+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ PHD STUDENTSHIPS IN PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES School of Computer Science University of Hertfordshire, UK Applications are invited for a 3-year PhD studentship in the Compiler Technology and Computer Architecture group within the School of Computer Science. We can offer three EU-funded PhD studentships as part of the EU projects "Self-Adaptive Embedded Technologies for Pervasive Computing Architectures" (Aether) and "Architecture Paradigms and Programming Languages for Efficient Programming of Multiple Cores" (Apple-CORE). The advent of multicore processors has raised new demand for techniques that allow mainstream programmers to effectively utilise machines with a rapidly growing amount of concurrency available at the hardware level. In both of the aforementioned EU-projects we address that challenge using functional techniques. While the Aether project is concerned with a stream-processing approach based on the language S-Net (<http://snet.feis.herts.ac.uk/>), the Apple-CORE project investigates the suitability of a novel micro-threaded hardware architecture as a compilation target for functional programming languages such as the high-performance language SaC (<http://www.sac-home.org/>). The architecture under consideration is developed by our partners at the University of Amsterdam (<http://www.science.uva.nl/research/csa/microgrids.html>). To strengthen our research team we are looking for up to three new PhD students, who want to be involved in the theoretical and practical aspects of programming language and compiler research for the upcoming generation of highly parallel hardware architectures. Applicants should have a good honours degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline. Experience in any of the following areas is desireable: functional programming, compiler construction, type systems, concurrency theory, high-performance computing, or scientific applications. Successful applicants will become a member of the Compiler Technology and Computer Architecture group at the University of Hertfordshire, a rapidly expanding centre for research on functionally inspired approaches to the efficient utilisation of highly parallel architectures. The group currently comprises 4 academic staff, 1 research staff, and 4 PhD students plus a regular influx of shorter-term research visitors from other labs in the EU, Japan, and the US. The studentships come with a usually tax-free stipend of approximately GBP 12,600 per annum with all tuition fees and research costs being covered separately. Although the studentships do not include any teaching obligations, teaching experience can be gained by taking up extra duties which are paid for on an hourly basis. Further details regarding the studentships and how to apply are available from Mrs Lorraine Nicholls, Research Student Administrator, STRI, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield, Herts, AL10 9AB, UK. Tel: +44 (0) 1707 286083 Fax: +44 (0) 1707 284185 or email: L.Nicholls@herts.ac.uk. Note, all applications must be made via Lorraine Nicholls. Informal discussions with one of the potential PhD supervisors, Dr Sven-Bodo Scholz (S.Scholz@herts.ac.uk), are encouraged before handing in an application. The short-listing process will beginn on 9. January 2008. +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Dr Sven-Bodo Scholz Email : S.Scholz@herts.ac.uk | | School of Computer Science | | University of Herfordshire Web : hompages.feis.herts.ac.uk/~comqss/ | | College Lane Campus | | Hatfield, Herts, AL10 9AB, UK Phone : +44 (0)1707 28 6403 | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+