[TYPES/announce] 4y fully funded PhD position on verification of efficient and secure parallel algorithms

2023-02-02 Thread Peter Lammich
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4-Year PhD position @ UTwente

==

We have an opening for a 4 year PhD position in the VESPA project 
(Verification of Efficient and Secure Parallel Algorithms) at the 
University of Twente.


We want to apply stepwise refinement techniques in Isabelle/HOL (or 
another ITP) to develop scalable verification techniques for parallel 
algorithms, down to their efficient implementations on Multicore CPUs / 
GPUs.


You will be supervised by Peter Lammich, and work in the Formal Methods 
and Tools group at the University of Twente, which has a strong 
expertise in verification of concurrent software.


The PhD position is fully funded, and your salary will be increasing 
from € 2,541 in the first year to € 3,247in the last year.


Starting date is (ideally) before June 2023, but later starting dates 
can be negotiated.


For applications and other details: please follow this link: 
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://utwentecareers.nl/en/vacancies/1044/__;!!IBzWLUs!R1rRHpLr9-Z2362rN3YFVZFljlqX5QkR-vlsuWlyyWm-AcmIPAzV5DBkuP5-GByah9p0l29vluiCDupefS1zT5EGbZIX12ML$  *Application Deadline:* 
*28th February*



For more information, feel free to contact Peter (p.lamm...@utwente.nl).


Best wishes,

  Peter Lammich



[TYPES/announce] Postdoc position on design and/or verification of distributed systems at the University of Birmingham

2023-02-02 Thread vincent rahli
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Dear all,

We would like to invite applications for an up to 3 years fully-funded
postdoctoral position within the School of Computer Science at the
University of Birmingham (see below for details on how to apply).

The successful candidate will contribute to an EPSRC-funded project aiming
at designing and formally verifying distributed systems, in particular
Byzantine fault-tolerant distributed systems as used for example in
blockchain technology.

The start date is flexible, ideally April 2023.

The environment:


The School of Computer Science has large and thriving Theory and Security
research groups. Among our research interests related to this project are
for example:
   - Formal verification
   - Proof assistants
   - Model checking
   - Blockchain Technology
   - Security & Privacy

Both groups are very active, organising regular seminars, informal
meetings, and actively participating in many events such as the Midlands
Graduate School or the Cyber Security PhD Winter School. For more
information see
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/computer-science/theory-of-computation/index.aspx__;!!IBzWLUs!SSgJ1Dw0cckQWAKG8L5LQFSNyaJHo0uSzOg8cQDtC4hJs3hivj0uDkoTLKFv5wduk8PF_1ZP1LtwNRQzoJ3djV2EgndTqDVdipbdZg$
 
and
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.

How to apply:
-

Interested people are encouraged to contact me by email (v.ra...@bham.ac.uk)
to discuss their research interests and details of the positions. Further
information on how to apply is available here:
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_6001/job/521/?utm_medium=jobshare__;!!IBzWLUs!SSgJ1Dw0cckQWAKG8L5LQFSNyaJHo0uSzOg8cQDtC4hJs3hivj0uDkoTLKFv5wduk8PF_1ZP1LtwNRQzoJ3djV2EgndTqDXKLFqEIA$
 

Best,
Vincent Rahli

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[TYPES/announce] Deadline Extension: 2023 Alonzo Church Award Call for Nominations

2023-02-02 Thread Mariangiola Dezani
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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

The 2023 Alonzo Church Award for Outstanding Contributions to Logic and 
Computation

INTRODUCTION

An annual award, called the Alonzo Church Award for Outstanding
Contributions to Logic and Computation, was established in 2015 by the
ACM Special Interest Group for Logic and Computation (SIGLOG), the
European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS), the
European Association for Computer Science Logic (EACSL), and the Kurt
Goedel Society (KGS). The award is for an outstanding contribution
represented by a paper or by a small group of papers published within
the past 25 years. This time span allows the lasting impact and depth
of the contribution to have been established.  The award can be given
to an individual, or to a group of individuals who have collaborated
on the research. For the rules governing this award, see
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 ,
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  .

The 2022 Alonzo Church Award was given to Dexter Kozen for his ground-
breaking work on the theory and applications of Kleene Algebra with Tests. 
Lists containing this and all previous winners can be found through the links 
above. 

ELIGIBILITY AND NOMINATIONS

The contribution must have appeared in a paper or papers published within
the past 25 years. Thus, for the 2023 award, the cut-off date is January 1,
1998. When a paper has appeared in a conference and then in a journal, the
date of the journal publication will determine the cut-off date. In
addition, the contribution must not yet have received recognition via a
major award, such as the Turing Award, the Kanellakis Award, or the Goedel
Prize. (The nominee(s) may have received such awards for other
contributions.) While the contribution can consist of conference or journal
papers, journal papers will be given a preference.

Nominations for the 2023 award are now being solicited. The nominating
letter must summarise the contribution and make the case that it is
fundamental and outstanding. The nominating letter can have multiple
co-signers. Self-nominations are excluded. Nominations must include: a
proposed citation (up to 25 words); a succinct (100-250 words) description
of the contribution; and a detailed statement (not exceeding four pages) to
justify the nomination. Nominations may also be accompanied by supporting
letters and other evidence of worthiness. Nominations for the 2023 award 
are automatically considered for all future editions of the award, until 
they receive the award or the nominated papers are no longer eligible.

Nominations should be submitted to dez...@di.unito.it and to 
mariangiola.dez...@gmail.com by February 15, 2023.

PRESENTATION OF THE AWARD

The 2023 award will be presented at the 50th EATCS International Colloquium 
on Automata, Languages and Programming, which is scheduled to take place in 
Paderborn - Germany on July 10-14, 2023. The award will be accompanied by 
an invited lecture by the award winner, or by one of the award winners. 
The awardee(s) will receive a  certificate and a cash prize of USD 2,000. 
If there are multiple awardees, this amount will be shared.

AWARD COMMITTEE

The 2023 Alonzo Church Award Committee consists of the following five members: 
Thomas Colcombet, Mariangiola Dezani (chair), Marcelo Fiore, Radha Jagadeesan, 
and 
Igor Walukiewicz.

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Mariangiola Dezani-Ciancaglini
Dipartimento di Informatica
Universita' di Torino
c.Svizzera 185, 10149 Torino (Italy)