Call Expression of Interest MSCA Postdoctoral fellowships at UNIGE – N. Distributed

Description – Call for Expression of Interest for a joint application under the upcoming Call for MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026

University of Genoa, UNIGE, located in Genoa, ITALY, welcomes postdoctoral researchers of any nationality, with an excellent track record, to apply to the European Commission Marie Sklodowska‑Curie (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026. Our University has been beneficiary of several MSCA‑PF in Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe.

The Marie Sklodowska Curie (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowship is one of the funding schemes of the European Commission’s Horizon Europe Research & Innovation programme, dedicated to excellent research promoting international mobility, as well as interdisciplinary and intersect oral exchanges.

MSCA fellowship grant provides a competitive salary plus mobility and family allowances if applicable, as well as a contribution to cover research, training and networking costs. The research projects will have 2‑ or 3‑year duration.

Selected candidates will be provided with special support for proposal writing and development
.

The University of Genoa will organise in May the fifth edition of the Masterclass MSCA@Uni Ge
. Selected candidate researchers will have the opportunity to attend a 2‑days online intensive training and coaching course on how to write a successful proposal
. This masterclass is a pathway of support to candidates and their supervisors in preparing project proposal, including prescreening activity of the draft proposals and the organisation of dedicated B2B meetings, by the European Research Office of Uni Ge, National Contact Point and other experts.

The masterclass will take place in Spring 2026
.

Information Science and Engineering (ENG);
Mathematics (MAT)

The proposed research focuses on distributed control and optimisation methods for networked dynamical systems, with particular emphasis on the theoretical analysis of stability and convergence properties. The activity will investigate distributed algorithms for cooperative control and decision‑making under both convex and non‑convex cost functions, including gradient‑based, primal–dual, and consensus‑based schemes. A key objective is to develop rigorous analytical tools to characterise robustness, asymptotic behaviour, and performance guarantees in the presence of communication constraints and uncertainties.

When feasible, the research will also explore the integration of machine learning techniques, including reinforcement learning, to enhance adaptability and data‑driven control design, while maintaining theoretical guarantees on stability and convergence.

Established in May 2012, DIBRIS is a university structure where research and education are based on the areas of Computer Science and Technology, Bioengineering, Robotics and Systems Engineering. The mission of DIBRIS is to promote and facilitate the creation (research), transmission (education), and technology transfer of the knowledge in these areas at the national and international levels.

For the MSCA‑PF 26 call (opening foreseen on 10th April 2026), post‑doctoral candidates shall have a maximum of 8 years of post‑doctoral research experience and must not have resided or carried out their main activities in Italy (for European Fellowship) or in the Third Country of the outgoing phase (for Global Fellowship) for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the above mentioned deadline.