Call for Papers

Phd position in Parallel Systems
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The Institute for Computer Science of the University of Innsbruck, Austria, invites applications for funded research positions for PhD students

in the area of Parallel Systems.

Candidates who are knowledgeable in parallel computing and interested in one or more of the following areas are encouraged to apply:

o Programming paradigms and methods for parallel computers
o Program analysis and compiler optimizations for parallel
programs (MPI, OpenMP, etc.)
o Performance analysis and debugging for parallel programs

Applicants must hold a master or equivalent degree in computer science or computer engineering and are expected to contribute to teaching and research.

Language skills: English
The working and study language is English. The entire course
and research pgram is held in English. There is no need to
learn German. English is widely spoken in Innsbruck.

The City of Innsbruck, which hosted the olympic winter games twice, is located in the beautiful surroundings of the Tyrolean Alps. The combination of the Alpine environment and the urban life in this historically grown town provides a high quality of living. The university has a long tradition dating back to the 16th century, and, with seven schools (Theology, Law, Economics and Social Sciences, Medicine, Humanities, Natural Sciences, Civil Engineering and Architecture), it offers a wide spectrum of research and teaching activities and interesting opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration. Besides, the Country of Tyrol strongly supports various initiatives in the IT domain. It is planned to found a Center of Information and Communication Technology as a forum for tight interactions between the University of Innsbruck, the University of Applied Sciences, and industrial partners.

Applications can be submitted anytime. There is no deadline.
Please direct questions and your application to:

Prof. Dr. Thomas Fahringer
Institute for Computer Science
University of Innsbruck
Technikerstr. 13
A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Email: Thomas.Fahringer@uibk.ac.at
Tel: +43 512 507 6440
Fax: +43 512 507 2977
dps.uibk.ac.at

Nokia produces in a year more than 500 million mobile devices with
rich communication, media and sensing capabilities. In addition to the
device manufacturing being significant logistics operations producing
terabytes of data, Nokia’s emerging services, software and content
platforms result in various streams of diverse data.

Data Insight team in Nokia Research Center Palo Alto focusing on the
challenges and opportunities of such data. The team’s approach
combines the theoretical foundations of data analysis and computer
science to hands-on skills on rapid development of scalable systems
with practical relevance. The research topics include scalable mining
of services and manufacturing, adaptivity in mobile terminals, and
massively distributed information processing and collective mining in
the planetary-scale networks of people and devices.

The Data Insight team is looking for Visual Analytics researchers with
exceptional ability to transform seemingly chaotic information in
complex datasets computational models to engaging and informative
visualizations and other representations. You are eager to push
traditional limits of information visualization by producing unique
representations of unique data sources together with the team. In many
cases that requires also theoretical insights to mathematical
properties of high-dimensional data spaces. You are able and
enthusiastic to implement even your most far-fetching ideas in
practice, thus strong technical expertise with visualization tools and
programming languages is a must.

Send your resume to Taneli.Mielikainen@nokia.com for consideration.
See discoproject.org/openings.html for additional details.

Nokia produces in a year more than 500 million mobile devices with
rich communication, media and sensing capabilities. In addition to the
device manufacturing being significant logistics operations producing
terabytes of data, Nokia’s emerging services, software and content
platforms result in various streams of diverse data.

Data Insight team in Nokia Research Center Palo Alto focusing on the
challenges and opportunities of such data. The team’s approach
combines the theoretical foundations of data analysis and computer
science to hands-on skills on rapid development of scalable systems
with practical relevance. The research topics include scalable mining
of services and manufacturing, adaptivity in mobile terminals, and
massively distributed information processing and collective mining in
the planetary-scale networks of people and devices.

We are searching for Data Mining researchers with extensive expertise
in machine learning and data mining in theory and in practice. You
are motivated to take your research beyond data mining and machine
learning, and creating usable prototype systems spurs you. You enjoy
the art of programming and are able and keen in expressing your ideas
fluently in variety of programming languages, such as C, Python,
Haskell, Erlang and R. You are able explain and challenge different
paradigms of data analysis and rethink even the foundations when
needed.

