PhD Student linked to ERC Consolidator Grant (FPGA Acceleration) (R1)

  • Barcelona
  • Permanente
  • Tiempo completo
  • Hace 1 mes
Offer DescriptionAbout BSCThe Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) is the leading supercomputing center in Spain. It houses MareNostrum, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe, and is a hosting member of the PRACE European distributed supercomputing infrastructure. The mission of BSC is to research, develop and manage information technologies in order to facilitate scientific progress. BSC combines HPC service provision and R&D into both computer and computational science (life, earth and engineering sciences) under one roof, and currently has over 770 staff from 55 countries.Look at the BSC experience:
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Let's stay connected with BSC Folks!Context And MissionThe Accelerators and Communications for HPC Group leads cutting-edge research and development around accelerators/coprocessors in HPC and high-performance networking. We collaborate closely with the major vendors in the topic for HPC: NVIDIA and Intel. We organize locally international events such as the PUMPS Summer School, PATC Courses on CUDA/OpenACC, and annual hackathons, and collaborate in the organization of related international conferences and workshops such as SC, IEEE Cluster, or AsHES.The group has been recently awarded one of the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grants. We are looking to cover a PhD Student positions to work on use of FPGA-based accelerators applied to Homomorphically Encrypted Deep Learning Inference. Prospective candidates may take a look at the following paper to get an initial idea of our focus:Group Web Page:Key Duties Drive research in the above-mentioned topic, under the supervision of the Group Manager and the mentorship of a postdoctoral researcherRequirements Education MS in a related field Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience Low-level C/C++ Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience Previous FPGA experience is not mandatory but will be valued Competences Good English LevelConditions The position will be located at BSC within the Computer Sciences Department We offer a full-time contract, a good working environment, a highly stimulating environment with state-of-the-art infrastructure, flexible working hours, extensive training plan, restaurant tickets, private health insurance, support to the relocation procedures Duration: Open-ended contract due to technical and scientific activities linked to the project and budget duration Salary: we offer a competitive salary commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the candidate and according to the cost of living in Barcelona Starting date: 01/09/2023Applications procedure and processAll applications must be made through BSC website and contain:A full CV in English including contact details
A Cover Letter with a statement of interest in English, including two contacts for further references - Applications without this document will not be consideredIn accordance with the OTM-R principles, a gender-balanced recruitment panel is formed for every vacancy at the beginning of the process. After reviewing the content of the applications, the panel will start the interviews, with at least one technical and one administrative interview. A profile questionnaire as well as a technical exercise may be required during the process.The panel will make a final decision and all candidates who had contacts with them will receive a feedback with details on the acceptance or rejection of their profile.At BSC we are seeking continuous improvement in our recruitment processes, for any suggestions or feedback/complaints about our Recruitment Processes, please contact .DeadlineThe vacancy will remain open until suitable candidate has been hired. Applications will be regularly reviewed and potential candidates will be contacted.RequirementsAdditional InformationWebsite for additional job detailsWork Location(s)Number of offers available 1 Company/Institute Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) Country Spain City Barcelona GeofieldWhere to apply WebsiteContact CityBarcelona WebsiteSTATUS: EXPIRED

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