Automatic Model Design of Enterprise Systems
The Systems Research Group
UCD School of Computer Science and Informatics
UCD College of Engineering, Mathematical and Physical Sciences
The Systems Research Group is now seeking well-qualified, motivated PhD researchers who want to be part of the second phase of our development into a world-class research group in systems and software technology. The SRG focuses on the systems aspects of computer science: how individual components are created and composed to create large-scale, highly functional adaptive systems.
To date the group has secured over €5m in funding from a variety of sources in the areas of pervasive computing, visualisation, systems, software verification, software engineering, digital radio hardware, semantics and software tools. In addition the group works closely with industry partners such as IBM, Intel, Microsoft Research, Oracle, and Hewlett Packard.
Positions: (updated as positions are filled)
Start date: Monday, October 6th 2008.
Funding: Includes payment of fees, travel, equipment and a generous stipend.
Closing Date: 5pm on Friday, September 26th 2008.
• PhD Advertisement 2: Automatic Model Design of Enterprise Systems
Supervisor: Professor Paddy Nixon, University College Dublin
Project: The context of this PhD studentship is a collaborative project between UCD and Oracle on automating design of models for large systems. We investigate here the automatic design of models representing different aspects of large systems. These models can be used to apply autonomic computing principles. Autonomic systems make informed, constrained decisions without human intervention. They enable dynamic self-management, self-protection and self-optimisation of software systems, in turn allowing software systems to react to their changing requirements of their environment. These systems collect and collate data from sensors in the environment, analyse the data's relevance to the system's current state and make decisions based on this information. These decisions are made based on models of the systems. Several models of the system can be considered to deal with different aspects: diagnostic, prediction of changes, configuration management, etc.
This Ph.D work will focus on automatic models design from data collected by the system. For example, this data can be provided by log files, configuration files but also any type of information related to it and stored in Oracle's databases. This study aims to understand how to automatically generate relevant models. For non-satisfactory fully automatic techniques considering the available data, a study of how to collect more data as well as what type of data will be conducted.
Application Procedure:
Applicants for PhD Positions should have/expect to achieve at least a 2.1 in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering or a related discipline and possess a keen interest in research. Students need to have either have been educated to degree level through the medium of English or have TOEFL 600 (250) / IELTS 7 or equivalent. EU and international students are eligible.
To apply for this studentship, please email your CV and Cover Letter with the Title of the PhD for which they you applying in the ‘subject line' e.g. Subject: to both:
paddy.nixon at ucd.ie and benoit.gaudin at ucd.ie
For informal enquiries please Contact:
Name: Benoit Gaudin
Email: benoit.gaudin at ucd.ie
Telephone: (01) 716 5352
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