PhD student position in Computer Architecture (four positions)

Information about the research group
The Computer Architecture Research Group, within the Division of Computer Engineering, under the leadership of Professor Per Stenstrom, is conducting research on design principles for next generation computer systems. To ease the programming task and yet achieve high computational performance at as high an energy efficiency as possible is an important objective in the knowledge generation process that the group contributes with. To this end, the group has a solid track record and a long-term focus on contributing to design principles of parallel computers. Four senior faculty members, four postdocs and ten PhD students are engaged in research in Computer Architecture. The group is a founding partner of the HiPEAC European Network of Excellence and engaged in several EU and national projects with strong ties to industry, among them the European Processor Initiative.

About the project
For more than five decades, the speed at which computers get things done has been able to increase exponentially over time thanks to the fact that it has been possible to increase the number of transistors on a computer chip at the same pace. At this point, it is becoming challenging to fit more transistors on each chip, and at the same time the computing tasks are becoming increasingly data intensive, with everything from self-driving vehicles to analysis of massive data sets. This questions conventional wisdom how computers are built and calls for new solutions. In today's technology, data is sent back and forth between the memory and computer chips, which costs both time and processing power (energy). The PRIDE project - Principles for computing memory devices - will investigate how parallelism and memory allocation can be handled in an energy-efficient and transparent way by tightly integrating accelerators in memory.

The project will focus on the particular topics of memory subsystems, interconnection networks, domain-specific acceleration, and runtime systems.

Position summary
The PRIDE project is seeking candidates for four PhD positions in computer systems with full-time temporary employment. The position is limited to a maximum of five years. During this time you are expected to obtain a PhD degree.

This encompasses 20% departmental duties (typically teaching), 20% studies for credits towards your PhD and 60% research.

Qualifications
You have a MSc degree, corresponding to at least 240 higher education credits, in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or in a related field with a good foundation in computer architecture.

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 as well as oral) are of a high quality. Since the research work involves developing simulation models, good programming skills are required. It is meritorious if you have taken courses in operating systems, real-time systems, compilers.

Chalmers offers Swedish courses.

Chalmers continuously strives to be an attractive employer. Equality and diversity are substantial foundations in all activities at Chalmers.

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Application deadline: 13th December 2020

For questions, please contact:
Professor Per Stenstrom, Computer Engineering
E-mail: pers@chalmers.se
Phone: +46-31-772-1761

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