29 Feb 2024
Job Information
- Organisation/Company
Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL)- Department
ICTEAM- Research Field
Computer science » Computer systems- Researcher Profile
Recognised Researcher (R2)- Country
Belgium- Application Deadline
30 Apr 2024 - 18:00 (Europe/Brussels)- Type of Contract
Temporary- Job Status
Full-time- Hours Per Week
38- Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
Not funded by an EU programme- Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
No
Offer Description
ORGANISATION/COMPANY
Université catholique de Louvain
Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Electronics and Applied Mathematics (ICTEAM)
RESEARCH FIELD
Networking, Systems, High-speed packet processing, SmartNICs, P4, NFV
LOCATION
Belgium › Louvain-la-Neuve
TYPE OF CONTRACT
Post-Doc fellowship for 24 months.
JOB STATUS
Full-time
HOURS PER WEEK
38
OFFER DESCRIPTION
The applicant will join the ENSG to work on leading-edge research topics in crossroad of networking and systems to build a sustainable IT infrastructure. The group is composed of the PI and 3 PhD students, with fundings for 1 new PhD students and 2 post-docs (including this proposal).
The post-doc will join the PI’s group to conduct research on thematics that fit the PI’s area of expertise. The applicant will also be expected to advise master students and take a leading role with PhD students. The exact project is open to discussion, but the following project is proposed and describes well the overall direction of the lab.
Internet was designed at a time when computers were monolithic devices, transferring data over a network of routers and switches. This paradigm does not match the reality of today’s devices, which are composed of several elements of different nature (CPU cores, RAM, storage, NICs, GPU, etc). You will join the study of the fundamental challenges for the Internet to catch up with this shift of paradigm. Much like atoms were later refined into a set of particles, the communications of hosts must be reconsidered to enable the next leap in the Internet evolution.
We will examine the newfound programmability of the network, i.e., P4 switches and Smart NICs, to enable sub-atomic communications over the Internet by delegating the intelligence out of the end “hosts”.
The Smart NIC of a host may essentially act as a transparent multiplexer for the sub-devices of the host, bypassing unneeded CPU transfers, and saving time and energy. The Smart NIC will be aware of power-conservative strategies when assigning requests to cores. The group is also conducting research on efficient CPU-aware software pipelines using dynamic compilation to avoid cache and branch misses.
Programmable switches will similarly act as coordinators of the streams through the edge. They will also lead the transfers toward the right particles among the increasingly disaggregated datacenter’s resources that are serving a provider’s content. To overcome ossification, they may expose information and negotiate a behavior for each particle’s streams to reach one possible servicing entity through the best paths. It will be possible without going back to the “ends”, and therefore enable particle-to-particle encryption as well as network efficiency.
The resulting low latency communication will enable future use cases such as cloud gaming and latency-critical workloads, connecting nearby particles that are getting virtually closer thanks to 5G and fiber connectivity. In the long-term, the vision enforced by the group will bring back competitiveness to the Internet by standardizing the means for such next-generation sub-atomic communication.
SKILLS/QUALIFICATION
- Particularly successful student
- Excellent in the Operating System and networking courses
- Ease with low-level programming in C and/or Rust
- English, French is a plus
SUBMISSION
Please send to [email protected] :
(a) Curriculum vitae;
(b) A letter of motivation;
(c) Links to Masters and PhD thesis (If already defended);
(d) List of publications and links to PDF (not behind a paywall);
Please send both a comprehensive list of publications as well as the list
of up to three ones that you consider the most important. For each of these
important publications, give the details of your personal contribution and
involvement;
(e) If applicable, links to examples of personal software contributions.
REQUIRED LANGUAGES
ENGLISH: at least B2 (upper intermediate)
French is not required
Requirements
- Research Field
- Computer science » Computer systems
- Education Level
- PhD or equivalent
Skills/Qualifications
- Particularly successful student
- Excellent in the Operating System and networking courses
- Ease with low-level programming in C and/or Rust
- English, French is a plus
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Level
- Good
- Research Field
- Computer science » Computer systemsComputer science » Computer architecture
Additional Information
Benefits
- The salary level of post-doc in Belgium is relatively high compared to neighboring countries or the USA
- The ENSG has many high-end servers and equipment and significant funding available to acquire more
- The ICTEAM is host to 50 professors and more than 200 researchers in computer sciences, applied mathematics, and electronics, it is a very innovative ecosystem with all expertise available on hand to develop your career
Selection process
The candidatures will be reviewed once every 2 weeks
1) The candidates will be first evaluated on CV and other requirements detailed above
2) An online discussion will be organized with candidates passing stage one
3) An on-site interview will be organized (if possible) to meet all members of the team, typically a presentation of your PhD thesis will be asked
- Website for additional job details
https://perso.uclouvain.be/tom.barbette/open-post-doc-position/
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available
- 1
- Company/Institute
- UCLouvain / ICTEAM / INGI
- Country
- Belgium
- City
- Louvain-La-Neuve
- Postal Code
- 1348
- Street
- Place Sainte-Barbe, 2
Where to apply
[email protected]
Contact
- City
Louvain-la-Neuve- Website
https://www.tombarbette.be- Street
Place Sainte-Barbe 2- Postal Code
1348
[email protected]- Phone
0032479609463
STATUS: EXPIRED
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