PhD scholarships in Engineering Software Intensive Systems and Services at University of Adelaide

CREST- The Centre for Research on Engineering Software Technologies (http://crest-centre.net) at the School of Computer Science University of Adelaide

has fully-funded PhD positions in the area of Engineering Software Intensive Systems and Services. The successful applicants will have the opportunity to work on one of the several exciting and emerging topics such as architecting robust and scalable Mobile Cloud Computing Systems, Engineering Security and Privacy Sensitive Systems, Robotic & Cloud Computing, Internet of Things (IoT), Development & Operations (DevOps) for Cloud-enabled Software Systems, and Crowd Sourcing Processes and Platforms.

More details about the available research projects can be found from CREST website: http://crest-centre.net

The potential applicants are expected to have a Masters degree or a bachelor (honour) degree, an excellent academic record, good research and technological knowledge of and skills in one of the abovementioned topics, and demonstrated skills in publishing scientific research papers.

The potential applicants are encouraged to send their CV and scanned copies of their academic transcripts to Professor M. Ali Babar via email (ali.babar at adelaide DOT edu DOT au)

Research Positions Available at the Organic Semiconductor Laboratory (OSL) - MASc and PhD
Interdisciplinary research projects in microsystems, microelectronics, and implementation of micro- and nano-engineering materials for sensor and actuator design and applications:
1) Design and fabrication of discrete wearable sensors, and transducers.
2) Implementation of polymer semiconductor material for SSI and MSI level printed electronics applications.
3) Bio-electronic devices for select target applications.
Must have a background in: microfabrication techniques, device design, numerical analysis, physical concepts of devices and microsystems.
Knowledge of/ Expertise in:  CAD tools (E.g. SoftMEMS L-edit, Autocad), Spice simulation, COMSOL Multiphysics, some exposure to cleanroom processes, printed circuit boards.
Interested applicants should send their CV and transcripts to Dr. Ravi Prakash at: ravi.prakash@queensu.ca
 
Doctoral Student Wanted
A Ph.D. position is available in the field of micro-grids and grid-connected converters in the world-renowned ePOWER lab at Queen’s University.
Must have a background in: power electronics and control systems.
Contact Dr. Suzan Eren in the ECE Department, Queen’s University outlining your research experience and interests. sze@queensu.ca, or 613-533-6000 ext. 77827.

Postdoc recruitment
Status: 2 to 4 years contract
Dept/Faculty: CONNECT research centre, University of Dublin, Trinity College
Application closing date:until position filled
Starting salary: €37,750 – €42,394 (commensurate with experience)
Expected start date: January/February 2017
Post summary
CONNECT (formerly CTVR – www.ctvr.ie) is Ireland’s largest telecommunications research centre. The Centre carries out industry-informed research focusing on wireless and optical networks of the future with a strong emphasis on the technologies that will underpin these networks. This position, under the direction of Dr. Marco Ruffini, is funded by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI).
Details
A senior and a junior postdoctoral researcher position are available in virtualised software-defined-networks architectures, at the optical networking and communications laboratory of the CONNECT research centre, based in Trinity College Dublin. The position is funded by Science Foundation Ireland, and will be appointed as junior or senior post-doctoral researcher, depending on the candidate’s experience. The successful candidate will join a team of highly skilled and innovative researchers in the area of access network architectures.
The candidate must have a Ph.D. or equivalent technical experience in the area of Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, with a track record of research in optical communications and networks. The candidate must be an independent researcher willing to take a leadership role in the optical and telecommunicaitons laboratory.
Desirable qualifications include:

• 3+ years experience in design and development of network virtualisation software architectures.
  
  
• Experience with protocols and architectures for passive optical networks and access networks is highly desirable.
  
