[Dbworld] PhD position - Open Replication of Databases

PhD position - Open Replication of Databases

Universita della Svizzera italiana (USI)
University of Lugano

Description: 

The project aims at developing an open database replication platform for 
large-scale systems. We intend to combine theoretical and practical 
methodologies to develop database replication protocols based on group 
communication for large-scale systems. The position is funded by the European 
Commission in the context of a project involving research institutes in Europe 
and the US, and a major open source database company. The initial appointment 
will be for 3 years, starting in October 2004 or later, with possible 
prolongation. There is travel funding in case of papers accepted at important 
conferences. Working language is English.

The Universita della Svizzera italiana is the youngest Swiss university, 
comfortably installed in the city of Lugano in Ticino, the scenic southernmost 
canton of Switzerland. Lugano is an hour by train from Milan and a couple of 
hours from Zurich. The region hosts several other research and teaching 
institutes, such as the Swiss Centre for Scientific Computing (CSCS), the Dalle 
Molle Institute for the Study of Artificial Intelligence (IDSIA), the Institute 
of Research in Biomedicine (IRB), and the University of Applied Sciences of 
Ticino (SUPSI).
 
Applications should be submitted by e-mail to Fernando Pedone 
(fernando.pedone-p8DiymsW2f8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx), including:

(a) Detailed curriculum vitae;
(b) List of three references (and their e-mail addresses); and
(c) Transcripts of undergraduate and graduate (if applicable) studies.

Further details can be found in 
http://ltiwww.epfl.ch/~pedone/db-replication.html
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