phjk@doc.ic.ac.uk (Paul H J Kelly) (08/15/90)
Distributed Virtual Memory Operating Systems RESEARCH ASSISTANTS Imperial College and City University Recent hardware advances at City University in the area of scalable very high-bandwidth computer interconnection networks have led to further research funding aimed at developing operating systems technology to exploit a large scale multicomputer. The key aspect of the development will be a large persistent virtual address space shared by each processor. The goals of the project are twofold: firstly to provide a coherent memory system to facilitate parallel programming, and secondly to unify many of the traditional operating system services under the virtual memory mechanism. Applications for two posts are invited, one to be based at City University and the other at Imperial College. Applicants must have experience in at least two of the following areas: * Operating system kernel and virtual memory system design, analysis and implementation, * Parallel program development, and/or the use of object-oriented programming techniques, * Distributed virtual shared memory. The City University Computer Science Department provides a rapidly expanding research environment with a special interest in novel architectures and operating systems. The Department of Computing at Imperial College of Science and Technology is well established as one of the largest departments in the UK with a wide range of research activities. These posts offer an opportunity unique in the UK to join a growing team at the forefront of work in this exciting area. Applications from outside the UK are actively encouraged. The appointments will be for two years at an appropriate point on the research assistant scale (\pounds 11,399--18,165) plus \pounds 1,767 London Allowance, according to qualifications and experience. For an exceptionally well-qualified applicant an appointment on the Research Assistant II scale (\pounds 16,755--22,311) plus London Allowance may be possible. Applications with the names and addresses of two referees should be sent to the following address not later than 1st September Philip Winterbottom Email: philw@uk.ac.city.cs Computer Science Department Phone: +44 71-253 4399 x 3722 City University Northampton Square London EC1V OHB UK Further information is available from the above address or from Paul Kelly at the Department of Computing, Imperial College (+44 71-589 5111 x 5028, email: phjk@uk.ac.ic.doc).