[DMANET] Industrial PhD studentship at the University of Glasgow

The School of Computing Science at the University of Glasgow is seeking an excellent candidate for an industrially co-funded PhD studentship, together with Huawei Technologies R&D (UK) Ltd. The project, "Approximate counting in graph databases", lies at the interface of theory and practice: the goal is to exploit recent progress in the theoretical algorithm design for counting and sampling problems to address practical challenges in the area of graph databases. Over the course of the PhD, the student will need to develop expertise on both the theoretical side of the project (algorithms and complexity, graph theory, discrete probability) and practical side (coding skills in C/C++/Rust, and an understanding of concurrent data structures/programming, computer architecture, and (transactional) database system internals). The ideal candidate should have prior expertise in at least one of these areas together with some knowledge of the other and strong motivation to assimilate new skills and knowledge.

The studentship will cover home fees and living expenses at the current UKRI rate; for exceptional candidates there may also be the possibility of covering full international fees (to be decided on a case-by-case basis). The student will be encouraged to undertake one or more paid internships working with Huawei Technologies R&D (UK) Ltd during the PhD.

Prospective candidates should in the first instance send a CV to Kitty Meeks (kitty.meeks@glasgow.ac.uk) as soon as possible, and by Friday 12th November at the latest.

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Kitty Meeks

Senior Lecturer

School of Computing Science, University of Glasgow

http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~kitty/

Direct line: +44 (0)141 330 1631


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