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[[Apologies for multiple copies. <br>
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Dear colleagues,<br>
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Please forward this message to any potentially interested candidate
that you may know.<br>
<br>
The intended starting date (1st of December, 2011) is very close,
but excellent students that are currently working on their Master's
thesis and will finish within a couple of months, are also very
welcome to apply.<br>
<br>
Interested candidates can always contact me for further information.
<br>
I'm looking forward to having many reactions.<br>
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Thanks to you all for your help!<br>
<br>
Marieke Huisman<br>
University of Twente]]<br>
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<br>
The research group Formal Methods and Tools at the University of<br>
Twente (Enschede - The Netherlands) is looking for<br>
<br>
a PhD researcher (4 years) <br>
<br>
to work on the EU Strep project CARP (Correct and Efficient
Accelerator Programming), funded by the European Union. Other
partners in the project are Imperial College, UK; Realeyes, Estonia;
ARM, UK; RTWH Aachen, Germany, Monoidics, UK, ENS, France and
Rightware, Finland.<br>
<br>
Within the context of the CARP project, the PhD student will work<br>
in particular on:<br>
<br>
- requirements analysis for accelerator programming<br>
- the formal semantics of an intermediate programming language for
describing accelerator algorithms<br>
- developing logic-based verification techniques for this
intermediate programming language, taking into account common
accelerator programming patterns<br>
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<b>Our research: </b><br>
<br>
In recent years, massively parallel accelerator processors,
primarily GPUs, have become widely available to end-users.
Accelerators offer tremendous compute power at a low cost, and tasks
such as media processing, simulation, medical imaging and
eye-tracking can be accelerated to beat CPU performance by orders of
magnitude. Performance is gained in energy efficiency and execution
speed, allowing intensive media processing software to run in
low-power consumer devices.<br>
<br>
Accelerators present a serious challenge for software developers. A
system may contain one or more of the plethora of accelerators on
the market, with many more products anticipated in the immediate
future. Applications must exhibit portable correctness, operating
correctly on any configuration of accelerators, and portable
performance, exploiting processing power and energy efficiency
offered by a wide range of devices.<br>
<br>
The overall aims of CARP are to design techniques and tools for
correct and efficient accelerator programming:<br>
- Novel & attractive methods for constructing system-independent
accelerator programs <br>
- Advanced code generation techniques to produce highly optimised
system-specific code from system-independent programs <br>
- Scalable static techniques for analysing system-independent and
system-specific accelerator programs, both qualitatively and
quantitatively<br>
<br>
The PhD candidate we are looking for is expected to work on the
development of tools and techniques for correct accelerator
programming. Within the consortium an intermediate programming
language for accelerator programming will be developed. The PhD
candidate is expected to develop a solid formal semantics for this
language, together with appropriate verification techniques. An
important focus of the verification work is that it will focus on
bug finding, without too many false negatives, rather than on
developing full correctness proofs. For the verification, it is
expected that the logical basis will be permission-based concurrent
separation logic. Sometimes the intermediate programming language
will not provide the required efficiency, and programs will be
written in a low-level language as OpenCL. Therefore, the
verification techniques also will be extended to this lower level. <br>
<br>
<b>We seek:</b><br>
<br>
An enthusiastic PhD student with an MSc degree in Computer Science
(or an equivalent qualification). <br>
The candidate should have <br>
- a thorough theoretical background, <br>
- a demonstrable interest in program semantics and verification, and
<br>
- some knowledge about multithreaded programming (in Java/C/C++).<br>
<br>
We are looking for a researcher with an independent mind who is
willing to cooperate in our team. It is understood that he or she
works on the topics listed above, and contributes to the expected
deliverables for the project. Further we ask for good communicative
and good collaboration skills. Candidates should be prepared to
prove their English language skills.<br>
<br>
As a research outcome we expect publications, (prototype) tools, and
a PhD thesis.<br>
<br>
Starting date of the position: December 1st, 2011, or as soon as
possible thereafter.<br>
<br>
<br>
<b>We offer:</b><br>
<br>
- A PhD position for four years (38 hrs/week)<br>
- A stimulating scientific environment<br>
- Gross salary ranging from EUR 2042 tot E 2612 (4th yr) per month<br>
- Holiday allowance (8%), end-of-year bonus (8.3%)<br>
- Good secondary conditions, in accordance with the collective
labour agreement CAO-NU for Dutch universities<br>
- A green Campus with lots of sports facilities<br>
<br>
You will be a member of the Twente Graduate School in the research
programme 'Dependable and Secure Computing' under the leadership of
Prof Dr Jaco van de Pol. The research programme offers advanced
courses to deepen your scientific knowledge in preparation to your
future career (within or outside academia). We provide our PhD
students with excellent opportunities to broaden their personal
knowledge and to professionalise their academic skills.
Participation in national and/or international summer schools and
workshops, and visits to other prestigious research institutes and
universities can be part of this programme.<br>
<br>
<b>Further information:</b><br>
<br>
- FMT group: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://fmt.cs.utwente.nl/">http://fmt.cs.utwente.nl/</a><br>
- Dr. Marieke Huisman (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Marieke.Huisman@ewi.utwente.nl">Marieke.Huisman@ewi.utwente.nl</a>)<br>
- The CARP project:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://fmt.ewi.utwente.nl/files/projects/CARP.d1.pdf">http://fmt.ewi.utwente.nl/files/projects/CARP.d1.pdf</a><br>
<br>
<b>Application: </b><br>
<br>
Please submit your application before 15th of November, 2011 via
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.utwente.nl/vacatures/en/">http://www.utwente.nl/vacatures/en/</a>. We strongly encourage
interested applicants to send in their applications as soon as
possible.<br>
<br>
Your application should consist of:<br>
<br>
- a cover letter (explain your specific interest and
qualifications);<br>
- a full Curriculum Vitae, including a list of all courses + marks,
and a short description of your MSc thesis; and<br>
- references (contact information) of two scientific staff members.<br>
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