Assistant Professor in Distributed Systems at KU Leuven university, Belgium

by Dominique Devriese, Nov. 13, 2023

A full-time position as a (tenure-track) Assistant Professor in computer science at our main Science, Engineering and Technology campus in Leuven, Belgium. The appointment is expected to start on September 1st, 2024.We seek a candidate in the early stages of their academic career, preferably with some years of post-doctoral experience and with demonstrated expertise in distributed systems. This broad area includes foundations, techniques and supporting tools to create systems and software.

At KU Leuven university (Belgium) we are hiring an Assistant Professor in Distributed Systems (research group DistriNet, Department of Computer Science, main campus in Leuven). 

We seek a candidate in the early stages of their academic career, preferably with some years of post-doctoral experience and with demonstrated expertise in distributed systems. This broad area includes foundations, techniques and supporting tools to create systems and software. 

Candidates are expected to have already obtained excellent research results on some topics within this area, including but not limited to: 

  • System software at various levels of the software technology stack: from higher-level service layers and middleware, virtualization, operating systems, to hypervisors, microkernels and firmware.
  • Security, availability and fault tolerance of systems and distributed systems.
  • Performance and scalability aspects of systems and distributed systems.
  • Managing engineering trade-offs such as when combining performance and security. 
  • The application of systems research in various types of contemporary digital environments including: cyber-physical systems, cloud-based systems and edge computing, the Web, mobile environments and applications, wireless systems, Internet-of-Things, critical infrastructures, etc. 

PROFILE 

  • A PhD in Computer Science or equivalent 
  • A strong research track record in distributed software systems 
  • Publications in leading international conferences and journals 
  • Demonstrable qualities related to academic education
  • Valorization expertise
  • Organizational skills
  • A cooperative attitude
  • A good command of English 

WE OFFER 

A full-time position as a (tenure-track) Assistant Professor in computer science at our main Science, Engineering and Technology campus in Leuven, Belgium. The appointment is expected to start on September 1st, 2024. 

You can submit your application until March 14, 2024 exclusively through our online application system:  

https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/60263909?hl=en&lang=en 


USEFUL LINKS 

CONTACT 

Prof. dr. ir. Wouter Joosen 

Chair of DistriNet Research unit 

[email protected] 

+32 16 32 76 53 

Prof. dr. ir. Stefan Vandewalle 

Chair of Computer Science Dept. 

[email protected] 

+32 16 32 76 54