[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).
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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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