QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

PhD stipends are allocated to individuals who hold a Master’s degree. PhD stipends are normally for a period of 3 years. Integrated PhD stipends are allocated to individuals who has not yet completed a Master’s degree and who wish to begin the PhD study in connection with the Master study. Thus, a prerequisite for acceptance is that the candidate is enrolled in a relevant Master’s programme.
It is a prerequisite for allocation of the stipend that the candidate will be enrolled as a PhD student at the Technical Doctoral School of IT and Design in accordance with the regulations of Ministerial Order No. 1039 of August 27, 2013 on the PhD Programme at the Universities and Certain Higher Artistic Educational Institutions. According to the Ministerial Order, the progress of the PhD student shall be assessed at regular points in time.

WHO WE ARE

The successful candidates will be hosted by the Section on Connectivity or the Section on AI & Sound that are both part of the CLASSIQUE center. The Section on Connectivity is led by Prof. Petar Popovski, who also leads Research Thrust 1 (RT1) within the center. The Section on AI & Sound is led by Prof. Jan Østergaard, who also heads RT3. A dedicated supervisory team composed of experts from the departments of electronic systems, computer science, and mathematics will be assembled to support the interdisciplinarity of the PhD project. The CLASSIQUE Center provides a world-class research environment, outstanding working and networking opportunities, and full employment benefits, including a competitive salary.

The Center for Classical Communication in the Quantum Era (CLASSIQUE) is a pioneering research initiative at Aalborg University, Denmark, and is headed by Prof. Petar Popovski. The center aims to revolutionize communication systems for the quantum age. As quantum technologies rapidly advance, CLASSIQUE focuses on a critical challenge: how to evolve classical communication networks to support both traditional data and the unique requirements of quantum information systems (https://www.classique.aau.dk). CLASSIQUE will address a suite of fresh research challenges defined by the intersection of digital applications that have real-time requirements and quantum resources that are time-constrained due to the decoherence and volatility. CLASSIQUE is organized into four research thrusts that rely upon interdisciplinary competences in: communication theory, networking, information theory, physics, mathematics, computer science, and statistics

This PhD projects falls under Research Thrusts RT1 and RT3 on communication systems and representation, compression, learning, and inference for classical and quantum data exchanged through classical and quantum networks. The objective of the PhD studies are to explore and address research and design challenges that include (but are not limited to):

• Efficient networked classical-quantum systems
• Communication models within timing constraints in quantum applications
• Algorithms and protocols for joint transfer of digital data and entanglement
• Networked quantum sensing supported by distributed classical communication
• Compression of quantum data under unreliable entanglement assistance
• Joint compression and error correction for robust communication in the quantum-classical internet
• Quantum embeddings for machine learning