DTU Informatics would like to invite applications for a 3-year PhD position starting 1st of April 2010. The project is financed by the Danish Council for Independent Research and DTU Informatics.
Project Description
This research project is a part of a recently funded Scientific GPU Computing project. The aim of this research project is to develop a framework for using GPUs and similar many-core hardware accelerators for desktop scientific computing. This should be accomplished in such a way that the technology from an early stage of the project is useful in science and industry. The core activity of the project is the development, implementation, and testing of computational methods suitable for many-core architectures and broad applications, taking its basis in several important case studies. Two central application areas associated with the GPU Computing project are dynamical optimization and solution of partial differential equations (PDEs).
This PhD research project focuses on numerical methods, with emphasis on high-performance solvers for solving typical PDEs appearing in science and engineering problems with applications to models in marine CFD modeling. Often such models require significant computational resources to produce reliable results fast enough for use in design and analysis. In this project, we pursue the development of new algorithms to harvest potential gains in simulation time via GPU-accelerated computing. This will highlight the opportunity to solve problems at large scale, over long times, and possibly in complex environments at reduced times.
The research will be carried out in an interdisciplinary environment in collaboration with one other PhD and one post doc within the research project, and with guidance of the project’s research team.
Requirements
Candidates must have a master degree in computational science and engineering (CSE), applied mathematics, or engineering, or equivalent academic qualifications. Preference will be given to candidates who can document programming skills in high-performance and/or multi-core scientific computing, and in addition have a background in numerical PDE solvers and iterative methods. Furthermore, good command of the English language is essential.
Approval and Enrolment
The scholarship for the PhD degree is subject to academic approval, and the candidate will be enrolled in the ITMAN Graduate School Programme of DTU Informatics. Information about the general requirements for enrolment and the general planning of the scholarship studies is included in the general rules at DTU, which may be obtained here.
Salary and appointment terms
The salary and appointment terms are consistent with the current Danish rules for PhD degree students.
Further Information
Further information concerning the project can be obtained from Professor Per Christian Hansen, phone: + 45 45253097.
Further information concerning the application is available at the DTU Informatics PhD homepage, the DTU Informatics Graduate School ITMAN homepage or by contacting the responsible ITMAN Graduate School secretary: Ulla Jensen, DTU Informatics, Richard Petersens Plads, Bldg. 321, room 226, DTU, DK - 2800 Lyngby, phone: + 45 45253359.
Application
Applications must be submitted in English and we must have your online application by Monday the 1st of February 2010. Please open the link in the grey bar below: "apply for this job online" (“søg stillingen online”).
Applications must include:
* application (letter of motivation)
* CV
* documentation of a relevant completed M.Sc. or M.Eng.-degree
* course and grade list of bachelor and master degrees
All candidates irrespective of age, gender, race, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply.
Tentative Application Deadline : 1 February 2010
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