PhD Assistant Positions 2008

September 30, 2007

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PhD Assistant Positions:

1 PhD Position Open Starting Jan 2008 in the following specific areas:

(This is not a complete set and we are always open to applications for interesting related areas)

OS Robustness/Security Hardening; Threat Modeling of OS/SW

Distributed/Networked Protocols: Dependable Mobile Computing; Security; Power …

SW Development and Testing (Verification & Validation)

Please note that differing from a PhD position in the US, a German PhD position is a regular salaried position with a 3 year contract that provides full salary and benefits. There are no tuition fees associated with a PhD position. The position can be a state supported position or a project supported one. Also there is no stipulated starting time coordinated with semesters etc so we consider applications throughout the year.

NOTE : Procedurally the German system does not take in folks for a PhD directly after the BS. Over the MS program we do not offer direct financial support unless the support for the student comes through a German exchange fellowship program (called DAAD: www.daad.org) that is initiated in the foreign country and the nomination supported by a German host. This is a relatively simple process that we have had good experiences with in the past. I’d suggest your exploring that avenue first.

Having said that, I receive a large number of email messages from students expressing an interest in working with me. Consequently, I cannot respond to each query individually. However, I will gladly respond to email messages from applicants who demonstrate having made an effort to understand the group’s research. If you can demonstrate having read any one of my papers and then express a research interest that aligns with them, I will definitely respond to your message.

I will NOT be responding to (a) general queries of interest and about position availability, and especially to (b) queries where the candidates just present their CV/background without any effort showing knowledge or alignment with a “specific” research area of the group – see comment above.

In general, response to communication from PhD position applicants will ONLY be forthcoming if *all* supporting material is provided at the time of query to include:

(a) complete and detailed CV

(b) complete educational transcripts including grades/degrees awarded

*Only* those applicants sending complete material as listed above will receive responses.

The only forum we have for assessing your application is via your credentials, experience and especially your statements about your research directions. Needless to say, evaluating your application via this limited forum is a heuristic process where I definitely put more weight to your experiences, and especially if the applicant communicates a coherent and meaningful research interest that *aligns* with the general interest of the group.. Of course, I do not expect a fully detailed plan charted out or a perfect match to our group interests, though your efforts behind perusal of the group’s interests/publications and then expressing a coherent alignment to that has more value to me than your grades etc.

Generic and gushing statements on how wonderful science is, how distributed/OS/SW/embedded systems is what you’ve always wanted to do research in and at what early age your burning desire to pursue Computer Science manifested itself is (sometimes) amusing to read; unfortunately the more such content-free poetic ramblings I see in your application or emails, the less attention I will devote to your application!

http://www.deeds.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/jobs/phd.html

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