The research will focus on parallel and distributed data processing and its leveraging in data-intensive and ML-related applications.
The PhD students will join the Chalmers Distributed Computing and Systems group, a high-profile group of researchers working on parallel, distributed and streaming data processing. Software systems supporting data analytics operate under stringent constraints for response times, throughput, scalability, and availability. By focusing on scalable, parallel, structural data sharing, we target principled data analysis and processing mechanisms that fulfill scalability and latency requirements for ML computations and data processing for cyberphysical systems use-cases.
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Major responsibilities
The research will focus on parallel and distributed data processing and its leveraging in data-intensive and ML-related applications.
The PhD students will join one of our ambitious projects, financed by the Swedish Research Council (VR), integrated in the group’s research ecosystem:
– EPITOME – Summarization and structuring of continuous data in concurrent processing pipelines
– Relaxing concurrent data structure semantics for scalable data processing while guaranteeing application requirements.
The PhD students will be supervised by Marina Papatriantafilou and Philippas Tsigas, who have successfully supervised to completion 17 PhDs, with follow-up career steps at institutes including EPFL, MPII, Darmstadt, Ericsson Research, Purdue, Maryland.
As PhD student you are expected to develop your own scientific concepts and communicate your research results verbally and in writing. The positions include 20% departmental work, mainly teaching duties.
Qualifications
To qualify as PhD student, you need a solid background in Computer Science and Engineering or elated discipline, corresponding to a master’s level degree of at least 240 higher education credits, by the starting date. To qualify for the positions, you also have a well-documented track record of research interests and achievements on distributed/parallel/stream computing and systems, including both algorithmic aspects and programming. You have a genuine interest and curiosity in the subject, you are highly motivated, self-propelled, energetic, independent and with a well-developed analytical problem-solving ability. As a person, you are empathetic, loyal and have high ethical standards. Your communication skills in English (literal and oral) are of high quality. If Swedish is not your native language, Chalmers offers Swedish courses.
Contract terms
Full-time temporary employment. The position is limited to a maximum of 5 years.
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Application procedure
The application should be marked with Ref 20220142 and written in English. The application should be sent electronically and be attached as pdf-files, as below:
CV: (Please name the document: CV, Family name, Ref. number)
• CV
• Other, for example previous employments or leadership qualifications and positions of trust.
• Letters of recommendation or two references to contact.
Personal letter: (Please name the document as: Personal letter, Family name, Ref. number)
1-3 pages where you:
• Introduce yourself
• Describe your previous experience of relevance for the position (e.g. education, thesis work and, if applicable, any other research activities)
• Describe your future goals and future research focus
Other documents:
• Copies of bachelor and/or master’s thesis.
• Attested copies and transcripts of completed education, grades and other certificates, e.g. TOEFL test results.
• Evidence of written work: (links to) research papers and theses.
• Links to software repositories with relevant projects.
It is important to include parts of your own work such as theses and articles you have authored or co-authored. Please notice also that it is 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.
Please use the button at the foot of the page to reach the application form. The files may be compressed (zipped).
Application deadline: 4 May 2022.
For questions, please contact:
Professor Marina Papatriantafilou, department of Computer Science and Engineering
Email: ptrianta@chalmers.se
Professor Philippas Tsigas, department of Computer Science and Engineering
Email: philippas.tsigas@chalmers.se
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