PhD Student, Department of Computer Science f/m
38 hours per week

The VU University in Amsterdam is one of the leading institutions for higher education in Europe. It is part of international science networks and collaborates with many major universities throughout the world. The Faculty of Sciences consists of three departments, with 650 employees including researchers, lecturers, full- and part-time professors.

Summary

Would you like to join a team of interesting, motivated and hard- working people doing cutting edge research on autonomous distributed systems?

The IIDS group at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam has a PhD position available for 4 years. IIDS' research programme focuses on complex, adaptive, large-scale, distributed, autonomous systems and services: autonomic systems capable of self-management, self-configuration, self-monitoring, self-healing.

Are you interested in this programme, and in particular, in autonomous negotiation of complex services? In electricity and power management? Crisis management?

Requirements

We are looking for outstanding candidates with a MSc degree in Computer Science or Artificial Intelligence. Knowledge of distributed systems and an interest in autonomic systems are needed.

Appointment

The appointment will be initially for 1 year. If the results are successful the appointed period will be prolonged for in totally 4 years, intended to result in a dissertation. You can visit our website www.vu.nl/vacatures for a review of working conditions at the VU.

Salary

Gross monthly salary starts at euro 2.000,- in the first year and increases to euro 2.558,- in the last year of the appointment, based on a fulltime employment.

Information and application

For more information about the IIDS group please see the IIDS website: www.iids.org. For more information about the position, please contact dr. Thomas Quillinan at tb.quillinan@few.vu.nl or prof.dr. Frances Brazier at fmt.brazier@few.vu.nl.