Postdoc position in modeling and analysis of cyber-physical systems

At the Technical Faculty of IT and Design, Department of Computer Science, a full-time postdoc position in modeling and analysis of cyber-physical systems is available from March 15 th or as soon as possible thereafter. The employment will be for a period of 12-24 months.

The candidate will be part of the section Distributed, Embedded and Distributed Systems: https://www.cs.aau.dk/research/distributed-embedded-intelligent-systems/

The Department of Computer Science features a broad range of synergistic activities within research and education in the general area of computer science, including curiosity-driven research and targeted research in collaboration with industrial partners, traditional university education with a unique problem- and project-based focus, and continued education and knowledge dissemination.

Your work tasks    
The work is shared between two projects.

One project is across the North Sea region, addressing safety-critical water infrastructure that runs on aging software. When it fails, the impact can be severe: disruption, financial loss, and safety risks. The project delivers practical solutions to make critical infrastructure software reliable and future-proof. The position will mainly be tasked to collaborate with the Danish infrastructure authorities on a pilot at the Danish coast. The tasks involve the modeling of a sluice, which will then be used in a learning framework to design an automatic controller to optimize the usage of the sluice under various conditions.

The other project will address challenges related to Sustainable Water-based cooling in Mega-cities.  Research questions include “how can digital twins of buildings a number of specified critical properties (temperature, cooling load demand, energy consumption, potential leaks, etc.) be used for online monitored such that warnings will be made as soon as the probability of given threshold values are exceeded and becoming critically high”.  In addition, “how can the digital twins be used to provide on-line predictions as to the future expected evolution of these critical properties as the basis for safe reinforcement learning (RL) for on-line optimal control”.  In particular, the candidate will investigate enhancement of RL controllers in multi-agent settings and by incorporating optimization techniques such as multi-objective optimization. Overall, the candidate will contribute to overall optimization minimizing CO2 emissions and overall cost.’

Qualification requirements 
Appointment as postdoc requires academic qualifications at PhD level. 

How to apply 

Your application must include the following:

•  Application, stating reasons for applying, qualifications in relation to the position, and intentions and visions for the position (at most two pages)
•  Curriculum vitae (CV)
•  Diplomas
•  List of publications, with an indication of the attached publications that you wish to be taken into account in the assessment. You may attach a maximum of five publications.

You can read more about the requirements for your application here.    

The application must be submitted via Aalborg University’s recruitment system, which can be accessed under the job advertisement on Aalborg University's website.  

Aalborg University wants to reflect the surrounding society and has diversity as a core value. Therefore, everyone, regardless of personal background and orientation, is encouraged to apply for the position. 

Do you have any questions? 
If you have any questions about the position, you are more than welcome to contact us. You will find contact persons at the bottom of the jobpost.     

Further information 
Read more about our recruitment process here   

The appointment process at Aalborg University involves a shortlisting process. You can read more about the shortlisting and appointment process here.  

The hiring process at Aalborg University may include a risk assessment as a tool to identify potential risks associated with new hires, ensuring the safety, compliance, and integrity of the workplace. 

Salary and terms of employment  
The employment is in accordance with the Ministerial Order on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Universities (the Appointment Order) and the Ministerial Order on Job Structure for Academic Staff at Universities (in Danish) and protocol on certain terms of employment of academic staff at universities (in Danish). 

Salary and terms of employment are in accordance with the collective agreement between the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations and the state (AC collective agreement) (only in Danish) and protocol on certain terms of employment of academic staff at universities (only in Danish). 

Aalborg University - Knowledge for the world
Aalborg University is an international workplace with more than 3,700 employees. We offer real-world-oriented education and create world-class research results through collaboration between researchers, students, and public and private companies. This is how we achieve insights, new solutions to societal problems, and knowledge that changes the world. Our main campus is in Aalborg, but we also have campuses in Esbjerg and Copenhagen.

Contacts

• Kim Guldstrand Larsen: +4599408893, kgl@cs.aau.dk
• Christian Schilling: +4599408910, christianms@cs.aau.dk

Employment type

Full time

Ref number

2026/199

Deadline

18.02.2026