C/C++, (Embedded) C and python as well as tools like Matlab etc.;
• Self-motivated and committed person who takes ownership of their project;
• Excellent writing skills.

Tallinn University of Technology is an equal opportunity university. Female applicants are particularly encouraged
to apply.
Eliko is a technology company which specializes and is the leading expert in Estonia in indoor positioning. Eliko
RTLS UWB system is based on the Qorvo DWM1000 chip with custom and in house developed hardware, software
and algorithms. Eliko has multiple partners and clients across the world and has an active partnership with several
industry companies. Eliko is further interested in contributing to the positioning research community and to develop
algorithms for the next generation positioning systems.
Contacts at Tallinn University of Technology

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• Muhammad Mahtab Alam, [email protected]
• Ivo Müürsepp, [email protected]

Contacts at Eliko OÜ

• Sander Ulp, [email protected]

References:

1. Mendoza-Silva GM, Torres-Sospedra J, Huerta J. A meta-review of indoor positioning systems. Sensors. 2019
Jan;19(20):4507.
2. Brena RF, García-Vázquez JP, Galván-Tejada CE, Muñoz-Rodriguez D, Vargas-Rosales C, Fangmeyer J. Evo-
lution of indoor positioning technologies: A survey. Journal of Sensors. 2017 Mar 29;2017.
3. Eliko KIO RTLS https://www.eliko.ee/products/kio-rtls/

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Teledermatology in practice – evaluating the impact of a
country-wide medical photo management solution Dermtest –
from barriers and outcomes to relevant policy implications

Summary
The project includes analysis of barriers of adoption and impact to patients and healthcare system. It will also
include policy implications for national health information system regarding standards and interoperability.

Research field: Information and Communication Technology

Supervisor: Peeter Ross
Availability: This position is available.
Offered by: School of Information Technologies
Department of Health Technologies
Application deadline: Applications are accepted between May 03, 2021 00:00 and May 31, 2021 23:59
(Europe/Zurich)

Description
The Estonian Dermtest teledermatology service has grown from a dermoscopy focused melanoma detection service
to a complete and comprehensive medical photo management solution covering all Estonian regions, 60 health care
providers and a number of specialties form skin cancer, wound care, general dermatology and psoriasis management.
The research should focus on evaluation and conceptualization of the different software enabled services and use-
cases, including the impact and barriers of implementation, but also discuss the policy implications for digital society
services such as country-wide health information exchange and its standards. The research is especially important
for global healthcare community to understand what implementing such services entails in terms of impact to patients
but also the digital infrastructure changes.
Applicants should fulfil the following requirements:

• Practical experience in implementing teledermatology

• Ongoing research participation in the field of the topic
• Experience in evaluating digital health technologies
• Work experience in academia
• High motivation to conduct research on the subject

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6G Radio Communication Architecture Design

Summary
6G is expected to be characterized by extreme densification of the network, a cell-free network to offer seamless
quality of service and reliable coverage. At the same time ORAN alliance, its flexible and virtualized open radio
access network opens up ways to innovate new methods empowered by artificial intelligence (AI) to optimize time-
resources.

Research field: Information and Communication Technology

Supervisor: Muhammad Mahtab Alam
Availability: This position is available.
Offered by: School of Information Technologies
Thomas Johann Seebeck Department of Electronics
Application deadline: Applications are accepted between May 03, 2021 00:00 and May 31, 2021 23:59
(Europe/Zurich)

Description
The objective of this PhD project is to develop new research on two aspects of post 5G systems i.e., cell-free network
and radio access network (RAN) intelligent Controller (RIC) for open RAN (ORAN). The specific tasks are as follows:

• For cell-free network, to redesign the procedures of cell search and random access as well as autonomous grant-
free data transmission schemes;
• Based on the ORAN based RIC framework and open interface, considering both real time and near real time ap-
plications, develop AI/ML model for radio resource optimization; in addition, investigate solutions for interoperable
vendors elements.
• Research focused on developing algorithms in line with real-life use-cases by generating diverse traffic patterns,
various features will be researched including dynamic radio configurations, dynamic radio slicing, energy efficiency
etc.;
• Contribute to dissemination i) deliverables and reporting, ii) seminars and workshops;
• Publish results as quality impact papers including impact factor journals, flagship conferences, focused workshops
and in standardization activities.

