Call for Papers

The Institute of Computer Science at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, invites applications for a Postdoc position with the opportunity for habilitation in the field of "parallel processing" in the Distributed and Parallel Systems Group (DPS).

This is a 4 year university position which can be extended based on an evaluation at the end of the 4 year period.

Your areas of interest should comprise:

· Application development and runtime environments for multi-core parallel architectures

· Program analysis and optimizations for parallel systems

· Programming languages and methods for multiprocessor architectures

· Performance analysis and debugging for parallel programs

Prerequisites:

Applicants must hold a doctoral degree in computer science and require a working permit for the European Union.

Profile of our group:

DPS participated among others in the following projects:

EU Apart working group, EU CoreGRID, EU EC-GIN, EU edutain@grid, EU Adaptive Services Grid, EU K-WF Grid, EU EGEE 1-3, EU Coregrid, EU HiPEAC, SFB Aurora and Austrian Grid.

Language Skills:

The working and study language is English. The entire course and research programme is held in English only. There is no need to learn German for this position Innsbruck and its Environment:

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.

Applications must be submitted before Nov. 30, 2009. Please direct questions and your application to:

Prof. Dr. Thomas Fahringer

Institute of Computer Science, University of Innsbruck Technikerstr. 21a, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria

Email: Thomas.Fahringer@uibk.ac.at

URL: dps.uibk.ac.at

Ph.D. student opening on

"Technology-aware and Scenario-based Design Space Exploration"

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The Computer Systems Architecture group of the University of Amsterdam has an opening for a Ph.D. student in the area of system-level embedded system architecture design. More specifically, the Ph.D. student will be involved in the EU-FP7 MADNESS project: Methods for predictAble Design of heterogeNeous Embedded Systems with adaptivity and reliability Support.

The MADNESS Project

The MADNESS project aims at the definition of innovative system-level design methodologies for embedded systems, able to drive the optimal composition of a heterogeneous MultiProcessor System-on-Chip (MPSoC)architecture, according to the requirements and the features of a given target application field. The proposed methodologies will extend the classic concept of design space exploration (DSE), to cope with high heterogeneity, technology scaling, system reliability and multi-application demands, pursuing the following objectives:

* Improve design predictability of highly heterogeneous embedded systems, bridging the so called "implementation gap", i.e. the gap between the results that can be predicted during the system-level design phase and those eventually obtained after the on-silicon implementation.

* Consider, apart from more traditional constraints (typically, cost, performance, power consumption), continued availability of service, taking into account fault recovery as one of the optimization factors to be satisfied.

* Support adaptive runtime management of the architecture.

Tasks

The appointee will perform research on technology-aware system-level DSE of embedded MPSoC architectures as well as on so-called scenario-based DSE techniques for system-level exploration of adaptive MPSoCs.

Requirements

* M.Sc. in computer science, computer engineering, or

electrical engineering

* Decent knowledge of computer architecture

* Preferably some expertise in the field of performance

analysis by means of analytical techniques and/or simulation

* Candidate should be able to work in an international research

team.

* Fluency in oral and written English is required.

Further information

Further information can be obtained from Dr. Andy D. Pimentel, Informatics Institute, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 107,

1098 XG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; tel. +31 20 525 7578;

email: a.d.pimentel (at) uva.nl.

Appointment

The appointment will be on a temporary basis for a maximum period of four years, with an initial period of eighteen months followed by a further two and a half years subject to a positive appraisal. It is expected to result in a dissertation (PhD thesis).

An educational plan that includes attendance of courses and national and international meetings will be drafted. The salary is in accordance with the university regulations for academic personnel, and will range from 2,042 Euro (first year) up to a maximum of 2,612 Euro (last year) per month before tax. The Collective Employment Agreement of the Dutch Universities is applicable.

Job application

Applications should include a letter of motivation and a curriculum vitae. Please include the names and contact information of two references. Applications can be sent by e-mail to Dr. Andy D. Pimentel at a.d.pimentel (at) uva.nl.

The application period will remain open until the position is filled; however, review of applications will commence November 2009, with the intent of filling the position as quickly as possible.

