Two PhD scholarships on scalable data intensive systems are available at UTS Australia

Two PhD scholarships are available at UTS Australia. Each is with $26288 per year for stipend for three years (with possible six month extension) with tuition fee waived.

One is research based. The other is research and industry based. Both will work on scalable data intensive systems including scalable data analytics, salable data systems with scalable data infrastructure, scalable cross-domain software systems.

Strong track record on scalability, Spark/Hadoop, data mining, machine learning or software engineering is preferred. IELTS score is required with overall no less than 6 and writing no less than 6.

Please contact Dr. Jinjun Chen at Jinjun.Chen@uts.edu.au if you are interested.

For more information, please refer to www.swinflow.org/~jchen or http://www.uts.edu.au/research-and-teaching/our-research/global-big-data-technologies-centre

12 fully funded PhD student positions, Cologne Graduate School of Ageing Research, Germany

The Cologne/Bonn area has emerged as a leading global research centre with a stellar constellation of institutes and scientists dedicated to ageing research. These include the University of Cologne Excellence Cluster on Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), the University Hospital Cologne, the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, and the Center of Advanced European Studies and Research (caesar) in Bonn.

Together, we invite young scientists of exceptional talent to apply for

12 fully funded Ph.D. student positions

in our structured Ph.D. training programme of the Cologne Graduate School of Ageing Research (CGA) starting from October 1st 2016. The initial contract is limited until September 30th 2019. Payment is based on the German TVL- 13 scale (65%) if terms and conditions under collective bargaining law are fulfilled or on the support contract of the Max Planck Society (Promotionsfördervertrag, sui generis).

Our goal is to train a new generation of biomedical scientists who will make fundamental scientific discoveries in the basic biology of ageing and may translate them into improvements in health and life for people as they grow older.

The programme includes an excellent infrastructure for training and research by internationally recognized scientists in new facilities with state-of-the-art technologies. The Ph.D. project can be carried out in one of the four partner institutes. The programme is complemented by seminars and courses in ageing research, hands-on method courses, writing and presentation training as well as practical career development opportunities.

We offer

• Outstanding interactive research environment for ageing research
• Interdisciplinary and structured Ph.D. programme in English
• Intensive support for international students

We are seeking highly qualified students holding a M.Sc. or equivalent degree with a background in Cell/ Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Genetics, Biophysics, Bioinformatics, Translational Medicine or a related field. Applicants should be fluent in written and spoken English and should have completed their degree by the start of the programme in October 2016.

 
The University of Cologne is an equal opportunities employer. Applications of women are thus especially encouraged; applications of disabled persons will be given preferential treatment to those of other candidates with equal qualifications.

The application deadline is February 12th, 2016. To apply or to obtain further information about the programme and the partner institutes please visit our website and apply online via the application platform at http://www.ageing- grad-school.de.

For further questions, please contact Dr. Katharina Costa Rodrigues (cologne-grad-school-age@uni-koeln.de).

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Funding Opportunities for Doctoral Studies in Cloud Computing, UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR DOCTORAL STUDY
INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA

The Distributed and Parallel Systems (DPS) group at the Institute for Computer Science, University of Innsbruck, Austria, invites applications for funded doctoral students in CLOUD COMPUTING.

The applicants must hold a master or equivalent degree in computer science or computer engineering and are expected to contribute to research in the context of the H2020-funded project ENTICE.

The DPS group focuses on simplifying the effective use of heterogeneous multiprocessor architectures and geographically distributed resources (including Cloud infrastructures), which will provide the basis for the next generation of Internet-enabled performance-oriented applications.
Candidates with good background in distributed and parallel computing and interested in one of the following research areas are encouraged to apply:

• virtualization technology
• scheduling and optimisation
• runtime environments
• dynamic resource management
• energy efficiency
• Quality of Service (QoS) provisioning
• Service Level Agreements (SLA) and business models
• Big Data

The entire doctoral program at the University of Innsbruck, including all graduate courses, is in English. There is no need to learn German.

Applications can be submitted any time until the position is filled.

There is no deadline.

The city of Innsbruck, which hosted the Winter Olympic 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 of Innsbruck has a long tradition dating back to the 16th century, and, with seven schools (theology, law, economics, 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.

