PhD student position in shared memory parallel algorithms, data structures
and their programming
Computer Science and Engineering Department,
Chalmers University of Technology,
Gothenburg, Sweden
Reference number 2011/49
Application deadline 2011-04-30
Information about the department, research group, etc.
The department of Computer Science and Engineering provides a strong,
international, and dynamic research environment with about 70 faculty and 70
PhD students from about 30 countries. For more information, see
www.chalmers.se/cse/EN/.
The Distributed Computing and Systems research group
www.cse.chalmers.se/research/group/dcs/ conducts research with high-impact
internationally on the design and analysis of lock- and wait-free data
structures for shared memory systems, run-time systems, and parallel
algorithms and data structures in general for highly parallel,
heterogeneous, many-core systems. The group is running a set of national and
international projects in the area and participates on a recently started
European Project in Performance Portability and Programmability for
Heterogeneous Many-core Architectures.
Job description
The research focuses on shared memory parallel algorithms, data structures
and their programming. The project's context is on fine-grain
synchronization and memory consistency in parallel programming, aiming also
at balancing the trade-off between the cost of synchronization and ease of
programming. This involves work on shared data structures/primitives that
allow concurrent data access and exhibit scalability on different types of
shared-memory/multi-core architectures, as well as on deriving methodologies
for developing such components.
The employment is expected to start early autumn 2011 (small deviations are
negotiable). As a Ph.D. student you are employed by Chalmers and will
receive a salary according to current salary agreements (starting salary at
present: approx. 25000SEK before taxes). A maximum of 20% of your time will
be devoted to other duties at the department, mainly teaching. The remaining
time will be devoted to your own courses and research within the project and
you are expected to obtain a Ph.D. within a maximum of 5 years.
Required qualifications
Applicants shall have a Master's Degree or corresponding (Sw.
civilingenjΓΆrsexamen) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or in a
related discipline. As for all PhD studies, a genuine interest and curiosity
in the subject matter and excellent analytical and communication skills,
orally as well as literally, are needed. Further, since the research work
normally involves developing and testing analytical techniques, good
programming skills are important. A successful candidate should have a
profound interest in data structures and algorithms for shared memory and
many-core architectures.
It will be very useful if your application includes parts of your own work,
such as theses and articles that you have authored or co-authored. Please
notice also that it is highly recommended that you include or e-mail letters
of recommendation; we typically get a large number of applications, and it
is not feasible for us to request individual letters.
You may apply even though you might not have completed your degree yet, but
expect to do so before the position starts. Knowledge of Swedish is not a
prerequisite for applying since English is our working language for
research, and we publish internationally. Both Swedish and English are used
in undergraduate courses. Half of our researchers and PhD students at the
department come from more than 30 different countries.
Application procedure
The application shall be written in English and include the following items:
1. An application of a maximum of one A4 page containing your specific
qualifications for the position
2. Attested copies of education certificates, including grade reports
and other documents
3. Curriculum Vitae
4. Letters of recommendation and name of reference persons
It will be very useful if your application includes parts of your own work
such as theses and articles that you have authored or co-authored. Please
notice also that it is highly recommended that you include letters of
recommendation; we typically get a large number of applications, and it is
not feasible for us to request individual letters.
The application shall be sent electronically as pdf or zipped documents.
Please use the button at the foot of the announcement page to reach the
application form.
If any material is not available electronically or cannot be transferred to
pdf format, the material can be sent as a hard copy to Registrar. The
applicants name and the reference number (2011/49) must be written on the
first page of the application.
Address:
Registrar
Chalmers University of Technology
SE-412 96 Göteborg
Sweden
Further information
It will be very useful if your application includes parts of your own work
such as theses and articles that you have authored or co-authored. Please
notice also that it is highly recommended that you include or e-mail letters
of recommendation; we typically get a large number of applications, and it
is not feasible for us to request individual letters.
If you have questions, please feel free to contact us:
Research level: Marina Papatriantafilou
e-post: ptrianta@chalmers.se
Doctoral education level: Jan Jonsson
e-post: janjo@chalmers.se
Division level: Peter Lundin
e-post: peter.lundin@chalmers.se
Union representatives
SACO: Jan Lindér
ST: Marie Wenander
SEKO: Johan Persson
All reachable via Chalmers exchange: +46 31 772 10 00
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