Applicants should fulfil the following requirements:

• A strong background in wireless communications 4G/5G, applied data science; machine learning (supervised &
unsupervised learning) and statistical learning, Reinforcement learning, Deep learning etc.;
• Experience and interest for real-life implementation, testing and validation of ML techniques;
• Excellent knowledge of languages such as, python, (Embedded) C, Java, as well as tools like R, Matlab etc.;
• Self-motivated and committed person who takes ownership of their project;
• Excellent writing skills

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Formal denotational semantics in Homotopy Type Theory

Summary
Voevodsky’s Homotopy Type Theory is an expressive logical framework for the development of formalized
mathematics, in particular homotopy theory and higher category theory. This PhD project explores applications
of Homotopy Type Theory to denotational semantics of programming languages. Supervisor: Niccolò Veltri Co-
supervisor: Tarmo Uustalu

Research field: Information and Communication Technology

Supervisors: Tarmo Uustalu
Niccoló Veltri
Availability: This position is available.
Offered by: School of Information Technologies
Department of Software Science
Application deadline: Applications are accepted between May 03, 2021 00:00 and May 31, 2021 23:59
(Europe/Zurich)

Description
The goal of this project is the development of mathematical structures for programming semantics in Homotopy
Type Theory (HoTT), crucially employing higher inductive types and HoTT’s characteristic view of types as geometric
spaces. The project will mainly study the denotational semantics of programming languages with support for nonde-
terministic/concurrent behaviour, such as process calculi and transition-based systems. Geometric models of con-
currency in the style of Fajstrup, van Glabbeek, Goubault, Mimram et al. will also be investigated. The results will be
formalized in proof assistants with support for Homotopy Type Theory, such as Cubical Agda.
Supervisor: Niccolò Veltri
Co-supervisor: Tarmo Uustalu
Name of the department or research group: Laboratory for High-Assurance Software
Responsibilities and tasks:

• research on this PhD project

• the PhD student may have to contribute to the teaching activities of the lab as a course assistant

Applicants should fulfill the following requirements:

• MSc degree in mathematics or computer science

• knowledge in at least one and interest in all of the following: semantics of programming languages, category
theory, certified programming, formalized programming theory

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Fractional Order Modelling And Control Methods for Industrial
Systems

Summary
The objective of the thesis is research and development of advanced methods for distributed modeling and control
of systems in the context of Industry 4.0 and beyond.

Research field: Information and Communication Technology

Supervisors: Eduard Petlenkov
Aleksei Tepljakov
Availability: This position is available.
Offered by: School of Information Technologies
Department of Computer Systems
Application deadline: Applications are accepted between May 03, 2021 00:00 and May 31, 2021 23:59
(Europe/Zurich)

Description
Description
The objective of the thesis is research and development of advanced methods for distributed modeling and control of
systems in the context of Industry 4.0 and beyond. This includes deep theoretical investigation in the field of complex
nonlinear systems, time-variant systems, fractional order modelling and control techniques as well as their practical
applicability. The designed control techniques will be proven theoretically, validated in laboratory environment and
made ready for practical implementation.
Some classical methods for modeling system dynamics are to be extended with modern concepts including but not
limited to: fractional-order calculus, nonlinear modeling, symbolic regression. In the light of emergence of cyber-phys-
ical systems (CPS) and their components (internet-of-things, IOT, and distributed control systems, DCS), this work
aims to bridge research gaps in exploring the most efficient solutions for accurate modeling, prediction, and control
of industrial plants. This allows to construct truly smart automation and control solutions that lead to improvement
of key performance indicators of real-life control systems in any industrial or residential room and improvement in
dynamical performance thereof.
Requirements for the candidate's background and knowledge:

• Good knowledge of dynamic modelling and control theory

• Good knowledge of Intelligent control algorithms and/or fractional order modelling and control
• Good knowledge of numerical optimization methods
• Good knowledge of MATLAB/Simulink
• MSc in a related field
• Outstanding master thesis in the field of control theory
• At least one published paper in the field of the research in a journal with impact factor higher than 4 in which the
candidate is the first author
• Good knowledge of computational Intelligence methods and learning algorithms is a benefit

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