PhD research position on Foundations of XML Databases at the Victoria
University of Wellington, New Zealand

Stipend: 25,000 NZD per year plus fees

Duration: available for 3 years, commencing 01 March 2009 (or earlier)

The PhD is part of a project supported by the Marsden fund council
from Government funding, administered by the Royal Society of New
Zealand. We invite applications from excellent domestic or
international candidates who have a Master’s degree in mathematics or
computer science (or equivalent), and an interest in applying methods
from logic, discrete math and complexity theory to database research.

How to apply: an application that includes an explanation of the
candidates interest in the position and background, a full CV, an
academic transcript and a confirmation of the prerequisite
qualification, a two-page summary of the Master’s thesis, and the name
and contact details of at least one referee, should be sent to
sebastian.link@vuw.ac.nz by 15 November 2009. Applications will be
considered until the position is filled.

New Zealand is rated one of the top destinations in the world with its
clean green natural image, scenery, Lord of the Rings film setting,
adventure, culture and value for money (www.tourism.net.nz/).
New Zealand’s capital city, Wellington, is an experience that will
reveal the creative, political and cultural nature of New Zealand, but
still provide blockbuster scenery (www.wellingtonnz.com/).
Information about the Victoria University of Wellington can be
obtained at www.vuw.ac.nz/

For further details: contact sebastian.link@vuw.ac.nz or
sven.hartmann@tu-clausthal.de

The Embedded Systems Lab at Thales Research and Technology develops and researches technologies that shape the future of electronic systems in the domain of aerospace, defense and security. The lab, jointly with the ALCHEMY team at INRIA, a leading European research group in the field of computer architecture, compilers and embedded systems, is proposing a PhD position in the field of processor specialization and customization. ALCHEMY and Thales Embedded Systems Lab are both members of the HiPEAC Network of Excellence.
Subject: Patterns and architectures of specialized programmable accelerators in multi-core systems
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The ubiquity of embedded electronics in all aspects of human life (mobile, medical, etc..) as well as the emerging applications in automotive, aerospace and security industry suggest multi-core architectures as a natural path to scalable performance. Those architectures have been widely used in embedded systems and now in general purpose architectures such as Intel Core Duo and AMD Phenom architectures.
Nevertheless, specific embedded systems are usually subject to conflicting requirements such as flexibility (or “genericity”) on one hand, in order to target large domains of applications and compensate for low volume production systems, and customizability on the other hand, in order to address each application domain specific needs.
Several accelerators have emerged in the market in different application domains; examples of such accelerators are Graphic accelerators (NVIDIA, ATI), image processing accelerators, Single instruction Multiple Data (SIMD) accelerators, etc. In this context the PhD candidate will explore the different patterns of acceleration through existing real applications in the industry and in the context of existing accelerators, more or less programmable (GPU, SIMD, CGRA , VLIW, ASIC, etc.). She or he will also explore the different design options of accelerators such as granularity, memory architecture, flexibility, etc. The candidate will also study those accelerators in the context of parallel multiple-accelerator architectures
To summarize, The aim of this thesis is to study the different aspects of customization and specialized architectures in the context of multi-core embedded architectures; and ensure adequate programmability/efficacy tradeoffs of such accelerators. At the end, the candidate will provide some rules and methods to design accelerators that target several domains with a good performance density.
Expected Date: December 2008 or January 2009
Contact person: sami dot yehia [at] thalesgroup dot com
Sami Yehia
Embedded Systems Lab
THALES Research & Technology FRANCE
RD 128 - 91767 Palaiseau cedex

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FINAL CALL - DEADLINE October 20, 2008

3 PhD positions with studentship at the KRDB Research Centre
<http://www.inf.unibz.it/krdb/>

Faculty of Computer Science
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
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The Faculty of Computer Science of the Free University of
Bozen-Bolzano (Italy) offers an opening for 14 positions
for its PhD program, 7 of which with a three-year studentship.
3 of the 7 PhD positions with studentship are offered by the
KRDB Research Centre for Knowledge and Data <http://www.inf.unibz.it/krdb/>
.

The deadline for the formal application is Oct. 20, 2008.
Information about how to apply for the PhD program and the studentship
can be found in the university PhD web page
<http://www.unibz.it/research/phdcourses/index.html?LanguageID=EN>

and in the faculty PhD web page
<http://www.unibz.it/inf/phdcs/index.html?LanguageID=EN>

(follow link "Public Competition Announcement for PhD courses - 24th cycle")

The studentship amounts roughly to 45,000 Euro over the three years of the
PhD. Substantial extra funding is available for participation in
international conferences, schools, and workshops. The faculty of
Computer Science and its PhD program are entirely based on the English
language.

