Call for Papers

Date Expires: 2009-12-31
Position type: Postgraduate Ph.D. Student
Salary: Standard tax-free stipend + PhD fees (EU rates) for four years

Dr. Alexey Lastovetsky is currently recruiting to fill a number of fully-funded PhD positions in the UCD HCL as part of a Science Foundation Ireland funded 5-year project on high performance heterogeneous computing. The objectives of this project are to design and implement algorithms and programming tools for high performance computing on modern heterogeneous and hierarchical platforms such as heterogeneous computational clusters, clusters of multicores, heterogeneous computing nodes, global networks of computers.

Applicants should have Master or at least Bachelor degree (achieving no less than 2.1) in Computer Science or related areas (Computational Science, High Performance Computing, Engineering, etc.). Strong mathematical and Unix programming (C language) skills are required. Preference will be given to applicants with experience in high
performance parallel and distributed computing and good multithreaded and MPI programming skills.

Applicants should email a cover letter addressing the required qualifications, a detailed CV, a letter of recommendation from a senior academic, a copy of your MSc thesis (if any), and copies of your publications (if any) representative for the required skills to Alexey Lastovetsky at Alexey.Lastovetsky@ucd.ie. For informal information about
the positions, please contact Dr. Lastovetsky.