PhD student in Control Engineering (M/F)

Job Description

Thesis Subject

The proposal covers one of the two topics below:


1) Title - Towards efficient analysis and synthesis of Interconnected Heterogeneous Systems: application to signal estimation (project SystHeI).

Brief description (see the attached document for further details.) - This project aims to address the issue of efficiently analyzing and synthesizing interconnected, heterogeneous dynamical systems, particularly in the context of signal estimation through filtering. This problem is especially relevant for large-scale systems, such as energy distribution networks, sensor networks, and gene regulation networks. While the homogeneous case is well established, the main challenge in the heterogeneous case is finding a balance between the complexity of the algorithm and the conservatism of the developed method.

Keywords: System and Control Theory - Signal Processing - Interconnected systems - Estimation filters - Convex Optimization

2) Title - Analysis and synthesis of Anomaly Detectors under Critical-time constraints (project DAC).

Brief description (see the attached document for further details.) - This project aims to address the issue of efficiently analyzing and synthesizing anomaly detectors (e.g., attacks and faults) for cyber-physical systems. Specifically, the critical-time metric will be investigated, which is the maximum time horizon for which a system is considered safe. This recently introduced security metric appears relevant at every stage of the risk management process: analysis, prevention, detection, and mitigation. The underlying idea is that increasing the critical time gives defense mechanisms, including human operators, more time to detect and mitigate anomalies.

Keywords: System and Control Theory - Signal Processing - Cyber-physical systems - Safety - Security - Anomaly detector (attack, fault) - Critical-time - Convex Optimization

Additional details are available upon mail request or in the French file at https://www.ampere-lab.fr/IMG/pdf/sujet.pdf

Your Work Environment

The École Centrale de Lyon (ECL) is a public scientific, cultural and professional institution. ECL's research activities are directed to and for the business world through numerous industrial contracts.

The Ampère-lab is a joint research unit (CNRS, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, INSA Lyon, Université Lyon 1) of more than 150 researchers based in Lyon, France, working on the rational use of energy in systems in relation to their environment. The research carried out by the System Engineering department includes the development of methods and tools for optimizing and controlling the dynamic behavior of systems in a wide range of application domains, in collaboration with other departments of the laboratory and other engineering laboratories. The combination of theoretical and applied dimensions of this research constitutes its great originality.

Over the last few years, the advisors have been working on the possibilities offered by Systems, Control and Signal approaches for the development of methods for the design and understanding of systems from different disciplines (electronics, electrical engineering, mechanics, biology, etc.). In particular, an expertise has been developed in the design of systems obtained by interconnecting subsystems, for which the combination of the input-output approach with convex optimization tools seems to be particularly effective. Convincing results have already been obtained, ranging from upstream methodological contributions to their application to problems of strong practical interest and even to patent deposit.

Compensation and benefits

Compensation

2300 € gross monthly

Annual leave and RTT

44 jours

Remote Working practice and compensation

Pratique et indemnisation du TT

Transport

Prise en charge à 75% du coût et forfait mobilité durable jusqu’à 300€

About the offer

About the CNRS

The CNRS is a major player in fundamental research on a global scale. The CNRS is the only French organization active in all scientific fields. Its unique position as a multi-specialist allows it to bring together different disciplines to address the most important challenges of the contemporary world, in connection with the actors of change.

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