Professor in system architecture of reconfigurable computational platforms

In the Science, Engineering and Technology Group of KU Leuven, Faculty of Engineering Science Department of Electrical Engineering, there is a parttime (10%) academic vacancy in the area of hardware design for AI.

We are looking for internationally oriented candidates with an excellent research record and with educational competence within the field of digital hardware design.

Duties

Research

Recent performance advancements in hardware have been limited, with new GPUs or CPUs showing minimal improvements in performance per area or efficiency. However, there is a growing need for increased computational power to support the next generations (and combinations) of AI and scientific simulations, which are crucial for new biochemistry and material science applications. To make these workloads feasible, more specialized hardware will therefore become a necessity, a trend that is already starting.

• You develop a research program including the design of novel reconfigurable and / or parametrizable system architectures that take advantage of technology advancements in stacking and packaging to combine various general-purpose or specialized chip(let)s. System simulation of these novel system architectures should allow the assessment and optimization for particular workloads, or even support co-design.
• You are capable of acquiring competitive funding.
• You strive for excellence in your research and thus provide a contribution to the continued development of the department.
• You publish at the highest scientific level, acquire resources for fundamental and applied research, develop international collaborations and supervise PhDs at an international level.

Teaching

Service

In addition to research and education-related tasks, you are prepared to take on administrative, organizational, or promotional tasks within the division, department and faculty, as well as tasks of scientific and social service.

Profile

Offer

We are offering a part-time (10%) employment in an intellectually challenging environment. KU Leuven is a research-intensive, internationally oriented university that carries out both fundamental and applied scientific research. Our university is highly inter- and multidisciplinarily focused and strives for international excellence. In this regard we actively work together with research partners in Belgium and abroad and provide our students with an academic education that is based on high-quality scientific research. You will work in Leuven, a historic, dynamic and lively city located in the heart of Belgium, within 20 minutes from Brussels, the capital of the European Union, and less than two hours from Paris, London and Amsterdam. Depending on your record and qualifications, you will be appointed to or tenured in one of the grades of the senior academic staff : assistant professor, associate professor, professor or full professor.

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