The Parallel Computing Systems (PCS) group at the Informatics Institute (IvI) of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) is looking for a researcher (PhD candidate or postdoctoral researcher) in the area of programming language technology, compilation and run-time systems for adaptive cyber-physical systems that are resilient against component failure and cyber-attack.

The PCS group performs research on the design, programming and run-time management of multi-core and multi-processor computer systems. Modeling, analysis and optimization of extra-functional aspects of these systems, such as performance, power/energy consumption, robustness but likewise the degree of productivity to design and program these systems, play a pivotal role in our work.

What are we doing?

Cyber-physical systems (CPS) exhibit a rapidly growing complexity, as manifested by the ever increasing number of (distributed) computational units connected via complex network infrastructures. At the same time, growing complexity and connectivity likewise increase chances of hardware failure and disruptions due to cyber-attacks.

In the EU-funded Horizon-2020 project ADMORPH we pursue a novel holistic approach to specification, design, analysis and run-time deployment of adaptively morphing mission- and safety-critical CPS, that are robust against component failure and cyber-attack. ADMORPH brings together a consortium of 4 academic and 4 industrial partners from across Europe coordinated by the University of Amsterdam.

What are you going to do?

This researcher position will address the programming language technology dimension of adaptively morphing cyber-physical systems. We are developing a domain-specific language (DSL) following the principle of component coordination. The DSL will combine functional dependencies with extra-functional requirements, expectations and strategies regarding fault-tolerance, timing, security, quality-of-service, etc. Our goal in the ADMORPH project is to refine the DSL and validate its design with a proof-of-concept compilation infrastructure and a run-time system addressing robustness against hardware failure and cyber attack.

The position can be offered to a PhD candidate or a postdoctoral researcher depending on prior qualification and experience. 

• MSc (for a PhD candidate) or PhD (for a postdoctoral researcher) in computer science or computer engineering;
• Prior expertise in (domain-specific) language design, compilation and runtime systems;
• Fluency in oral and written English as well as good presentation skills;
• Strong analytical and programming skills;
• Ability to work in an international research team. 

Our offer

This position can be filled by a PhD student or a postdoctoral researcher. Depending on skills and experience the tasks of this position can be adjusted. The starting date is as soon as possible, which will be discussed with the selected candidate.

Offer PhD candidate

For a PhD candidate we offer a temporary contract for 38 hours per week for the duration of 48 months. The initial employment is 18 months and after a positive evaluation, the appointment will be extended further with 30 months and should lead to a dissertation (PhD thesis). You will get a customized Training and Supervision Plan, that will be evaluated every year.
The salary will be €2,395 in the first year, up to €3,061 in the fourth year, scale P. The salary is exclusive 8 % holiday allowance and 8,3 % end-of-year bonus. A favourable tax agreement, the ‘30% ruling’, may apply to non-Dutch applicants. The Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities is applicable.

Offer Postdoctoral researcher

For a Postdoctoral researcher we offer a temporary contract for 38 hours per week for the duration of 36 months.  
The salary, depending on relevant experience before the beginning of the employment contract, will be €2,790 to €4,274 (scale 10) gross per month, based on full-time employment (38 hours a week). These amounts are exclusive 8 % holiday allowance and 8.3 % end-of-year bonus. A favourable tax agreement, the ‘30% ruling’, may apply to non-Dutch applicants. The Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities is applicable.

Are you curious about our extensive package of secondary employment benefits? Then find out more about working at the Faculty of Science.

University of Amsterdam

With over 5,000 employees, 30,000 students and a budget of more than 600 million euros, the University of Amsterdam (UvA) is an intellectual hub within the Netherlands. Teaching and research at the UvA are conducted within seven faculties: Humanities, Social and Behavioural Sciences, Economics and Business, Law, Science, Medicine and Dentistry. Housed on four city campuses in or near the heart of Amsterdam, where disciplines come together and interact, the faculties have close links with thousands of researchers and hundreds of institutions at home and abroad.  

The UvA’s students and employees are independent thinkers, competent rebels who dare to question dogmas and aren’t satisfied with easy answers and standard solutions. To work at the UvA is to work in an independent, creative, innovative and international climate characterised by an open atmosphere and a genuine engagement with the city of Amsterdam and society.

Faculty of Science – Informatics Institute

The Faculty of Science has a student body of around 6,500, as well as 1,600 members of staff working in education, research or support services. Researchers and students at the Faculty of Science are fascinated by every aspect of how the world works, be it elementary particles, the birth of the universe or the functioning of the brain.

The mission of the Informatics Institute is to perform curiosity-driven and use-inspired fundamental research in Computer Science. Our research involves complex information systems at large, with a focus on collaborative, data driven, computational and intelligent systems, all with a strong interactive component.

We prefer to select specific topics and pursue them from methods in informatics and engineering, rather than make a choice for fundamental versus engineering science. As part of our research mission, we maintain strategic multi-disciplinary research links inside and outside the University of Amsterdam.