Ref PAR 2023/884 The University of Gothenburg tackles society’s challenges with diverse knowledge. 56 000 students and 6 600 employees make the university a large and inspiring place to work and study. Strong research and attractive study programmes attract scientists and students from around the world. With new knowledge and new perspectives, the University contributes to a better future.This is a broad call in computer science and engineering covering areas such as: data science, logic and types, natural language processing, formal methods, software engineering, interaction design, computer graphics, and networks and systems. The department of Computer Science and Engineering is strongly international, with approximately 300 employees from over 30 countries. The department is a fully integrated department with the University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology as principals.The department is looking for four PhD students.Each position is placed in one of the four divisions (Data Science and AI, Computer Networks and Systems, Computing Science, and Software Engineering and Interaction Design) at the department, with the University of Gothenburg as the employer. The Department aims to actively improve our gender balance and we work broadly with equality projects. Equality and diversity are substantial foundations in all activities at the University and Department. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply regardless of age, gender, religion, country of origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation or functional impairment.The appointed candidates will join a large student body comprising over 130 PhD students in the department. To every appointed candidate the department allocates a faculty member as main supervisor, whose role is to mentor the student towards becoming a full-fledged independent researcher. In addition to the main supervisor, each student is allocated a co-supervisor and examiner who together support students in their progress towards achieving the requirements of the degree. The studies are followed regularly to support the student. We encourage students to have a good work-life balance throughout their employment. These positions are salaried positions for up to five years, as explained below. The University applies a local agreement on salaries for doctoral students. General information about being a doctoral student at the University of Gothenburg can be found on the university's doctoral student pages, Duties Third-cycle studies comprises four years of full-time studies and leads after a successful completion to a Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science and Engineering. Those who are employed as doctoral students must primarily focus their efforts on their doctoral education. However, a doctoral student may to a limited extent work with education or administration, so-called departmental service in a teaching or supporting role (for example, teaching assistance, membership in committees, or supervision of bachelor and master’s theses), which can be concentrated on certain parts of the year depending on the needs of the business in consultation with the student. Such work may, before the doctoral degree is completed, not cover more than 20% of full-time work over the study period. If departmental service is performed corresponding to 20% of full-time study time, the employment contract is extended by the corresponding period, which gives a total employment of five years. The purpose of the education is for the doctoral student to acquire the knowledge and skills required to be able to conduct independent research in the field of service, and to contribute to the development of knowledge in the subject by writing a scientific dissertation. The doctoral education is in total 240 higher education credits and includes thesis work corresponding to 180 higher education credits and courses corresponding to 60 higher education credits. More specifically, appointed candidates will read, review, and write research papers; give presentations; take courses; perform research appropriate for the topic of the project they are appointed in (e.g., conduct systematic literature reviews; design and conduct empirical studies; develop algorithms and theories, implement prototype programs to test their ideas, interact with industrial companies; or perform quantitative and qualitative data analysis) under guidance of the supervision team. Each student will become familiar with, evaluate and apply techniques related to their research direction. The proposed work includes many opportunities for collaboration and interaction at the department, in companies, and other universities. The applicants should specify the supervisor and project they would like to work with according to the following list. Appointed candidates will be appointed to work within the requested projects. The details of research proposals can be found