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Special Postdoctoral Researchers
in Computer Science and Engineering
at The University of Aizu, Japan

Closing date: February 28, 2011

The University of Aizu offers a number of special postdoctoral fellowships for
talented young scholars for doing collaborative and independent research in one
of several strategic research themes. The post is fixed term for a period of 18
months starting from within a period of June-October 2011.

Eligibility:

In principle, candidates must have acquired or expect to acquire a doctoral
degree on or after April 1, 2005.

Research fields:

High-performance Computing, Internet Computing, Software Engineering, and Cloud
Computing that relate to the strategic research being conducted at the
University of Aizu.

1. High-Performance Computing

Applicants should have PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics or equivalent, with
knowledge of numerical analysis and experience in parallel computing, multicore
and GPU programming.

Key Responsibilities, Accountabilities or Duties:

You will be expected to undertake research in the development, analysis, and
porting of the numerical algorithms for solving fundamental matrix-formulated
problems in linear algebra and graph theory and implementation of these
algorithms on different highly-parallel platforms (GPU, multicore,…). In
addition to implementing and porting, the performance analyzing and optimizing
the behavior of the applications and kernels would be required.

2. Internet Computing

Applicants should have PhD in Computer Science and Engineering or equivalent,
with knowledge on trends of future internet, protocols/algorithms of computer
networks, ubiquitous computing/networks, sensors networks, context-aware
algorithms/systems/services, smart home/office, and experience in embedded
systems development and distributed/network programming.

Key Responsibilities, Accountabilities or Duties:

The applicants will be expected to undertake research in the development,
analysis, and porting of the protocols/algorithms for solving network problems
in Internet of Things (IoT). Besides, it is required to develop real systems
based on these protocols/algorithms on different platforms, such as the current
internet, cloud computing platform, wireless platforms. In addition to
implementing and porting, the performance analyzing and optimizing the behavior
of the protocols/algorithms and their attractive applications would be required.

3. Software Engineering

Applicants should have PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics or equivalent, with
knowledge of portal and mobility application development, user-centric software
design concepts, security engineering, cloud computing.

Key Responsibilities, Accountabilities or Duties:

You will be expected to undertake research in the development and analysis of
the multi-purposed Distributed Heterogeneous Environment that can easily be
adapted to the different application areas. This adaptation should be
implemented via integration of heterogeneous program and information components
designed by different groups of developers. In addition, investigations should
also be oriented to design patterns and programming tools based on the
multimedia representation of algorithms and large information arrays.

4. Cloud Computing

Applicants should have PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics or equivalent, with
knowledge of computer network, SOA, XML and XSLT, sensor network, java
programming.

Key Responsibilities, Accountabilities or Duties:

You will be expected to undertake research in the development, analysis, and
porting of the XML-based message mediation using content-aware networking for
realizing loosely coupled integration of cloud services, contents, and sensor
data. In addition to implementing and porting, the performance analyzing and
optimizing XML-routing with processing would be required.

For all positions you will also be expected to:

Maintain a Web Site for the project;

Publish the results of your research in international journals or refereed
conference proceedings;

Present the results of your research at international and domestic meetings;

Present lectures in the Graduate School as appropriate on topics relating to the
project.

Required Documents

CV

Publication List

Research Plan

Recommendation Letter from Research Advisor

All documents should be submitted electronically to
spdr2011@u-aizu.ac.j

All communications should be directed to the same address as above.

Salary, Travel costs and Housing

Monthly salary will be approximately 270,000yen before tax. Travel costs to
Aizu-Wakamatsu and for return to your home country shall be paid by the
University. Housing is arranged by the university. However, the university does
not cover the rent, telephone charge, electricity, fuel and water, and other
miscellaneous expenses.

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