Sweden : 2 PhD students in Distributed (Grid and Cloud) Computing

Department of Computing Science, is seeking outstanding candidates for 2 PhD student positions within the field of distributed (grid and cloud) computing.

The group’s research is focused on the design and analysis of methods, algorithms, and systems for service-oriented grid and cloud infrastructures. Current and future topics of research interest include:

* architectures for distributed and federated grid and clouds
* scheduling and resource brokering of virtual machines, jobs, and data
* job and workflow management
* autonomic service elasticity
* admission control for safe resource overbooking
* distributed monitoring, accounting, and quota enforcement
* tools for management of compute and data intense applications
* holistic system management based on business level objectives
* efficient use of virtualization techniques, including live migration
* design principles for distributed applications
* applications of autonomic network management
* theory and algorithms for resource allocation problems
* real-world applications of results from these topics

See www.cloudresearch.se for an overview of ongoing research projects.

The research is performed in an international and creative environment currently comprising 17 persons of 6 nationalities. We work within large scale national and international projects, including national strategic research projects (e.g., eSSENCE) and EU FP7 funded projects (e.g., RESERVOIR, OPTIMIS, VISION Cloud) in close collaboration with major industrial (e.g, IBM, SAP, and Atos Origin) and academic partners. Software is contributed to various open source community efforts including NorduGrid/ARC and the Globus Toolkit, the latter as a member of the Globus Academic Affiliate Program. The group is also a member of the NESSI workgroup on service-oriented infrastructure.

The research is performed in collaboration with the High Performance Computing Center North (HPC2N) and the UMIT research laboratory at Umeå University. HPC2N is a member center of the Swedish National Infrastructure for Computing (SNIC), providing competence and computing resources, including grid resources. HPC2N actively takes part in Swegrid, NDGF, NorduGrid and EGEE. UMIT is an environment for interdisciplinary research in scientific, high-performance, distributed, real-time, and visual computing, as well as their industrial applications.

About the positions
The positions are aimed for PhD studies and research to be performed jointly with group members and collaboration partners, leading to a PhD degree. The positions include a competitive salary for a period of four years of research time, provided that expected study and research results are achieved. The position may also include part-time work (up to 20%) as teaching assistant. If so, the total time for the position is extended accordingly (up to a maximum of five years). Of interest for the positions are mainly the following two directions of research.

Construction and application of virtual infrastructures for scientific computations
Scientific computations come in many forms. Applications ranging from large-scale, synchronized, memory-bound engineering problems to data-parallel data analysis problems illustrate the diversity of modern scientific computations. As different types of scientific computations behave differently, the characteristics of the underlying computational infrastructure applications are run on can greatly affect the efficiency of computational applications. In this eSSENCE-funded project, construction and application of virtual infrastructures (i.e. software systems) for scientific computations is studied.

Example projects for prospective students within this field include, but are not limited to, adaptation of applications and development of software systems for management of computations in new types of distributed resource environments, e.g., grid and cloud computing environments, as well as analysis and (re)formulation of computational problems in application areas (e.g., systems biology and medicine) for enhanced ability to use current infrastructures. For these projects, experience of applications in computational science is meriting.

Cloud computing
The overall research lines focus on management challenges for data centers (clouds) and the services provisioned in these. Potential research topics range from enabling technologies such as hardware virtualization and power-aware server management, to data center management problems such as admission control, placement (scheduling), and proactive elasticity, to higher-level concerns such as novel design patterns and programming paradigms for the construction of future cloud-native applications.

Requirements
Applicants are expected to hold an MSc degree in computer science or a related field. In addition to excellent study results, excellence in systems development, software engineering practices, and proficiency in modern programming languages and software development tools are expected. Strong systems skills with in-depth knowledge of grid computing, cloud computing, high-performance computing, high-throughput computing, and/or other types of distributed systems are highly valuable. Experience of open source environments and from software or research-oriented industry are other desirable merits. Important personal abilities are coordination and organization skills as well as good communication skills in written and spoken English.

Formal prerequisites include either (i) 240 ECTS credits (Swe. Högskolepoäng) of higher education studies of which at least 60 should be on an advanced level (Master level) in computer science or similar relevant field, or (ii) 160 Swedish (old) credits (Swe. Poäng; corresponding to 240 ECTS credits) of higher education studies if they were taken before July 1, 2007, or equivalent competence.

The procedure for recruitment for the positions is in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance (chap. 12, 2 §) and the decision regarding the position cannot be appealed.

Submitting your application
A complete application should include:

• Introductory letter
• Statement of research interest
• Curriculum Vitae (CV)
• Copy of completed thesis (MSc and/or BSc)
• Copies of degree certificates, including documentation of completed academic courses and obtained grades
• Copies of original research publications, if any
• Description of software development experience
• Contact information for three persons willing to act as references
• Any other information relevant for the position

All material should be submitted electronically or in a single printed copy. Electronically submitted material should be in PDF or Word format.

Deadline for application: February 24, 2012.

Further information
For further information, please contact Dr. P-O Östberg (email: p-o@cs.umu.se), Assistant Professor Johan Tordsson (email: tordsson@cs.umu.se), and Professor and Head of Department Erik Elmroth (email: elmroth@cs.umu.se).

Union information is available from SACO, +46-(0)90-786 53 65, SEKO, +46-(0)90-786 52 96 and ST, +46-(0)90-786 54 31.

Your complete application, marked with reference number 313-104-12, should be sent to jobb@umu.se (state the reference number as subject) or to the Registrar, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden to arrive February 24, 2012 at the latest.

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