Context And Mission
Applications are invited for postdoc positions at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS). Research activities will be focused on one or several of the following topics, among others:
1. Emulation and evaluation of novel architectures for AI: ISA extensions and novel microarchitectures.
2. High-performance computing architectures: Acceleration of floating-point intensive workloads via reconfigurable or vector processors.
3. Cache management policies for graph and strongly irregular workloads.
4. Numerical libraries for scientific computing with focus on long vector architectures.
Experience in some of these topics is strongly appreciated.
The funding for these actions/fellowships and contracts comes from the European Union Recovery and Resilience Facility – Next Generation, within the framework of the General Invitation by the public business entity Red.es to participate in the talent attraction and retention programs within Investment 4 of Component 19 of the Recovery, Transformation, and Resilience Plan.
For more information, please check: https://www.bsc.es/join-us/excellence-career-opportunities/ai4s
Key Duties
Formulate and evaluate new ideas in a rigorous way
Write technical reports and papers
Use and extend scientific code (Tensorflow, simulators, parallel runtime systems, etc.)
Requirements
Education
PhD in Computer Science or close area
Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
Computer Architecture: micro-architecuture, resource sharing in multicores, cache hierarchy, simulation techniques
Artificial Intelligence: rule-based reasoning, decision trees, support vector machines, neural networks
Programming: C/C++, OpenMP/MPI, CUDA, etc
Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
Operating Systems: Linux, scripting, OS scheduler
Performance Analysis and Tuning of parallel applications
Competences
Ability to take initiative and prioritize
Ability to work independently and in a team
Capacity to interact and build strong relations with other research groups
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
Conditions
The position will be located at BSC within the Computer Sciences Department
We offer a full-time contract (37.5h/week), 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
Duration: 4 years
Holidays: 23 paid vacation days plus 24th and 31st of December per our collective agreement
Salary: 30.000,00€
Additional Expenses Grant: Each fellowship will be associated with a grant for additional expenses, such as IT equipment, travel, training, stays, etc.
Starting date: asap – the incorporation for this vacancy must be before the 16th of December 2024