[Announcement] [Description] [Applications] [ALAPEDES] [INRIA and MISTRAL]
In the framework of the European Commission's TMR project ``ALAPEDES'', The MISTRAL project of INRIA seeks a postdoctoral fellow interested in the design and implementation of the software prototype of a performance evaluation toolbox for stochastic discrete event systems.
The research will take place at INRIA's center of Sophia-Antipolis.
The duration of the fellowship may range from six months to two years. The fellowship may be combined with fellowships from the other partners of the ALAPEDES project.
Researchers of the MISTRAL project are currently working on new techniques for analyzing performance measures for large classes of stochastic dynamic discrete event systems, and in particular, Stochastic (max,+) systems, and Stochastic Petri Nets. These techniques include exact analytical results, bounds and asymptotic expansions, and simulations.
The task of the postdoctoral fellow will be
Although several software modules already exist, there is much to be done in the fields of algorithmics (discrete structures, graphs and networks, matrix algebra and numerical analysis), software organization, or even user interfaces.
In particular, one of the objectives of the project is to make the software tools developed in the MISTRAL project compatible with the scientific computation package SCILAB which is being developed by the META2 project of INRIA, which is also participating in ALAPEDES. Details on SCILAB are available at the SCILAB Home Page
The applicant should possess experience in the conception, analysis and implementation of algorithms. He or she should be fluent in C programming and feel confident with the handling of a large software project.
Knowledge in the theory or practice of Discrete Event Systems (Petri Nets, Task Graphs, Automata), and stochastic processes (Markov chains, Queueing systems, simulation) will be strongly appreciated.
The age limit is 35 at the time of application. The possession of a passport from one of the countries of the European community (or one of the associated countries within TMR) is mandatory. Furthermore, according to the rules of the TMR programme: ``he must not be a national of the state in which the research team appointing him is situated [France] and he must not have carried out his normal activities in that state for more than 18 months of the 24 months prior to his appointment''. Details are available on the Web site of the ALAPEDES project (see below).
Applications should to be sent to:
Alain Jean-Marie INRIA Sophia-Antipolis 2004 Route des Lucioles F-06902 SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS CEDEX Fax: +33 4 93 65 78 58 (before 4/1/98) Fax: +33 4 92 38 78 58 (after 5/1/98)including full curriculum vitæ with age and nationality, list of publications, and a short account of research interests and achievements; if possible, it should also include the names and addresses of academic referees. Requests for details may be sent at the same address, or by e-mail to Alain Jean-Marie.
ALAPEDES (ALgebraic Approach to Performance Evaluation of Discrete Event Systems) is a TMR (Training and of Mobility of Researchers) project funded by the European Community. Its participants are the Delft University of Technology, the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, the INRIA (centers of Rocquencourt and Sophia-Antipolis), the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium), Hewlett Packard (Bristol, UK), the Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris, France), the University of Groningen (Netherlands), and the Université de Liège (Belgium). Its coordinator is Prof. Olsder, of the Delft University of Technology.
Its principal research objective it to investigate the use of algebraic approaches, such as the (max,+) matrix theory, in the performance analysis and control of discrete event systems. More information may be obtained in the ALAPEDES Home Page or by contacting the project coordinator, Geert Jan Olsder , or the project administrator, Niek Tholen.
INRIA is the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control. Its main location is at Rocquencourt, close to Paris. Other locations are in Rennes, Grenoble, Nancy/Metz and Sophia-Antipolis. Information on the missions and research activities of the institute are available at INRIA's Server.
The MISTRAL project of INRIA is located at Sophia-Antipolis, on the French Riviera. Its research activities include fundamental research in the domain of applied probabilities, stochastic processes, stochastic control and queueing theory, with application to parallel and distributed computing, networking and mobile communications. More details are available at: the MISTRAL page of INRIA's Web server and at MISTRAL's Web server