Two Research Grants for Bachelors (BI-L) in project specSTM | INESC-ID Lisboa

Job/Fellowship Reference: Two research grants “Bolsa de Investigação Licenciado” are now available in project specSTM, PTDC/EIA-EIA/122785/2010, funded by FCT/MEC through national funds (PIDDAC)

Main research field: Engineering

Job summary: specSTM project will depart from stand-alone Software Transactional Memory (STM) algorithms combine them with Thread-Level Speculation (TLS) support. The work developed by the grant receivers will focus the development of adequate non-trivial benchmarks and real-world applications to evaluate the unified TLS-STM model, as well as in the design and implementation of an alternative algorithm for specSTM.

Job description: Research Grant

Research Grants for Bachelors (BI-L) specSTM: Software Transactional Memory with Thread-Level Speculation Support” Ref. PTDC/EIA-EIA/122785/2010 https://www.gsd.inesc-id.pt/project-pages/specSTM

Distributed Systems Group INESC-ID Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal is one of the largest and most dynamic research institutes in Portugal in the areas of communication and information technologies. Two research grants “Bolsa de Investigação Licenciado” are now available in project specSTM, PTDC/EIA-EIA/122785/2010, funded by FCT/MEC through national funds (PIDDAC), under the following conditions:

Duration: 9 months from November 1st, 2013. The grant may be renewed within the period of the project, not exceeding the maximum period set by FCT for such grants. Renewal is subject to suitable performance.

Legislation: A fellowship contract will be celebrated according to “Regulations for Research Grants of the Foundation for Science and Technology-2013”, the INESC ID Grant regulations approved by FCT, Lei nº 40/2004 de 18 de Agosto (Status of Scientific Research Fellow), and the law “Decreto-Lei n. º 202/2012 de 27 de Agosto” and amended by “Decreto-Lei nº 233/2012, de 29 de Outubro” and by the “Lei nº 12/2013, de 29 de Janeiro.”

Monthly amount: The monthly amount of the grant (745€) is in accordance with the values stipulated in the “Regulations for Advanced Training and Qualification of Human Resources” of FCT and INESC-ID Lisboa grant regulations approved by FCT, and shall be rendered payable via bank transfer to an account held by the grantee.

Objectives / summary: specSTM project will depart from stand-alone Software Transactional Memory (STM) algorithms combine them with Thread-Level Speculation (TLS) support. The work developed by the grant receivers will focus the development of adequate non-trivial benchmarks and real-world applications to evaluate the unified TLS-STM model, as well as in the design and implementation of an alternative algorithm for specSTM.

Scientific supervision: The activity will be supervised by João Barreto, Assistant Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico/Technical University Lisbon, researcher at INESC-ID. The grantee will be integrated at INESC-ID Alameda in the Distributed Systems Group (www.gsd.inesc-id.pt).

Required education Level and research experience: The candidate should have completed his BSc degree on Computer Science or related areas, and have strong skills on low-level programming, operating systems and parallel algorithms.

Evaluation criteria: Academic record of the candidate (60%), interest for the following areas of research: low-level programming, operating systems and parallel algorithms (30%). English language level will also be considered as criteria (10%). The Juri may decide to interview the candidates in order to perform a more objective evaluation of some of the criteria. The jury will convene in October 21st, 2013.

Results: The final evaluation results will be publicized through an ordered list, and the candidates will be notified of the Jury decision by email.

Documents to be submitted: Detailed curriculum vitae, motivation letter, copy of academic study certificates, name of two personal references.

Application Dates: From October 7th, 2013 to October 18th, 2013.

For further information and proposal submission, please contact: João Barreto INESC-ID Rua Alves Redol, 9, sala 607 1000-029 Lisboa, tel.: 213100292, e-mail: Αυτή η διεύθυνση Email προστατεύεται από τους αυτοματισμούς αποστολέων ανεπιθύμητων μηνυμάτων. Χρειάζεται να ενεργοποιήσετε τη JavaScript για να μπορέσετε να τη δείτε., web: https://www.gsd.inesc-id.pt/~jpbarreto, Project web page: https://www.gsd.inesc-id.pt/project-pages/specSTM

Type of Position: Research Fellowship (Bolsa de Investigação)

Duration: 9 Months

Limit Date to Reply: 18-Oct-2013

Contact: João Pedro Faria Mendonça Barreto