HRS2025/503 Predoc/Junior Researcher Position in Modeling and AI-enabled Simulation for Defense

UPM (www.upm.es) is the largest Spanish technological university and one of the largest in Europe, with more than 36,000 students (2,108 in Ph.D. Programs). With two recognized Campus of International Excellence, more than 2,900 researchers carry out their activity at UPM, grouped in 205 Research Groups, 55 Laboratories, 19 Research Centers and Institutes, all of them committed to transforming the scientific knowledge into applicable advanced to the production sector. UPM heads the Spanish Universities’ participation in the Horizon Programmes Moreover, every year, UPM applies for around 40 patents and receives a similar number of concessions demonstrating a high commitment to innovation. Regarding business creation, UPM has generated about 140 start-ups in the last ten years. With a close support of the  business sector, the University annually signs around 600 contracts with private companies.
INFORMATION PROCESSING AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS CENTER
The Information Processing and Telecommunications Center (www.iptc.upm.es) is one of the Research Centers in UPM. It brings together the expertise and resources of around 160 researchers working in the fields of Electronics, Communications, Networks, Computing and Software. UPM-IPTC has a sustained record of involvement in numerous competitive projects (e.g. more than 100 per year), contracted research and an extensive experience of collaboration and technology transfer to companies (more than 60 research contracts per year). With a convinced vocation of cooperation with industry, UPM-IPTC focuses on technologies of social and economic interest.
DATA PROCESSING AND SIMULATION GROUP
The Data Processing and Simulation Group (GPDS), part of the Information Processing and Telecommunications Center and located at ETSIT (www.etsit.upm.es) of the U. Politécnica de Madrid, is formed by fifteen researchers and has a long track record of success in research projects for and in collaboration with companies. GPDS develops different lines of research, in particular the design and development of multisensor acquisition and fusion architectures, applied artificial intelligence and optimization techniques in sectors such as energy, air traffic control or defense.