Apply for the Internal Research Fellow Vacancy at ESA in the Netherlands. The deadline for the application is 8th June 2020.

Job Title: Internal Research Fellow (post-doc) in Dependable Machine Learning

This project aims to propose design techniques that will improve the performance/energy/reliability trade-off of SRAM FPGA ANNs, targeting both space-grade (NanoXplore BRAVE) and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) FPGA.

Here the error-resiliency property will be exploited from two different perspectives:

• using AC design techniques, such as low-precision quantization and weight-reduction, in FPGA ANNs to improve energy efficiency;
• Additionally, using AC techniques to reduce the area and delay overheads imposed by fault-tolerance (FT) schemes in FPGA ANNs

Research Objectives

• radiation-induced SEE characterization and error-resilience analysis of SRAM FPGA ANNs (using both fault injection and radiation testing experiments);
• Additionally, design of an AC-aware SRAM FPGA ANN;
• Likewise, design of an FT-aware SRAM FPGA ANN with AC techniques.

Qualifications

Education

You should have recently completed, or be close to completing, a Ph.D. in a relevant field. Preference will be given to candidates awarded their doctorate within the past five years.

Additional requirements

FPGA programming Tensorflow Radiation testing of complex digital devices

The working languages of the Agency are English and French. Also, the incumbent should have a good knowledge of one of these. Knowledge of another Member State language would be an asset.

Technical competencies

• Ability to conduct research autonomously
• Additionally, the breadth of exposure coming from past and/or current research/activities
• Also, research/publication record
• Likewise, knowledge relevant to the field of research
• General interest in space and space research
• Additionally, the ability to gather and share relevant information

About ESA

The European Space Agency is an intergovernmental organization of 22 member states dedicated to the exploration of space. Established in 1975 and headquartered in Paris, ESA has a worldwide staff of about 2,200 in 2018 and an annual budget of about €6.68 billion in 2020

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