Please direct questions and your application to:

Assoc.-Prof. Dr. Radu Prodan
Institute for Computer Science, University of Innsbruck
Technikerstr. 21a, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Email: radu@dps.uibk.ac.at
URL: http://dps.uibk.ac.at

PHD POSITIONS IN PARALLELIZING COMPILERS FOR EXTREME SCALE HPC, Institute of Computer Science at the University of Innsbruck, Austria

The Institute of Computer Science at the University of Innsbruck, Austria seeks for excellent Phd students to carry out research in optimizing and parallelizing compilers for C++ applications on extreme scale Supercomputers.

Required profile:

You are enthusiastic about developing and investigating innovative research ideas and systems within the discipline of high performance and extreme scale parallel computing. You have a master’s or equivalent degree in computer science with excellent performance? You are a highly skilled C++ programmer? You have a strong background in compilers or runtime systems? You stand out from your peers because of strong commitment and independent work? You are team oriented and communicative?
Note that the working and study language as well as the entire Phd course and research programme is held in English only. There is no need to learn German for this position.

The offer:

The successful candidates will join as a fully funded Phd student a vibrant research team investigating novel compiler and runtime optimization techniques for parallel C++ programs to be executed on extreme scale supercomputers.

The research of this PhD position will be conducted as part of the the EU FETHPC project AllScale (www.allscale.eu) and the Insieme source-to-source research compiler (http://www.insieme-compiler.org). Thus candidates should have solid experience with compiler development.
Our Phd students are given the opportunity to program some of the fastest supercomputers in Europe and gain interdisciplinary expertise by participating in national and international (EU funded H2020) projects.

The University of Innsbruck (UIBK):

UIBK is a global Top-200 university with a long history in scientific computing. Parallel and distributed scientific computing are primary research areas at UIBK. Besides numerous funded research programs in the area of HPC, in 2010 an  international doctoral school in computational interdisciplinary modelling (FWF Austrian Science Fund – Doctoral Programme) has been established where highly qualified international PhD students are trained in modelling, simulation, numerical mathematics, and techniques for parallel and distributed computing. Apart from interdisciplinary, an innovative teaching concept combined with strong international networking are key to this program. UIBK has been involved in a substantial number of national and international parallel processing, Grid and Cloud computing projects including several FP5, FP6, FP7, and H2020 projects.

Numerous application development environments, programming paradigm and tools have been created by various groups at UIBK to simplify the effective use of multiprocessor and HPC architectures as the basis for the next generation of performance-oriented and energy-aware applications. Among others the tool set includes the Insieme compiler project (http://www.insieme-compiler.org/), which is a parallelising and optimising compiler for HPC.

Application:

Applications have to be submitted by March 31, 2016 . 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

PhD Positions in Opportunistic Communications for 5G Networks (Opportunistic Architectures Lab), IMDEA

The Opportunistic Architectures Lab led by Dr. Vincenzo Mancuso invites applications for up to 2 PhD Student positions in opportunistic communications for 5G networks, i.e., network-controlled D2D and M2M, context-aware applications, distributed network control.

The student(s) will work on design and prototyping of novel control and opportunistic schemes and applications for heterogeneous 5G wireless networks with challenging bandwidth, delay and efficiency requirements.

Requirements:

• High proficiency in programming (e.g., C/C++, Matlab, Mathematica, LabVIEW and scripting languages)
  

• Excellent background on wireless networking
  

• Excellent verbal and written English skills
  

The selected students will be supervised by Dr. Vincenzo Mancuso.

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PhD Position in Networking, localization and passive sensing in High-Frequency and Visible-Light Communications Networks, IMDEA

The Ubiquitous Wireless Networks research group led by Dr. Paolo Casari invites applications for a PhD Student position in the area of networking, localization and passive sensing in High-Frequency and Visible-Light Communications Networks.

Visible light communications and high-frequency radio communications (such as 60-GHz mm wave radio and terahertz radio communications) are showing great potential for relieving the impending spectrum crunch that threatens other, more popular wireless communications technologies in many scenarios of practical importance. In addition to that, the specific characteristics of high-frequency radio and visible-light signal propagation make it possible to carry out a number of advanced physical sensing tasks, including presence and movement detection, as well as localization and tracking. However, these functions have to be carefully blended and integrated with communications and networking protocols, in order to be carried out effectively.

This position will address open issues in this exciting research area via a blend of analysis, simulation and field experiments, in collaboration with other groups at IMDEA as well as with external research institutes.
 
