[Tccc] PhD Position Internet Backbone @ FU Berlin

Matthias Waehlisch waehlisch
Sat Mar 24 09:21:22 EDT 2012


Department of Informatics, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany
PhD Position: Critical Internet Infrastructure

The Computer Systems and Telematics Group at the Freie Universitaet 
Berlin, Germany (http://cst.mi.fu-berlin.de) is looking for a highly 
motivated researcher (PhD student) in the field of Internet backbone, 
its monitoring and analysis within the project Peeroskop. The objective 
of Peeroskop is the protection of the Internet as critical 
infrastructure. Research work will include:

  * active and passive Internet measurement
  * analysis of peering structures
  * vulnerability of the Internet infrastructure.

Peeroskop is a joint project with universities and industry (e.g., the 
two largest German IXPs).

**Required**

Master degree in computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, 
or a similar discipline; fluency in written and spoken English.

**Desired**

Candidates are expected to have a strong background in performance 
modeling and quantitative methods, and hands-on network measurement 
experience. A plus is related research project experience.

* Internet routing (preferred BGP) and network security
* active and passive Internet measurement
* modeling and analysis of Internet routing structures
* visualization of large-scale network topologies
* development of software frameworks
* experienced in Java/C++ programming

**Salary**

The employments will be according to the German public service pay scale 
E13 TVL-L FU (approx. 40k EUR per year including social security and 
tax). The position is for a period of up to 3 years.

**Application**

The application deadline is April 16, 2012. The application should be a 
single PDF file which contains the following:

* a letter of motivation with statement of research interests
* detailed CV, including research experience
* copies of relevant university-level diplomas with grade transcripts
* names and contact information of 3 references
* up to 3 selected publications (if applicable)
* your master thesis.

Only completed applications are accepted. Please send your application 
via email to m.waehlisch at fu-berlin.de (Subject: PhD position Peeroskop).

Position Code: Peeroskop Monitoring

**About the Freie Universitaet Berlin**

Freie Universitaet Berlin is a leading research institution. It is one 
of the German universities successful in all three funding lines in the 
federal and state Excellence Initiative. Freie Universitaet takes its 
place as an international network university in the global competition 
among universities. Freie Universitaet Berlin is a full university with 
15 departments and central institutes offering over 150 degree programs 
across a wide range of subjects. http://www.fu-berlin.de/en/index.html


For further questions, please contact Matthias Waehlisch 
(m.waehlisch at fu-berlin.de).



-- 
Matthias Waehlisch
.  Freie Universitaet Berlin, Inst. fuer Informatik, AG CST
.  Takustr. 9, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
.. mailto:waehlisch at ieee.org .. http://www.inf.fu-berlin.de/~waehl
:. Also: http://inet.cpt.haw-hamburg.de .. http://www.link-lab.net



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