[ecoop-info] Assistant (PhD/postdoc) positions at ETH Zurich, Meyer team

[Manuel Oriol]

The chair of software engineering (Prof. Bertrand Meyer) is  
recruiting assistants for several ongoing and new projects in
	- Class proofs
	- Automatic testing
	- Concurrency/distribution/transactions
	- Dynamic software evolution
Assistants at ETH pursue a PhD and participate in teaching and other  
activities of the chair. We offer an excellent environment,  
outstanding resources and competitive salaries (currently about  
60,000 CHF/year for PhD students). All recent university rankings  
place ETH in the top tier of world research universities and at the  
very top in continental Europe. The Chair of Software Engineering  
currently includes two professors and a highly diverse team of about  
20 PhD students and postdocs covering several areas of software  
engineering researchers.

We are looking for highly qualified candidates; please do not answer  
unless you feel you have the appropriate profile. In particular:
	- You must have a strong software engineering background,
	  both the theoretical basis and software development
	  experience.
	- You must know object technology thoroughly and either
	  have good practice of Eiffel (the language and method
	  that we use for most of our work) or be prepared to
	  acquire it rapidly, building from other experience.
	- You must have some background in one or more of the
	  areas cited above.
	- Even if you are not applying for the "class proofs"
	  position you must have basic experience in formal
	  methods and proofs.
	- You must be familiar with the basics of our work,
	  about which you can find details at
	  http://se.ethz.ch (see in particular the Research
	  links).
	- You must include a short (1/2 page to two pages)
	  general description of what kinds of project
	  you would like to tackle (taking into account
	  our research goals as described on the cited
	  Web site).

To be accepted by the ETH administration, PhD students must have a  
master's degree or equivalent from a reputed institution. Please note  
that there is very little flexibility regarding this requirement;  
candidates with a bachelor's degree are encouraged to look into our  
department's pre-doctoral program, which provides the opportunity of  
a fast-track research master's as a preparation for the doctoral  
program (see http://www.inf.ethz.ch/education/predoc/index).

Qualified candidates should send to mailto:open-positions at inf.ethz.ch  
an application with the following two attachments  (as attachements,  
not zipped, PDF or text preferred but Word acceptable):

	- CV, including detailed educational and work experience,
	  grades, names of references, and any information relevant
	  to the position.

	- Short "mission statement" as described above.

Any other information should be in the body of the email.

Applications should be sent as early as possible and before December  
7, 2006 for a first selection. The positions will remain open until  
filled.

We also expect one or two openings for postdocs or senior researchers  
in the areas listed above. Interested candidates with a strong  
research record and organizational abilities are welcome to apply  
using the same procedure as described above.