Applicants are invited for a PhD fellowship/scholarship at Graduate School of Technical Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark, within the Electrical and Computer Engineering programme. The position is available from 01 August 2025 or later. You can submit your application via the link under 'how to apply'.

Title:
Auditory Evoked Responses from Ear-EEG

Research area and project description:

Applicants are invited for a PhD position within the Center for Ear-EEG at Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Aarhus University, see ece.au.dk/en/research/research-centres/center-for-ear-eeg.

Ear-EEG enables discreet and unobtrusive monitoring of brain activities from electrodes placed in and around the ear. The vision of ear-EEG is to enable brain monitoring in real-life. Ear-EEG has a wide range of potential applications within health monitoring, brain computer interfaces, hearing prosthetic devices, sleep monitoring and consumer products.

The PhD-project is a continuation and extension of a long-standing research effort focused on monitoring auditory pathway activity using ear-EEG technology. The PhD-project will comprise design of experimental paradigms, data collection comprising both scalp- and ear-EEG, and data analysis. The data analysis will be based on advanced signal processing methods such as spatiotemporal signal decomposition and deconvolution methods.

Project description: For technical reasons, you must upload a project description. Please simply copy the project description above and upload it as a PDF in the application.

Qualifications and specific competences:
Applicants to the position are expected to have a M.Sc. degree in Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Data Science or related fields.

The candidate should have a solid background and interest in data analysis, signal processing and electrophysiology/neuroscience.

The applicant must have good oral and written communication skills and be proficient English speaker.

Place of employment and place of work:
The place of employment is Aarhus University, and the place of work is Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Building 5125, Finlandsgade 22, 8200 Aarhus N., Denmark.

Contacts:
Applicants seeking further information about the PhD position are invited to contact:

• Preben Kidmose, pki@ece.au.dk (main supervisor)

For information about application requirements and mandatory attachments, please see our application guide. If answers cannot be found there, please contact:

• admission.gradschool.tech@au.dk

How to apply:
Please follow this link to submit your application.

Application deadline is 30 April 2025 at 23:59 CEST

Preferred starting date is 01 August 2025

Please note:

• Only documents received prior to the application deadline will be evaluated. Thus, documents sent after deadline will not be taken into account.
• The programme committee may request further information or invite the applicant to attend an interview.
• Shortlisting will be used, which means that the evaluation committee only will evaluate the most relevant applications.

Aarhus University’s ambition is to be an attractive and inspiring workplace for all and to foster a culture in which each individual has opportunities to thrive, achieve and develop. We view equality and diversity as assets, and we welcome all applicants. All interested candidates are encouraged to apply, regardless of their personal background. Salary and terms of employment are in accordance with applicable collective agreement.