RESEARCH TOPICS

The KRDB Research Centre for Knowledge and Data
<http://www.inf.unibz.it/krdb/>
of the faculty of Computer Science
also invites applicants to the PhD program to get in touch with the
research group, in order to have a better understanding of the
possible research activities in which prospective students may be
involved. Relevant research topics in the centre are the following:

* Computational Logic and Deductive Databases
* Computational Logic and Constraint Programming
* Data and Information Integration
* Description Logics and Ontology Languages
* Efficient Reasoning Algorithms for Description Logics
* Intelligent Access to Web Resources
* Logic Based Approaches to Natural Language Understanding
* Logic-Based Modelling of Biological Knowledge
* Natural Language Processing
* Ontology Development and Evaluation
* P2P Database Integration
* Query Answering in Distributed Environments
* Semistructured Data Management
* Temporal Logics and Temporal Databases

Other research topics are listed in the personal web pages of the
members of the KRDB Centre, see
<http://www.inf.unibz.it/krdb/staff.php>
.

The research activities in the KRDB research centre require good
knowledge of Logic and of Foundations of Databases, and some
knowledge of Artificial Intelligence and of Knowledge Representation.
Good knowledge of English is also preferred.

CONTACTS

To get in contact with the KRDB Research Centre, send an email to:

Prof. Diego Calvanese
Faculty of Computer Science
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
via della Mostra, 4
I-39100 Bolzano, Italy
Email: calvanese@inf.unibz.it

Phone: +39-0471-016-160
Fax: +39-0471-016-009

To get in touch with the current PhD students, see
<https://www.inf.unibz.it/phd/>
.

Immediate Ph.D. student positions needed at University of Alabama

For students only !

If you are NOT interested in these positions, please ignore this email.

If you do not have TOFEL and GRE scores, please ignore this email.

We have two immediate research assistant (or teaching assistant)
positions (stipend + paid tuition) for Spring 2009 at The Univ. of
Alabama .

If you are still interested in these two positions, please do the
following ASAP.

(If you do not have TOFEL and GRE scores, please do not respond)

1. Please apply http://www.graduate.ua.edu/applicants.html

2. Complete your application before Oct. 30 (including application,
application fee, TOFEL and GRE scores from ETS, recommendation
letters, etc.)

3. Send you resume and transcripts to me by emails.

Qualifications

1. Strong motivation to obtain a Ph.D. degree in computer science at
The Univ. of Alabama within 3 years;

2. Related areas of computer science;

3. Students need scores of TOFEL and GRE to be accepted to the graduate
school.

Prof. Yang Xiao
http://www.cs.ua.edu/~yangxiao/

The PARIS research group at Ghent University has received a 4-year grant from the Fund for Scientific Research - Flanders (Belgium) to do joint research with IMEC into the use of compiler technology to work around memory defects caused by process variability. The ultimate goal of this research is to improve the processor fabrication yield by including compiler capabilities in the validation and testing process. A more detailed description of the project can be found in http://www.elis.ugent.be/~brdsutte/PhDVAPOR_eng.pdf.

For this project we now invite PhD (or postdoc) applications. We offer a 4-year position (possibly extensible), starting 1 Jan 2009 in the PARIS (Parallel Information Systems) research group at the Engineering Faculty of Ghent University. This group, from which Prof. De Bosschere coordinates the HIPEAC2 European Network of Excellence, performs research into hardware/software codedesign, and into the software/hardware interface (compilers and computer architecture). As such this position offers the ability to participate in the HIPEAC2 network. For more information on how to apply and on this position, contact prof. Bjorn De Sutter at bjorn.desutter@elis.ugent.be.

Applications are invited for two PhD positions in Communication
Systems/Computer Architecture at Simula Research Laboratory in Oslo,
Norway. The positions will be funded jointly by Simula and Sun
Microsystems. Simula collaborates closely with Sun Microsystems in
order to undertake fundamental research in interconnection networks
and high performance computing. This cooperation is aimed at meeting
the network technology requirements for the next generation of
supercomputers.

