Postdoctoral Researcher on AI Accelerators and Parallel Algorithms for Machine Learning at Univ[...]

Organisation/Company University of Trento Research Field Computer science » Computer architecture Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) Country Italy Application Deadline 7 Oct 2025 - 00:00 (UTC) Type of Contract To be defined Job Status Negotiable Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

The position targets the design and evaluation of novel architectures, programming paradigms, and parallel algorithms for AI accelerators, addressing the inefficiencies of von Neumann systems.

The successful candidate will contribute to EU-funded research on:

Computer system architectures & AI accelerators (NoC topology, task placement, communication algorithms)

Parallel programming models and runtimes for emerging architectures (e.g., processing-in-memory, SRAM-centric)

Performance modelling & optimisation of ML algorithms on unconventional accelerators

Hardware–software co-design for AI and transformer-based models.

Responsibilities

Conduct cutting-edge research in parallel computing and AI accelerators

Develop and lead externally funded projects

Teach and supervise at undergraduate, master’s, and PhD levels

Collaborate with academic and industrial partners

Disseminate results in top-tier conferences and journals

Requirements

• PhD in Computer Science, Information Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related fields (or equivalent foreign degree). Candidates completing a PhD within 6 months may apply.
• Up to 6 publications submitted with the application in top-tier venues and journals

Research proposal (max 6 pages) in one of the following areas:

Parallel programming models and runtimes for AI accelerators;

Algorithms and data structures for AI kernels;

Scalable systems for machine learning (training, inference, edge);

HW-SW co-design for computer vision on novel architectures;

Desired skills

• Advanced knowledge in computer architecture
• Parallel programming of HPC/AI accelerators (CUDA, OpenMP, SYCL, etc.)

Salary
Gross annual: €39,224

Application Deadline
07 October 2025, 12:00 (CET) via University of Trento application portal: