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<p class=over><span class=titlebig1><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Chalmers
University of Technology announces<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=over><span class=titlebig1><span style='font-size:14.5pt'>a Position
for Ph.D. study<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=over><span class=titlebig1><span style='font-size:14.5pt'>in the field
of Computer Architecture<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=over><span class=titlebig1><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>at the
Department of Computer Science and Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=over><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Application
deadline April 17, 2009</span></b><span style='font-size:7.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=over style='text-align:justify'><span class=bodytext1><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>The High-Performance Computer Architecture Group is conducting
research on design principles for the next generations of mainstream as well as
embedded high-performance computers. To ease the programming task and yet
achieve a high computational performance at as high energy efficiency as
possible are important objectives in the knowledge generation process that the
group contributes to. To this end, the group has a solid track record in
contributing to design principles of parallel computers and a current focus is
on multi-core computers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=over style='text-align:justify'><span class=bodytext1><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>The group participates in the HiPEAC European Network
of Excellence as a partner and in two European projects that focus on
multi-core architectures. A driving theme regards the definition and
implementation of new hardware/software interfaces to ease the task of designing
software for exploiting the computational performance of multi-core computers.</span></span><span
class=bodytext1><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class=over style='text-align:justify'><span class=bodytext1><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Aim of work<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class=over style='text-align:justify'><span class=bodytext1><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>The PhD student shall participate in a project that
concerns novel execution models for multicore computers. Known execution models
lead to significant efforts in rewriting existing software. The project aims at
exploring ways to extract parallelism dynamically so that the parallelism
offered by multicore computers can be exploited. </span></span><span
class=bodytext1><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class=over style='text-align:justify'><span class=bodytext1><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Applicants <br>
</span></b></span><span class=bodytext1><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>shall
have a Master’s Degree or corresponding (sw. civilingenjörsexamen) in
Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering or in a
related discipline. As for all PhD studies, a genuine interest and curiosity in
the subject matter and excellent analytical and communication skills, orally as
well as literally, are needed. Further, since the research work normally
involves developing simulation models of detailed computer architectures, good
programming skills are important. </span></span><span class=bodytext1><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>A successful candidate must have a profound interest
in computer architecture and a foundation in design principles of processors
and memory systems.</span></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=over style='text-align:justify'><span class=bodytext1><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>In order to improve gender balance, Chalmers welcomes
in particular applications from female candidates.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=over><span class=bodytext1><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Details
about employment</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=over style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>The appointee must also have been admitted to
Chalmers Doctoral Programme. <span class=bodytext1>PhD student positions are
limited to five years and will then normally include 20% departmental work,
mostly teaching duties. Admission and employment are regulated in
Chalmers’ “Rules of Procedure for Doctoral Programmes”, </span>§4
and §5. Salary follows the agreement for PhD student positions.<span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=over><span class=bodytext1><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Further
information</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br>
<span class=bodytext1>Research level: Professor Per Stenström
(http://www.ce.chalmers.se/~pers)</span><br>
<span class=bodytext1>tel. 031-772 1761, e-post: <a
href="mailto:pers@chalmers.se">pers@chalmers.se</a> or</span><br>
<span class=bodytext1>Departmental level:, Associate Professor Lars Svensson, </span><br>
<span class=bodytext1>tel. 031-772 1704, e-post: <a
href="mailto:larssv@chalmers.se">larssv@chalmers.se</a> </span><br>
<span class=bodytext1>More information is available at the departmental
homepage<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=over><span class=bodytext1><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Your
application<br>
</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:black'>shall consist of a cover letter with the reference number 2009/28
stated, a complete CV, copies of exam diploma with grades and other documents
you wish to refer to. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=over><span class=bodytext1><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Closing date
for the application is April 17, 2009.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=over><span class=bodytext1><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The
application should preferably be sent by email to: <a
href="mailto:registrator@chalmers.se">registrator@chalmers.se</a></span></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> <span
class=bodytext1>or by surface mail to:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=over><span class=bodytext1><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Registrator</span></span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br>
<span class=bodytext1>Chalmers University of Technology </span><br>
<span class=bodytext1>SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=over><span class=bodytext1><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Phone via
Chalmers exchange: +46 31 772 10 00</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br>
<span class=bodytext1>Fax registrar: +46 31 772 49 22<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=over><span class=bodytext1><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Please,
don’t send your application to the above mentioned professor or head of
department.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=over><span class=bodytext1><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Union
representatives</span></b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br>
<span class=bodytext1>SACO Jan Lindér</span><br>
<span class=bodytext1>ST-ATF Marie Wenander</span><br>
<span class=bodytext1>SEKO Ralf Berndtsson<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=over><span class=bodytext1><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>All
reachable via Chalmers exchange: +46 31 772 10 00</span></span><span
class=titlebig1><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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