Phd Researcher Sustainable Business Models for

PhD researcher Sustainable business models for different actors within emerging data spaces- PhD - Gent Zwijnaarde | Just now- We are looking for a researcher who is able to combine technical and economic insights and has a strong interest in data technology and the business potential it enables.-
The Internet Technology & Data Science Lab (IDLab) is an imec research group at Ghent University and the University of Antwerp. IDLab focuses its research on internet technologies and data science. Bringing together more than 300 internet experts, we develop technologies outperforming current solutions for communication subsystems, high speed and low power networking, distributed computing and multimedia processing, machine learning, artificial intelligence and web semantics. IDLab has a unique research infrastructure used in numerous national and international collaborations.

IDLab collaborates with many universities and research centers worldwide and jointly develops advanced technologies with industry (R&D centers from international companies, Flanders’ top innovating large companies and SMEs, as well as numerous ambitious start-ups).

Sustainable business models for different actors within emerging data spaces.

The value of data is often purely linked to the value that large amounts of data brought with it (big data). That data was often collected by so-called Big Tech companies (Google, Facebook,..), who maintain vertically integrated silos of data in order to gain a competitive advantage over industry peers. The latter often depend on Big Tech to open up the data at a predetermined price. In addition, the same data is very valuable for the Big Tech companies themselves and the advertisers to whom they sell advertising space.
Data spaces and personal data pod-based solutions make great promises about economic potential. However, a lot of research is still needed to gain a good insight into what these technologies can effectively achieve. The interaction with companies is important in order to gain insight into the current state of affairs and possible developments.

What you will do
- Under the supervision of a professor and a postdoc researcher in the team, you will prepare a PhD dissertation over a duration of about 4 years.
- You perform cutting-edge research in the domain of techno-economic evaluation of digital platform ecosystems enabled by Solid technology
- You publish and present results both at international conferences and in scientific journals.
- You validate your research by considering concrete use cases and discussing with public and private actors in the field.
- You tightly collaborate with IDLab colleagues within the techno-economic team, as well as in other teams where appropriate.
- You will be involved in different research projects related to your PhD topic, in the framework of national and European funded research cooperations, and collaborate with research partners from industry.
- You will assist the research group with limited educational tasks.

What we do for you

We offer a challenging, stimulating, young and pleasant research environment where you can contribute to solving real-life problems for technological innovations with a clear societal as well as economic value. The work is done in close collaboration with ICT and telecom industry players in Flanders and Europe. The UGent doctoral school program offers possibilities for following a range of courses or trainings of your interest. We foresee a competitive remuneration and the possibility to obtain a PhD degree in Engineering. The contract takes the form of a PhD grant for 4 years, with an evaluation after the first year (1+3 contract).

Who you are
- Holder of a Master degree in Computer Science, Computer Science Engineering, Electrical Engineering, IEOR or Commercial Engineering.
- Strong interest in economic evaluation of technological projects.
- Strong analytical skills for designing and implementing abstract models.
- Experience with object-oriented programming and web-based development is a plus.
- You work independently, have a strong feeling of responsibility and are able to commit to timing and milestones set forward by different research projects.
- You are a team player and have strong communication skills.
- A good knowledge of English and Dutch (oral and written) is a must.

Interested?

This PhD position is available immediately and is open until the vacancy is filled. The position is not open for post-docs.
- your resume (curriculum vitae),
- motivation letter (indicating both your technical and economic background/interest as well as any specific research skills),
- a copy of your diploma and diploma supplement (with overview of all courses followed).
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