We invite applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher position focused on resource allocation in future communication networks, with Agentic AI and systems thinking as central methodological approaches. The successful candidate will conduct interdisciplinary research at the intersection of network engineering, systems science, and autonomous decision-making, addressing challenges of complexity, scalability, and sustainability in next-generation networks (e.g., 6G, IoT ecosystems, and device–edge–cloud infrastructures).
This position offers a unique opportunity to explore how autonomous, goal-driven agents can perceive, reason, and act within complex networked systems to optimize performance, cost, and availability under uncertainty.
Context: Device-Edge-Cloud infrastructures combine the architectural and algorithmic challenges of heterogeneous computing and communication environments while introducing new challenges in control, coordination, and adaptation. As application requirements become increasingly dynamic, managing trade-offs among performance, availability, cost, and energy efficiency across distributed resources is growing more complex.
Traditional centralized or static optimization approaches struggle to cope with these dynamics. Agentic AI, combined with systems thinking, offers a promising paradigm to enable distributed, adaptive, and self-organizing decision-making across network layers and domains.
The successful candidate will join a dynamic and international research team at Inria https://stack.inria.fr
This Postdoctoral position is part of the SMARTNET project, a collaborative effort between Inria and Nokia, offering strong exposure to both academic excellence and industrial relevance.
