The Computing Research Association

Research Staff Member – Large-Scale Distributed Systems

This posting will expire on March 28, 2010.

Organization/Institution: NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
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Posted: January 28, 2010

NEC Laboratories America, Inc. (http://www.nec-labs.com) conducts research in support of NEC U.S. and global businesses. The research program covers many areas – reflecting the breadth of NEC business – and maintains a balanced mix of fundamental and applied research.

The Large-Scale Distributed Systems group conducts advanced research in the area of design, analysis, modeling and evaluation of distributed systems. Our current focus is to create innovative technologies to build next generation large-scale computing platforms and to simplify and automate the management of complex IT systems and services. Our researchers have expertise in networking, statistics, modeling, distributed systems, and operating systems. Our group has many ongoing projects, especially in the emerging Cloud Computing area. We strongly believe in publishing our research and advancing the state-of-the-art. We also build technologies that solve real world problems and ultimately help industry business needs. Many of our research results have been /will be transferred into industry products.

The group is seeking a member to work in the area of system modeling and analysis. The candidate must have a PhD in CS/CE with strong publication records in related areas. He/she is expected to develop advanced system management solutions by utilizing the mathematical skills, especially in data mining and machine learning, as well as the knowledge about system architecture and design. Specifically the candidate will analyze the vast amount of system measurement data to model and infer the system operational behavior. The qualified person must have research experiences that cover the following topics:

- Distributed systems and data center
- Statistical data mining, optimization, and information theory
- Virtualization and resource provisioning
- Performance, reliability, dependability and security
- Autonomic computing
 

Application Instructions

For consideration, please forward your resume and a research statement to recruit@nec-labs.com and reference "ASDS-RSM" in the subject line.

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