Job description

A PhD Research Fellowship in Networks and Distributed Systems is available at the Department of Informatics.

The fellowship period is 3 years. Candidates may be offered one additional year by the Department of Informatics; the 4 years position then entails a compulsory work load of 25% that consists of teaching and supervision duties.

No one can be appointed for more than one PhD Research Fellowship period at the University of Oslo.Starting date no later than 01.10.2019.

More about the position

The Transport Control Protocol (TCP) is a mainstay among transport protocols, carrying nearly all traffic in today’s Internet. In spite of its apparent stability, it is in fact continuously modified to adapt to the changing pressures of growing Internet size, use and speed, new demands arising from changing mixes of application demands, and concerns of robustness and security. Increases in the bandwidth that is available to individual end-systems has triggered renewed interest in using this resource efficiently without unduly penalizing competing traffic.This fellowship is dedicated to investigating firstly, the start-up dynamics of newly established TCP connections and subsequently, the ability to maintain low latencies without penalizing throughput. Specifically, the candidate will address the challenge of reaching efficient bandwidth use in the shortest time possible in the initial phase of a TCP connection’s lifetime, while globally keeping queuing latency low.

The candidate will develop the theoretical foundation for modeling, developing and reflecting about different start-up dynamics. After developing algorithms that address the challenge for the start-up phase, the candidate will verify their ability to maintain these properties for long-lived connections.

The candidate must consider the ongoing work on TCP Prague in their research and take its underlying infrastructure into account. The candidate will adopt the most promising models and use them to design, implement and evaluate a start-up algorithm for TCP Prague.

Qualification requirements

The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences has a strategic ambition of being a leading research faculty. Candidates for these fellowships will be selected in accordance with this, and expected to be in the upper segment of their class with respect to academic credentials.

• Master’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science
• Foreign completed degree (M.Sc.-level) corresponding to a minimum of four years in the Norwegian educational system
• Applicants must document their knowledge and experience in the fields of operating systems, networking, analysis and statistics
• Experience working on the project’s topic should be documented and will be considered an advantage
• Skills in oral and written communication in Norwegian, Danish or Swedish is an advantage
• Candidates without a Master’s degree have until 30 June, 2019 to complete the final exam

Grade requirements:

The norm is as follows:

• the average grade point for courses included in the Bachelor’s degree must be C or better in the Norwegian educational system
• the average grade point for courses included in the Master’s degree must be B or better in the Norwegian educational system
• the Master’s thesis must have the grade B or better in the Norwegian educational system
• Fluent oral and written communication skills in English

http://www.mn.uio.no/english/research/phd/application/application.html

We offer

• salary NOK 449 900 – 505 800 per annum depending on qualifications in a position as PhD Research fellow, (position code 1017)
• attractive welfare benefits and a generous pension agreement, in addition to Oslo’s family-friendly environment with its rich opportunities for culture and outdoor activities

How to apply

The application must include

• cover letter statement of motivation and research interests
• cv (summarizing education, positions and academic work - scientific publications)
• copies of the original Bachelor and Master’s degree diploma, transcripts of records and letters of recommendation
• documentation of English proficiency for International applicants
• list of publications and academic work that the applicant wishes to be considered by the evaluation committee
• names and contact details of 2-3 references (name, relation to candidate, e-mail and telephone number)

The application with attachments must be delivered in our electronic recruiting system, please follow the link “Apply for this job”. Foreign applicants are advised to attach an explanation of their University's grading system. Please note that all documents should be in English (or a Scandinavian language).

Applicants may be called in for an interview.

Formal regulations

Please see the guidelines and regulations for appointments to Research Fellowships at the University of Oslo.

The purpose of the fellowship is research training leading to the successful completion of a PhD degree.

The fellowship requires admission to the PhD programme at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. The application to the PhD programme must be submitted to the department no later than two months after taking up the position. For more information see:

http://www.mn.uio.no/english/research/phd/

According to the Norwegian Freedom and Information Act (Offentleglova) information about the applicant may be included in the public applicant list, also in cases where the applicant has requested non-disclosure.

The University of Oslo has an agreement for all employees, aiming to secure rights to research results etc.

The University of Oslo aims to achieve a balanced gender composition in the workforce and to recruit people with ethnic minority backgrounds.

Contact information

• Professor Carsten Griwodz, phone: +47 9268 4380, e-mail: griff@ifi.uio.no

For technical questions regarding the recruitment system, please contact HR Adviser Torunn Standal Guttormsen, +47 22 85 42 72, t.s.guttormsen@mn.uio.no

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