Kungliga Tekniska högskolan,

Project description

Third-cycle subject: Information and Communication Technology  

The doctoral student position focuses on the combination of programming/modeling languages, compilers, and machine learning. In particular, the emphasis is on the design and development of self-learning model compilers for efficient execution, including compilation to heterogeneous target platforms (both for offline computations in clusters and online for real-time systems). Applied machine learning, compilation, programming language semantics, and combinatorial optimization are central themes. The doctoral student is employed at KTH Kista, at the division of Software and Computer Systems at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS). The PhD student will be part of the Model-Based Computing Systems (MCS) research group and will be supervised by Associate Professor David Broman. In addition to research studies, the student is expected to take part in departmental duties, such as teaching, up to 20% of the working time. 

What we offer

Eligibility

To be admitted to postgraduate education (Chapter 7, 39 § Swedish Higher Education Ordinance), the applicant must have basic eligibility in accordance with either of the following:

  • passed a degree at advanced level,
  • completed course requirements of at least 240 higher education credits, of which at least 60 higher education credits at advanced level, or
  • in any other way acquired within or outside the country acquired essentially equivalent knowledge.

Selection

In order to succeed as an doctoral student at KTH you need to be goal oriented and persevering in your work. In the selection of the applicants, the following will be assessed:

  • ability to independently pursue his or hers work,
  • ability to collaborate with others,
  • have a professional approach,
  • analyse and work with complex issues,
  • computer science and mathematical knowledge (for instance, experience in statistics, machine learning, compilers, optimization, algorithms, and programming language theory) and
  • communication skills in both oral and written English

Target degree: Doctoral degree

Information regarding admission and employment

Only those who are or have been admitted to third-cycle studies may be employed as a doctoral student. The term of the initial contract may not exceed one year and may thereafter be extended. Doctoral students may engage in teaching, research, and administration corresponding to a maximum of 20 % of a full-time position.

Union representatives

You will find contact information for union representatives on KTH's website.

Doctoral section (Students’ union on KTH Royal Institute of Technology)

You will find contact information for doctoral section on the section's website.

Application

Apply for the position and admission through KTH's recruitment system. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that the application is complete in accordance with the instructions in the advertisement.

Applications must be received at the last closing date at midnight, CET/CEST (Central European Time/entral European Summer Time).

Applications must include the following elements:

  • CV including your relevant professional experience and knowledge.
  • Application letter with a brief description of why you want to pursue research studies, about what your academic interests are and how they relate to your previous studies and future goals. (Maximum 2 pages long)
  • Copy of the degree certificate(s) and transcripts of records from your previously attended university-level institutions. Translations into English or Swedish if the original documents are not issued in one of these languages.
  • Representative publications or technical reports. For longer documents, please provide a summary (abstract) and a web link to the full text.

Other information

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Type of employment Temporary position
Contract type Full time
First day of employment According to the agreement
Salary Monthly salary according to KTH's doctoral student salary agreement
Number of positions 1
Full-time equivalent 100%
City Stockholm
County Stockholms län
Country Sweden
Reference number J-2019-0905
Contact
  • Tysse Norlindh Falk, rekrytering@eecs.kth.se
Published 11.Apr.2019
Last application date 03.May.2019 11:59 PM CEST

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