Established Researcher

**Job Reference**:

- 333_24_CS_AHPC_R3**Position**:

- Established Researcher (Homomorphic Encryption) - ERC Project (R3)**Closing Date**:

- Thursday, 31 October, 2024**Reference**: 333_24_CS_AHPC_R3**Job title**: Established Researcher (Homomorphic Encryption) - ERC Project (R3)**About BSC**
- The Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) is the leading supercomputing center in Spain. It houses MareNostrum, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe, was a founding and hosting member of the former European HPC infrastructure PRACE (Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe), and is now hosting entity for EuroHPC JU, the Joint Undertaking that leads large-scale investments and HPC provision in Europe. The mission of BSC is to research, develop and manage information technologies in order to facilitate scientific progress. BSC combines HPC service provision and R&D into both computer and computational science (life, earth and engineering sciences) under one roof, and currently has over 1000 staff from 60 countries.

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We promote Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, fostering an environment where each and every one of us is appreciated for who we are, regardless of our differences.**Context And Mission**
- The Accelerators and Communications for HPC Group leads cutting-edge research and development around accelerators/coprocessors in HPC and high-performance networking. We collaborate closely with the major vendors in the topic for HPC: NVIDIA and Intel. We organize locally international events such as the PUMPS Summer School, PATC Courses on CUDA/OpenACC, and annual hackathons, and collaborate in the organization of related international conferences and workshops such as SC, IEEE Cluster, or AsHES.**Key Duties**
- Coordinate software-hardware co-design efforts in the project
- Advise on R&D related to homomorphic encryption in collaboration with researchers, research engineers, and students experts in different domains of high-performance computing
- Write papers and scientific documents
- Drive dissemination and communication tasks (attend conferences, drive related training events, etc.)

**Requirements**:

- Education
- PhD in related field (already acquired or nearby graduation)
- Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
- Cryptography background, preferrably in Homomorphic Encyrption, from a computer science perspective
- Competences
- Good English level
- Scientific writing
- Able to understand or quickly acquire basic concepts of computer architecture and software optimization/parallelization

**Conditions**
- The position will be located at BSC within the Computer Sciences Department
- We offer a full-time contract (37.5h/week), a good working environment, a highly stimulating environment with state-of-the-art infrastructure, flexible working hours, extensive training plan, restaurant tickets, private health insurance, support to the relocation procedures
- Duration: Open-ended contract due to technical and scientific activities linked to the project and budget duration
- Holidays: 23 paid vacation days plus 24th and 31st of December per our collective agreement
- Starting date: ASAP

**Applications procedure and process**
- A full CV in English including contact details
- A Cover Letter with a statement of interest in English, including two contacts for further references - Applications without this document will not be considered

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BSC-CNS is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or any other basis protected by applicable state or local law.
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