The http://ti.tuwien.ac.at/ Institute of Computer Engineering at Technische Universität Wien (TU Wien) is seeking a candidate for a research assistant position (PhD student, 4 years). The successful applicant will carry out his/her PhD in the research area of formal methods applied to the specification and monitor of large-scale, spatially-distributed, stochastic systems, contributing to the recently acquired project: “High-dimensional statistical learning: new methods to advance economic and sustainability policies”.

The successful candidate will be a PhD student of the https://logic-cs.at/phd/ LogiCS Doctoral Program and she/he will be supervised by Prof. http://www.eziobartocci.com/ Ezio Bartocci and co-supervised by Dr. https://lauranenzi.github.io/ Laura Nenzi.The application deadline is August 31, 2019.

Formal methods provide precise formal specification languages that can be easily interpreted by humans and verification algorithms that can check in an automatic way the value of satisfaction of interesting properties. One of the main problems of such techniques is the curse of dimensionality. A possibility to treat the problem is to use approximate methods such as statistical model checking. However, even these methodologies can be unfeasible for very-large-scale stochastic systems. A new research line consists of exploiting machine learning techniques and Bayesian inference to identify relevant data and decrease the computational cost, permitting the application of such powerful formal analysis on very complex systems. An important aspect that will be covered in the study is the spatial configuration of such systems, a key feature in several real case studies that are considering in the project. The methodology will be principally applied to tackle questions related to sustainable urban mobility and thus responsible consumption.

APPLICATION

Please submit your application following the instructions in the DK LogiCS admission portal. https://logic-cs.at/phd/admission/ https://logic-cs.at/phd/admission/, by indicating in the application form: Prof. Ezio Bartocci and Dr. Laura Nenzi as supervisors. While it is not necessary to have the Master degree at the moment of the application, it is instead mandatory to complete it before starting the PhD. Deadline: August 31, 2019

CONTACT DETAILS

For further information and inquiries about this post please contact Laura Nenzi, e-mail: mailto:laura.nenzi@gmail.com laura.nenzi AT gmail.com

About LogiCS

The LogiCS doctoral program is a PhD degree program funded by the http://www.fwf.ac.at/en/ Austrian Science Fund FWF and run jointly by the three Austrian universities https://www.tuwien.ac.at/en/ TU Wien (Vienna University of Technology), http://logic-cs.at/phd/organization/ Graz University of Technology and http://logic-cs.at/phd/organization/ Johannes Kepler University Linz. This program is aimed at highly motivated students who want to work in the field of Logical Methods in Computer Science.

Why join the LogiCS program in Austria?

Vienna has a http://logic-cs.at/about-vienna/#logic prominent history in mathematics, computer science, and logic research ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_G%C3%B6del Kurt Gödel, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_Circle Vienna Circle, …). Additionally, it has repeatedly been ranked http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_Quality_of_Living_Survey number 1 in the Mercer Quality of Living Survey. The LogiCS faculty comprises 15 http://logic-cs.at/phd/faculty/ renowned researchers with strong records in research, teaching, and advising, complemented by 14 http://logic-cs.at/phd/faculty/ associated members who further strengthen the research and teaching activities of the college, as well as http://www.vcla.at/category/talks/ visiting professors and frequent guests. The program is complemented by our faculty’s participation research initiatives such as the http://arise.or.at/ Austrian-wide National Research Network on Rigorous Systems Engineering (ARiSE) funded by the Austrian Science Fund, the http://www.vcla.at/ Vienna Center for Logic and Algorithms (VCLA).