MARIE CURIE EARLY STAGE RESEARCHER FELLOWSHIP
FP7-ITN-2012, 317446,
INFIERI: INtelligent Fast Interconnected and Efficient Devices for Frontier Exploitation in Research and Industry.
Applying Novel High Tech Tools for Intelligent, Fast selection and High rate Data Processing for Next generation Large Instruments
APC, University Paris-Diderot/CNRS, Paris, France
Position: ESR fellowship within the Marie Curie ITN INFIERI Project.
Duration: 3 years in total with double funding
Contract Start: Possibly before or by May 2015.
Application Deadline: The vacancy is open until a suitable candidate has been found.
Description
Project Description
The INFIERI Project implements a European Research and Training Network for developing intelligent devices and tools for cutting-edge applications in Astrophysics, High Energy Physics, Medical Physics and Telecommunications. Within the framework of that project, we aim at developing, optimizing and using novel high tech tools for applications to the fields covered by this interdisciplinary program with valuable synergy between them.
This ESR project will concentrate on the development of real time algorithms based on new accelerators and related firmware with as main focus the application to the real time event selection based on the use of the tracking devices at the High Luminosity LHC.
In particular, the ESR will be trained to the development of real time algorithms, the software techniques to optimize their performances (as for instance the sparcity technique), the use of hardware and related firmware to include real-time selection and the setting up of benchmarking platforms in order to compare the different possible scenarios. All this is closely related to a selection of events based on the Physics goals in a very demanding environment.
The successful candidate will take part to the following phases of work: i) development of high performance real time algorithms; ii) the setting up of test benchmarking platforms to compare the performances of different new accelerators (GPGPU, New FPGAs, INTEL Xeon Phi etc.) plus related firmware, at the Lab and/or in remote; iii) the optimization of the algorithms on these benchmarking platforms; iv) a last phase will be conducted on a lab- demonstrator with stays at RAL/Oxford and/or FNAL, places with which are being established collaborative efforts. It will also benefit from the synergy with the next generation large astrophysics instruments and the collaborative links developed within INFIERI especially with the SKA project.
The work will be carried out at the AstroParticle and Cosmology (APC) Laboratory, in Paris. Stays in UK (RAL and Oxford) INFIERI partners, CERN and FNAL are foreseen.
The fellow will be enrolled in the Doctoral school in Paris with a co-advising with another collaborating Institute.
Nr of positions available : 1
Research Fields
Physics
Career Stage
Early stage researcher or 0-4 yrs (Post graduate)
Research Profiles
First Stage Researcher (R1)
Benefits
Site Description
The Laboratory of AstroParticle & Cosmology (APC) is a Joint Research Unit (JRU) formed together with CNRS (represented by three of its Institutes: mainly IN2P3, but also INSU and INP), University Paris-Diderot, CEA and Observatory of Paris. It is situated in the downtown Paris Campus of the University Paris-Diderot. The developments of collaborative efforts with CEA experts (Cosmostat and Maison de la Simulation) and SKA local partners at Observatory of Paris/Nancay will bring complementary and emulation skills.
www.apc.univ-paris7.fr/APC_CS/en www.univ-paris-diderot.fr/sc/site.php
It is a new structure (2005) that comprises more than 200 people (researchers, academics and technical staff) and gathers, in a unique way, experimentalists, theoreticians and science computing staff who are expert in high level imaging and data processing. It is part of the especially highly skilled Educational and Research environment offered by the Paris area. Moreover the links with international Academics and International Labs such as Oxford, Rutherford Lab in UK, FNAL and CERN, etc. will allow performing this ambitious PhD program with the involvement of local and international experts with which the team is closely collaborating.
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Profile and Requirements
Applicants must have a M.Sc. in Physics and/or Engineering, have not yet obtained a PhD degree, and in any case must not have more than four years from the start of their research career (counted from the diploma that gives right to embark in a doctorate studies). Good Physics background, skills in electronics and possibly areas related to detector instrumentation, as well as good skills in real time computing would be especially valued. Gender balance and equal opportunity policy are part of the INFIERI hiring strategy. A fluent English level, team working and ability and availability to travel are essential. In order to fulfill the eligibility criteria of the Marie Curie ITN at the date of recruitment, applicants must not have resided or carried out their main activity in France for more than 12 months for the 3 years immediately prior to their recruitment. French candidates can apply if they have resided in another country for more than 3 years of the last 4 years.
Application
Application must contain: letter of motivation, detailed curriculum vitae, transcripts of B.Sc./M.Sc. degrees, and three reference letters. To apply, please send the required documents with subject “ESR1_2 INFIERI” to: aurore@apc.univ-paris7.fr and/or asavoy@cern.ch.
For more information on the INFIERI ITN
infieri-network.eu http://infieri2014summerschool.in2p3.fr/