This post is available until 31 January 2019 and will involve working with the High-Performance and Distributed Computing Research Cluster to carry out research on the design and implementation of programming models for large-scale data analytics (Spark, Storm) on heterogeneous micro-servers with virtualised hardware accelerators, as part of the Horizon 2020 project VINEYARD.

The successful candidate will integrate libraries of hardware accelerated algorithms into Spark and Storm and extend the data and task distribution functionalities of these programming models to leverage hardware accelerators.

Anticipated interview date: week commencing 2 May 2016
Starting salary: £31,656 per annum

Closing date: Monday 18 April 2016

Apply online at www.qub.ac.uk/jobs. For further information or assistance contact the Personnel Department, Queen’s University Belfast, BT7 1NN.

Telephone (028) 9097 3044 or email on personnel@qub.ac.uk.

The University is committed to equality of opportunity and to selection on merit.

It therefore welcomes applications from all sections of society and particularly welcomes applications from people with a disability.

Fixed term contract posts are available for the stated period in the first instance but in particular circumstances may be renewed or made permanent subject to availability of funding.