[Tccc] Postdoctoral position at IBM Zurich Research Laboratory (Switzerland)

Francois Abel fab
Wed Apr 11 13:04:13 EDT 2012


Postdoctororal position in architecture and implementation of FPGA-based 
accelerators

A postdoctoral position is available immediately in the accelerator 
technologies group at the IBM Research - Zurich laboratory for research on 
architecture and implementation of FPGA-based accelerators.
The traditional software performance improvements obtained through CMOS 
technology scaling have slowed down recently because of the saturation of 
the clock frequency and the difficulty to efficiently use the large 
parallelism offered by multicore microprocessors. Furthermore, power 
density at chip and package-level is reaching its limit. These trends have 
triggered significant research efforts in the area of FPGA-based 
accelerators, which potentially offer large performance improvements. The 
accelerators are either tightly coupled to a microprocessor or operate in 
the cache-coherent domain.
The accelerator technologies group at the IBM Research ? Zurich laboratory 
focuses on FPGA-based and full-custom accelerators for edge-of-the-network 
applications as well as text-analytics acceleration.

To strengthen our team, we are seeking a highly motivated individual with 
a strong background in FPGA-based accelerators. The successful candidate 
will have an important role in a project on FPGA-based text-analytic 
acceleration. Hence, we are seeking candidates having a thorough 
understanding of synthesis and simulation for FPGAs. A Ph.D. in a 
relevant, related field and successful completion of a complex FPGA 
project are requirements. Experience with processor interfaces, 
proficiency in high-level programming languages (Java / C++), knowledge in 
the area of compilers for custom architectures, and experience with 
scripting languages (e.g., PERL) would be additional assets.

How to apply

Please send your CV including contact information for references to:

Christoph Hagleitner
email: hle at zurich.ibm.com
web: http://www.zurich.ibm.com/sys/accelerators/
Mgr Accelerator Technologies
IBM Research - Zurich
S?umerstrasse 4
CH - 8803 R?schlikon
Switzerland



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