The PhD positions last for three years and the final degree will be
awarded by the University of Oslo, Norway. Candidates should have a
strong background in computer networks and computer architecture. In
particular, we look for candidates with experience from high
performance computing and interconnection networks. Eligible
applicants are people with:

* A Master of Science in computer science or a related area.
* A strong background in computer networks and computer architecture.
* Strong programming skills.
* A good ability to cooperate with others.
* A good ability to work independently on challenging problems.
* Good written and spoken English skills.

The ideal candidate would be able to show evidence of her interest in
network research and technology through scientific or other types of
publications, or through extracurricular activities. Successful
applicants will be part of a dynamic and highly competent team in the
ICON group at Simula.  More information about the group is available
at simula.no/research/networks/projects/ICONPRO/.

About Simula Research Laboratory AS

Simula Research Laboratory AS was established in 2001 as a limited
company with the Norwegian Government as the principal
shareholder. Simula conducts basic research in the fields of
communication technology, scientific computing, and software
engineering with a focus on fundamental scientific problems that have
a large potential for important applications in society.

About Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Sun Microsystems Inc., (NASDAQ: JAVA) develops the technologies that
power the global marketplace. Guided by a singular vision — "The
Network is the Computer" — Sun drives network participation through
shared innovation, community development and open source leadership.

Enquiries and Further Information

To apply for these positions, email a short application letter,
curriculum vitae, copies of transcripts and grades, and a publication
list to jobs@simula.no. The subject of the email must contain JOBS:
860 PhD ICONPRO. The application deadline is the 5th of October, 2008.

Please direct any questions regarding these positions to Dr. Sven-Arne
Reinemo (svenar@simula.no). Note that only questions should be sent to
this address. Applications and documents must be sent as described
above.

–
Dr. Sven-Arne Reinemo
Networks and Distributed Systems Department
Simula Research Laboratory       www.simula.no/
———— [simula.research laboratory] ————

First Workshop on I/O Virtualization (WIOV \’08) December 10-11, 2008, San D= iego, CA, USA www.usenix.org/wiov08
WIOV \’08 will be held in conjunction with the 8th USENIX Symposium on Opera= ting Systems Design and Implementation (OSDI \’08), December 8-10, 2008.

Overview

Over the past decade, the use of virtualization technology has grown rapidl= y. Moreover, it is being used in a variety of places, ranging from the data= center to the desktop. Although this has spurred great advances in process= or and memory virtualization in commodity hardware and virtualization softw= are, I/O virtualization has received far less attention. However, both pers= onal computers and servers may perform significant amounts of I/O. For exam= ple, efficient virtualization of graphics hardware has presented significan= t challenges on the desktop and efficient virtualization of network interfa= ces has limited server consolidation in the data center.

This workshop is meant to provide a forum to discuss challenges of I/O virt= ualization that span the virtual machine monitor, guest operating system, p= rocessor, memory subsystem, and I/O subsystem. In that spirit, we welcome p= apers that describe new challenges in I/O virtualization and papers that de= scribe novel approaches to solving known problems in I/O virtualization. Th= e final program will consist of both reviewed submissions and invited talks= . The invited talks will focus on open problems in I/O virtualization and w= ill be accessible to a broad audience.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

* Hardware support for I/O virtualization
* Novel I/O device architectures for virtualization
* Novel software approaches to I/O virtualization
* Software methods for I/O device emulation
* Para-virtualized I/O device driver design for virtualization * Virtual machine monitors I/O subsystems
Important Dates

Submissions due: September 15, 2008
Notification to authors: October 3, 2008 Final files due: November 3, 2008
Workshop Organizers

Program Co-Chairs

Muli Ben-Yehuda, IBM Haifa Research Lab
Alan L. Cox, Rice University
Scott Rixner, Rice University

Program Committee

Eyal de Lara, University of Toronto
Jun Nakajima, Intel
Renato Santos, HP Labs
Karsten Schwan, Georgia Institute of Technology
Pratap Subrahmanyam, Vmware
Leendert van Doorn, AMD
Andrew Warfield, University of British Columbia

Submission Guidelines

Please submit an extended abstract in PDF format through the workshop submi= ssion web form, which will be available at www.usenix.org/wiov08 soon. The extended abstract should be no more = than 4 double-column pages using 10-point type on 12-point leading (\”single= -spaced\”). Figures and references are not included in this 4-page limit.

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Workshop on I/O Virtualization (WIOV \’08) Co-located with OSDI \’08, Dec 200= 8, San Diego, CA www.usenix.org/wiov08