Custom Computing Architectures for Computational Nanophotonics Ph.D. opportunity at University of Paderborn, Germany

The Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing PC² (http://pc2.uni-paderborn.de/ ) is a central research institute of the University of Paderborn Germany. We are an internationally active, interdisciplinary research- and competence center for the promotion of parallel and distributed computing. Our Computer Science department has a strong international reputation in research and education and is constantly rated as one of the leading Computer Science departments in Germany by the Germany Science Foundation (DFG) and the CHE university ranking.

In a cooperation between the Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing and the research group "Computational Nanophotonics" at the department of physics of the University of Paderborn we are investigating the use of novel, massive parallel computer architectures for accelerating nanophotonic simulations. The focus of the work is the development of new methods for efficiently mapping and executing nanophotonic simulations on general-purpose graphics processors (GPGPUs) and similar architectures.

We are looking for candidates with very good knowledge in the area of computer engineering and parallel computing, as well as an interest in physics. Ideally, you have already experience in the area of GPGPUs and their programming with CUDA or OpenCL. Candidates should have a first-class Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer or Electrical Engineering, Physics or a closely related field from reputable university.

You can find official job offer here (in german):

http://homepages.uni-paderborn.de/plessl/assets/job-pc2-2009-nanophotonics.pdf

The deadline for applications is October 10, 2009.

Interested candidates should send their application (reference

"pc2-2009-nanophotonics") including a CV, an abstract of their Master’s thesis and their final certificates to christian.plessl@uni-paderborn.de

or by post to:

Dr. Christian Plessl

Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing

University of Paderborn

Fuerstenallee 11

33102 Paderborn

A fully funded Ph.D. position is available at the U. of Edinburgh starting January 2010 in the area of Computer Architecture and Optimizing Compilers. This position is linked to a new European grant and will provide the student an opportunity to interact with other high-profile researchers from across Europe. Details of the project are given below. The position is in the prestigious CArD group (www.icsa.informatics.ed.ac.uk/compilers) , which has extensive track record in the area, including several publications in the premier conferences and journals in the field, and which has placed former members in some of the most coveted jobs in the area in Europe and abroad.

Candidates should have a first-class (or equivalent) undergraduate degree in Computer Science or Electronic Engineering from a reputable University. Desirable background includes Computer Architecture, Optimizing Compilers, High-Performance and Parallel Programming. At least one letter of reference is expected.

Prospective candidates should contact the Principal Investigator (Marcelo Cintra – mc@staffmail.ed.ac.uk) directly, including a CV in the application. Deadline for applications is September 30^th 2009.

EC STREP Project Title: ERA – Embedded Reconfigurable Architectures

Scope: The target of this project is to develop a reconfigurable processor architecture that can dynamically vary the number and configuration of various functional blocks. The aim of such reconfiguration is to achieve increased availability under hard-errors, albeit at lower performance levels. Reconfiguration will be performed at the level of coarse architectural blocks such as arithmetic-logic functional units, register files, and even whole pipelines and cores. As the envisioned system will be based on a VLIW architecture, such reconfiguration will also require significant compiler support.

Uppsala University, Sweden announces position as Assistant Professor Position in Computer Science focussing on research for software development for multicore platforms. The position is tenure track with a majority of time allocated to research.

Uppsala University has recently been awarded several grants for long-term research efforts in multicore-related research and is expanding in several directions (see www.it.uu.se for other openings). Currently, there is an open position as Assistant Professor in Computer, focussing on research relevant for software development for multicore platforms. The successful candidate will be able to teach both undergraduate and graduate courses, and conduct independent research relevant for software development for multicore platforms. Initially, the appointment includes about 75 percent time for research. Priority is given to applicants who have completed their PhD at most five years before the application deadline.

The position provides excellent opportunities for interaction with existing research efforts at the department, including, e.g., algorithms, computer archictecture, computer networks, constraint programming, database technology, programming language technology, real time and embedded systems, formal specification and verification, machine learning, and pedagogic methods for computer science education. More information is available at http://www.it.uu.se/research/ and http://www.it.uu.se/research/upmarc.

Application Deadline: September 18. Women are especially encouraged to apply. More information on the application procedure can be found at http://www.personalavd.uu.se/ledigaplatser/1836bitrlekt_eng.html

Please feel free to spread this announcement and to contact me if you have any questions.

Erik Hagersten

Professor in Computer Architecture

Uppsala University

eh@it.uu.se