  
• Good working knowledge of virtualisation software for cloud computing, cloud networking (openstack, OpenfFlow/SDN, Network Function Virtualisation)
  
  
• Good working knowledge of software programming languages (e.g., c++, python, matlab)
  
  
• Solid written and oral communications skills;
  
  
• It is expected that applicants with academic background will have:
  
  • Established track record of publication in leading journals/conferences, on topics such as PON protocols, switching and routing, optical access and core networks;
    
  • Proven experience in mentoring junior researchers, such as Ph.D. students.
    

The position entails the following duties:

• Lead the software and architectural development of an SDN-based framework for next generation access network architecture
  
  
• Preparation of project funding proposal at European and national level;
  
  
• Collaborate with other academic and industry partners;
  
  
• Co-supervision of PhD students.
  

Interested applicants should send a CV to Dr. Marco Ruffini (marco.ruffini@tcd.ie) including contact information for at least two professional references.
Trinity College is the leading university in Ireland. CONNECT is Ireland’s largest telecommunications research centre. We carry out industry-informed research in the telecommunications field.  We focus on optical and wireless networks of the future with a strong emphasis on the technologies that will underpin these networks. We pride ourselves in carrying out research that is of the highest quality and that has international impact. We also pride ourselves in being an inclusive, diverse, creative, and friendly place to work.

Professor Ahmad Afsahi

 Parallel Processing Research Laboratory

 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Queen’s University Kingston, ON

 PhD Graduate Student Positions: 

The Parallel Processing Research Laboratory (PPRL) within the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Queen’s University currently has openings for outstanding PhD graduate students. The laboratory is active in research in high-performance communication runtime and system software for homogeneous and heterogeneous computing systems with their high-speed interconnects. The candidates should have a strong background in system software (operating systems, algorithms, data structures, networking, computer architecture, compilers/middleware), and programming skills. Experience with parallel programming paradigms at implementation or application level is an asset. Please send your complete application including a cover letter, CV, statement of research, sample publications (if any), in a single PDF file to Prof. Afsahi at ahmad.afsahi@queensu.ca. Additional information about PPRL can be found below. 

Research Keywords: 

Parallel and distributed computing, network-based high-performance computing, cluster computing, highperformance interconnects and communication subsystems, communication runtime, system software, hybrid systems with accelerators (GPUs, Intel Xeon Phi), parallel programming models (MPI, MPI+X, PGAS, UPC, OpenSHMEM, OpenMP, CUDA, OpenCL, OpenACC, etc.), power-aware high-performance computing, workload characterization, benchmarking and performance evaluation 

Research Summary: 

Research in the area of high-performance computing (HPC) systems has been primarily focused on how to improve the performance of computers in order to solve computationally intensive problems and support the emerging networking and commercial applications. Parallel processing is at the heart of such powerful computers. The Parallel Processing Research Laboratory at Queen’s carries out research in the main areas of parallel and distributed processing, network-based high-performance computing, and power-aware high-performance computing. We are interested in the various innovative techniques that could be effectively used at different layers to enhance the performance, and/or to minimize the power/energy consumption in high-end parallel computing systems with their high-performance interconnects. Our research, in part, seeks to propose, design and evaluate novel techniques for high-performance communication, communication runtime and systems software for high-performance clusters and data centers. We are interested in research along several directions to support efficient and scalable execution of parallel programming models such as MPI, MPI+X, PGAS (UPC, OpenSHMEM), CUDA, OpenCL, and OpenACC, and application that use them on top of traditional and hybrid (GPU, Xeon Phi) HPC systems with their high-performance interconnects such as InfiniBand, Omni-Path, iWARP Ethernet, RoCE, and proprietary interconnects. In addition, with the increasing amount of power/energy consumption in high-performance computing and data centers, our research is, in part, concerned with proposing novel ideas to reduce power consumption and improve energy efficiency with little or no impact on performance. Workload characterization of scientific, engineering and commercial applications as well as benchmarking and performance evaluation of parallel programming paradigms and high-performance computing systems is an integral part of our research.