<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>Hi,<br><br></div>As a result of recent funding
awards, I expect to be able to advertise two postdoctoral positions and a
PhD position at the Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science,
University of Edinburgh in the near future:<br><br></div>* The first
postdoc position will be advertised early in January to start as soon
as possible (in practice, this likely means February 2016 at the
absolute earliest; I'd prefer to have someone by March or April if
possible).<br><br></div><div>The position will require a mix of research
and development skills, to contribute to the development of a system
for processing and analyzing provenance graph data in order to identify
and mitigate advanced persistent threat attacks. Preferred programming
languages among other project members include Haskell, Scala and
Python. Experience with graph databases such as Titan/Cassandra or the
Gremlin query language would be a big plus.<br><br></div><div>I would
like to hire someone to work on this project whose research dovetails
well with the development needed for the project. This could mean a
systems-oriented PL researcher interested in gaining experience with
graph databases, provenance or security, or a researcher in one of these
areas interested in gaining experience with PL.<br></div><div><br></div>This
position is part of the ADAPT project (A Diagnostics Approach for
Advanced Persistent Threat Detection) funded by the DARPA Transparent
Computing Program. The other partners in ADAPT are Galois, Inc., Xerox
PARC, and Oregon State University. The funding is secure until June
2017 and funding after that point is contingent on continuation of the
project by DARPA, until the program ends in June 2019.<br><br></div>*
The second postdoc and PhD studentship position will be advertised later
in 2016 for a start date of mid-to-late 2016. Both will be part of the
ERC-funded project "Skye: A programming language bridging theory and
practice for scientific data curation". <br><br>Relevant
topics/background include heterogeneous metaprogramming,
language-integrated query, and scientific data management and
provenance. <br><br>Both positions will have funding for up to 4 years in the period 2016-2021 (pending finalization of the grant agreement).</div><div><br></div><div>This
message does not constitute a formal advertisement of an employment
opportunity; formal advertisements will follow when the details are
finalized. Please contact me if interested in any of these
opportunities or with any questions about the projects, and research
environment, and preferably including a CV and summary of your research
interests and how they relate to the position(s) you are interested in.<div class=""><div id=":kg" class="" tabindex="0"><img class="" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif"></div></div><span class=""><font color="#888888"></font></span></div><span class=""><font color="#888888"><div></div>--James</font></span></div>