MSCA Doctoral Fellow Studentship in Adaptation Services, Cloud Intelligence Hub and Edge Intelligence Rims for AI-Driven Cyber-Physical Systems (GREET Doctoral Network, Fixed Term)

About the Project

INTRACOM SINGLE MEMBER S.A. TELECOM SOLUTIONS

Location:
Athens, Greece

Hours:
Full Time

Contract Type:
Fixed Term, 3 Years

The Position

Applications are invited for a Doctoral Candidate (also known as Doctoral Fellow) in GREET (Generative Explainee-aware Explainability and Transparency in Proactive Cyber-Physical Eco- Environments) Doctoral Network, funded by Horizon Europe’s MSCA Programme. The Doctoral Candidate will be employed as a full-time Doctor Fellow by Intracom Telecom and while registered for PhD degree at Edinburgh Napier University. The joint supervision team will include experts from both Intracom Telecom and Edinburgh Napier. Salary is very competitive, and PhD tuition fees will be paid/exempted by the project.

The GREET Doctoral Network offers an exciting opportunity for an early-career researcher to contribute to shaping a new generation of Cyber Physical Systems, which will support generative cognition, explainee-aware explainability, and transparent proactivity in the highly secured CPS eco-environments. Focused on the novel generative AI-driven CPS, GREET aims to deliver key insights into the science and models of the proposed CPS, set up its scientific foundation, and equip the recruited Doctoral Candidates with skills to drive the next innovative steps in this area.

In partnership with 13 renowned institutions and industrial leaders across 9 countries, GREET will train 15 talented doctoral candidates. The new CPS will drive the shift towards a trustworthy proactive smart world, and bring in future smart services with built-in holistic cognitive and trustworthy learning ability, deployed in many vital societal and economic services, such as smart cities, manufacturing, healthcare, energy and transport.

The Doctoral Candidate will first study and elicit the key requirements of CPS resilience, resource and energy-awareness, explainable proactivity, interoperability and self-development. Based on these requirements, the doctoral candidate will develop a set of adaptation services on the key features of the CPS. To enable the proposed CPS system, a Cloud Intelligence Hub and the Edge Intelligence Rims of the new CPS will be designed and developed.

Who we are

• Intracom Telecom is the largest multinational provider of telco products, solutions & services in Greece with a track record of over 40 years of presence in Europe and more than 100 customers in the Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Asia. It employs 1.500 of staff in Greece alone, 18% of which involved in R&D, with subsidiaries in 16 countries. Intracom is rated in among top 300 of European R&D Companies and is considered amongst the largest European companies leading in R&D investments.

  Intracom focusses on applied research towards new product provisioning, operating 15 state-of-the-art research labs for rapid development of advanced telco systems. It has been active in EU funded research programs since EU Framework 5 in areas including ICT Energy, Health, Environment and Security. Intracom has participated and/or coordinated over 200 funded research projects in a variety of funding frameworks from FP5/6/7, Horizon’2020 and Horizon Europe frameworks, Artemis and AAL joint programs, targeted bilateral international collaborative actions and networking programs.

• Edinburgh Napier University (Edinburgh, UK) is one of the largest higher education institutions in the UK with over 25,000 students from 109 countries. The research in its School of Computing, Engineering and Built Environment (SCEBE) is recognised as world leading or internationally excellent in UK’s REF. The latest UK national research assessment (REF 2021) places our computer science as third best in terms of research power in Scotland. We are a leading UK university with 100% of our assessed work from areas of computing achieving the highest rating (world-leading), a recognition achieved only by six other universities in the UK.

  SCEBE works across a spectrum of fields of computer technology including smart sensors & networks, Cyber Physical System, intelligence-driven software engineering, generative and bio-inspired AI, future interaction and cyber-security. SCEBE works on projects with EU, UK’s research councils, international funders and clients across all industry sectors. SCEBE have a vibrant PhD programme and several Postdoc training programmes.

Whom we are looking for

Applicants:

• must not have a doctoral degree on the date of their recruitment
• can be of any nationality
• should be enrolled in a doctoral programme during the project
• should comply with the mobility rules: in general, they must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the recruiting organisation (i.e. Greece) for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before their recruitment date

Academic qualifications:

A first degree (at least a 2:1) ideally in Computer Science with a good fundamental knowledge of at least one of the following areas software engineering, cloud computing, edge computing, or Cyber Physical Systems.

English language requirement:

IELTS score must be at least 6.5 (with not less than 6.0 in each of the four components). Other, equivalent qualifications will be accepted.

Essential attributes:

• Experience of fundamental software design and development
• Competent in development of cloud and edge computing services and/or apps
• Knowledge of Cyber Physical Systems or Internet of Things based smart systems
• Good written and oral English communication skills (proficiency certificate)
• Strong motivation and evidence of independent research relevant to the project
• Proven research project management skills being an added advantage
• Experience in proposal building for EU-funding research projects is advantageous

Remuneration

The gross monthly salary will be determined in accordance with applicable eligibility criteria, within the framework of the project's funding regulations. The position is fully funded by the GREET project, with a total maximum renumeration of €125,304 for the entire three-year duration of the engagement, with additional optional family allowance of €17,820 and mobility allowance of €25,560, for eligible applicants.

Additional Benefits we offer

• A company-provided bus service for employee convenience.
• Continuous training and professional development to stay ahead of technological advancements.
• Participation in the Company's medical insurance program

Additional Information

Informal enquiries about the role can be made to Dr Artur Krukowski (krukowa@intracom-telecom.com) or Professor Xiaodong Liu (x.liu@napier.ac.uk). Applications must be submitted via the INTRACOM job applications web site: https://apply.workable.com/intracom-telecom-2/j/74E8501B72/ by 25 May 2026.