PhD Student position in Software Engineering

This position is a fulltime funded WASP PhD position. You will have the opportunity to collaborate for five years with a world-leading research team and put yourself into a great position for a future career in academia or industry.

Information about the research and the project
We are currently looking for a PhD student working in the general area of cloud-based software engineering at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden. The position is funded through WASP (Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program). We expect the prospective student to be interested in research in one or more of the following topics:
- Software development bots (DevBots).
- Natural Language Processing (NLP) and computational linguistics.
- Creation and usage of Chatbots.
- Software performance optimisation and measures.

The person to be hired will conduct research under the supervision of Dr. Philipp Leitner (http://philippleitner.net/) and co-supervision of Dr. Francisco Gomes de Oliveira Neto (https://franciscogon.com/). You will work in tight collaboration with the Interaction Design and Software Engineering (IDSE) division at Chalmers and University of Gothenburg, and you will be part of the Internet Computing and Emerging Technologies lab (http://icet-lab.eu/).

Software Engineering at Chalmers:
Our office is located in beautiful Lindholmen, overseeing the Göta canal. You will be embedded in a vibrant and tightly-knit group conducting research in many varied fields of software engineering, including software testing, requirements engineering, human aspects of software engineering, empirical software engineering, and software development bots. With approximately 20 faculty members, we are arguably one of the largest academic software engineering groups on the planet. We work actively to achieve a working environment with equal conditions, and values the qualities that diversity brings to its operations.

The division has hosted past international conferences such as EASE 2022, ICSE 2018, SPLC 2018, ICSA 2017, and REFSQ 2015. For industrial research, the division hosts the Software Center, an associated institute with a network of five universities and ten global companies including Siemens, Axis, and Jeppesen.

The City of Gothenburg:
With circa 620’000 inhabitants, Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden. It is located directly at the sea on Sweden’s west coast. Gothenburg is safe, well-connected through bus, train, and an international airport. Sweden is known for a very high standard of living, which includes access to health care for everybody, extensive child support, and an excellent and accessible educational system.

Major responsibilities
A PhD position in Sweden is a full-time employment with a competitive monthly salary and full social benefits (e.g., parental leave and compensation for sick leave). The position is limited to a maximum of five years of full-time study (assuming 20% teaching and other departmental duties spread over the 5 year period). There are no tuition fees for PhD studies at Chalmers.

After completing PhD studies at Chalmers University of Technology, you will be in great demand from Swedish as well as international industry, and you will have an excellent basis for an academic career as well.

Your major responsibility is to pursue a doctoral degree. This includes developing innovative scientific concepts and communicate the results verbally and in writing. The position generally also includes teaching at undergraduate or MSc level, or performing other duties corresponding to a maximum of 20 per cent of your working hours.

Candidates with any nationality are welcome to apply.

Qualifications
To qualify as a PhD student, by the starting date you must have a master's level degree corresponding to at least 120 higher education credits in a relevant field.

The position requires excellent verbal and written communication skills in English. If you are not familiar with Swedish, you are encouraged, but not required, to learn it during your employment. Chalmers offers Swedish courses. Strong programming skills and knowledge in modern software engineering processes is required. You are also required to have experience with natural language processing (NLP) frameworks and tools.

The following knowledge is a plus: Developing or analysing Natural Language Understanding (NLU) modules, familiarity with continuous integration and DevOps, knwoledge of (micro-)benchmarks, prior work in a research project, or scientific publications.

To increase gender diversity in our research group, preference between comparably qualified candidates will be given to female or non-binary candidates.

Contract terms
Full-time temporary employment. The position is limited to a maximum of five years.

We offer
Chalmers offers a cultivating and inspiring working environment in the coastal city of Gothenburg. 
Read more about working at Chalmers and our benefits for employees.

Chalmers aims to actively improve our gender balance. We work broadly with equality projects, for example the GENIE Initiative on gender equality for excellence. Equality and diversity are substantial foundations in all activities at Chalmers.

Read more and apply here

Application deadline: 9th September 2022

For questions, please contact:
Dr. Philipp Leitner, IDSE, philipp.leitner@chalmers.se
Dr. Francisco Gomes, IDSE, francisco.gomes@cse.gu.se

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