[EECS positions] Center for Connected Autonomy and AI, Florida Atlantic Univ.

Florida Atlantic University (FAU) belongs to the 12-campus State University System of Florida and serves South Florida, which has more than five million people and spans more than 100 miles (160 km) of coastline. The university offers more than 170 undergraduate and graduate degree programs within its 10 colleges. As of 2018, enrollment has grown to over 30,000 students representing 140 countries, 50 states and the District of Columbia. FAU, Boca Raton campus, is within 1.3 miles direct distance to the Atlantic Ocean, and is within one-hour drive to Miami and three-hour drive to Orlando. Boca Raton is the southernmost city in Palm Beach County, Florida and is with warm winter and comfortable summer.


The Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) department has 47 faculty and 5 staff members, and offers baccalaureate (800 students), masters, and PhD degrees (280 students) in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Computer Science. The department’s current active funding portfolio is over $7.0M, with support from NSF, NIH, DoD, DoE, DARPA, and Industry. There are multiple prestigious NSF CAREER recipients per year in the department recently.

The newly established Center for Connected Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence (CA-AI) provides cutting-edge research and education on autonomous system and AI.

We are particularly interested in highly-motivated students with a strong research background and capability. Ideal candidates are expected to have:
1.          A M.S. degree in electrical and computer engineering. At least a B.S. degree in related areas
2.          Strong mathematical background in modeling, optimization and analysis
3.          Hands-on experience in computer programming, such as Python, C++ and/or Matlab/Simulink
4.          Good communication and writing skills will be a plus

Successful candidates are expected to carry out research in one or more of the areas:
·         Machine learning (e.g., reinforcement learning) for control and optimization
·         Computational intelligence algorithms and theories
·         Smart grid and microgrid energy management
·         Cyber physical autonomous systems


If you are interested in PhD positions in EECS @ Florida Atlantic University, FL, please send your CV and transcripts to Prof. Zhen Ni with subject “Application for Spring 2022/Fall 2022” in email.