Requirements:

• Excellent degree in telecommunication engineering or equivalent disciplines
  

• Very good knowledge of wireless physical layer and networking concepts
  

• Proficiency in the use of MATLAB and other programming languages (C/C++, TCL, Perl, Python)
  

• Ideally, working experience with embedded systems, database systems, and web interfaces
  

• Ideally, knowledge of the basics of high-frequency radio communications technologies and/or visible-light communications
  

The selected student will be supervised by Dr. Paolo Casari.


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PhD Position in Software Networks (SDN and NFV), IMDEA

The NETCOM Lab led by Dr. Arturo Azcorra invites applications for a PhD Student position in the area of Software Networks (SDN and NFV).

The aim of this PhD position is to study and propose new mechanisms for future 5G networks that allow functions to be fully virtualized in a multi- domain, multi-tenant environment, paying special attention to dynamic & secure control plane establishment. This will involve not only analysis, but development and evaluation in a Proof-of-Concept platform.
 
Requirements:

• Excellent knowledge of IP networks and protocols
  

• Working experience with Software development (C, python)
  

• Very good knowledge of Linux administration and development knowledge
  

• Knowledge of OpenStack, ONOS, OpenDaylight, KVM
  

The selected student will be supervised by Dr. Arturo Azcorra.


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PhD Position in Visible Light Communication and Sensing Systems, IMDEA

The Pervasive Wireless Systems Research Group led by Dr. Domenico Giustiniano invites applications for a PhDStudent position in the area of Visible Light Communication and Sensing Systems.

The uptake of visible light communication (VLC) is expected to accelerate the growth rate of the Internet of Things, with Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)-based transceivers at the foundation of this innovation. The objective of this PhD position is to investigate novel system concepts and solutions for illumination, communication and sensing using LED luminaries in order to move from single-cell VLC cells to networked VLC systems and create edge-less experiences for the users. Sensing and location will be considered as fundamental inputs for the design space of stand-alone networked VLC systems with context information.
 
Requirements:

• We expect an excellent degree in electrical engineering, telecommunication engineering or equivalent disciplines
  

• Proficiency in English is mandatory
  

• Solid background in wireless networks and embedded systems
  

• Hands-on experience with experimental work
  

• Preference will be given to candidate with knowledge of C/C++, Linux scripting, Linux kernel/drivers, and FPGA programming
  

The work will be conducted in a well-established research group at IMDEA that has a leadership role in the research and development of a general-purpose open source platform for research in visible light communication systems (openvlc.org).

The selected student will be supervised by Dr. Domenico Giustiniano.


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PhD Position in Localization for Flexible 5G Networks, IMDEA

The Pervasive Wireless Systems Research Group led by Dr. Domenico Giustiniano invites applications for a PhD Student position in the area of Localization for Flexible 5G Networks.
By 2020, 5G networks will promise substantial advancements in wireless area capacity, connectivity to people and objects. These goals require a paradigm shift in wireless innovation and a flexible architecture able to deal with a plethora of possible new services. The objective of this PhD position is to investigate and implement scientific solutions to bring mobile localization and fine system synchronization into flexible network protocols and design anticipatory network protocols able to take system level decisions in a distributed manner.

Requirements:

• Excellent degree in electrical engineering, telecommunication engineering or equivalent disciplines
  

• Proficiency in English is mandatory
  

• Solid background in wireless networks and embedded systems
  

• Hands-on experience with experimental work
  

• Preference will be given to candidate with knowledge of C/C++, Linux scripting, and Linux kernel/drivers
  

• Practical knowledge of localization systems is also welcome
  

The selected student will be supervised by Dr. Domenico Giustiniano.

Application Deadline :  Feb 2016
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PhD Position in Software Defined Networking, IMDEA

Dr. Kirill Kogan invites applications for a PhD Student position in the area of Software Defined Networking.

The aim of this PhD position is to develop new frameworks to optimize data and control plane representations, virtualization of packet processing pipelines, study new abstractions for composition of heterogeneous control planes, simplification of network topologies by keeping predefined properties of an original network topology and representation of a network as a virtual switch, study new techniques for translation desired economic models to configuration of network elements.

Requirements:

• Profound knowledge and programming experience of Linux Kernel networking stack
  

• Significant experience in development infrastructure and services at least for one of the following SDN controllers: OpenDayLight, RYU, FloodLight, BEACON, RUNOS
  

• Profound understanding and development experience with one of the following is a big plus: DPDK, embedded GPUs for packet processing, OpenVSwitch.
  

The selected student will be supervised by Dr. Kirill Kogan.

Deadline : 29-Feb-2016

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