Postdoc: Urban Digital Twins & Interoperable Software

DTU - Technical University of Denmark; Kongens Lyngby; On-site; DKK 420,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

DTU Compute's Dynamical Systems Section in Lyngby invites applications for a two‑year, full‑time Postdoctoral Researcher position focused on developing standardized architectures, interoperability frameworks, benchmark datasets, and evaluation methodologies for intelligent urban digital twins. The role aims to bridge research prototypes and real deployments across national and European projects.

You will publish in high‑impact journals, collaborate with municipalities, industry partners, and

Qualifications

• A PhD or equivalent.
• Research in Software Engineering, Distributed Software Systems, Edge and Cloud Computing.
• Strong publication record in international peer‑reviewed journals and conferences.
• Experience participating in collaborative national or European research projects is an advantage.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability to conduct independent research and deliver high‑quality results.

Responsibilities

• Conduct research in software engineering, with a focus on intelligent urban digital twins, interoperability, distributed systems, and scalable software architectures.
• Develop standardized software architectures, design patterns, reference models, and interoperability frameworks.
• Design benchmark datasets, evaluation methodologies, and software quality assessment approaches to support reproducible and comparable research.
• Contribute to the development, deployment, and empirical validation of software prototypes in realistic urban and cross‑sector settings.
• Support large‑scale demonstrations, longitudinal evaluations, and applied case studies in collaboration with European project partners, municipalities, industry actors, and public‑sector stakeholders.
• Publish research results in high‑impact journals and conferences within software engineering, digital twins, and smart cities.

Skills

Software architecture

Interoperability

Software evaluation

Distributed software systems

Microservices

Urban digital twins

Education

PhD or equivalent

Job description

DTU Compute's Dynamical Systems Section in Lyngby invites applications for a two‑year, full‑time Postdoctoral Researcher position focused on developing standardized architectures, interoperability frameworks, benchmark datasets, and evaluation methodologies for intelligent urban digital twins. The role aims to bridge research prototypes and real deployments across national and European projects.

You will publish in high‑impact journals, collaborate with municipalities, industry partners, and