There are two PhD position available for research within the project "Applications of wait/lock-free protocols to real-time systems", whose aim is to develop and study new synchronization protocols and concurrent data structures, and evaluate them in the context of real-time systems at the operating system kernel level.

The positions are available in early 1999 and are funded by the ARTES  network of academic and industrial groups, which focuses on research on Real-Time Systems.

One of the positions is with the Distributed Computing  and Systems Research Group, at the Computing Science Department at Chalmers
University of Technology in Gothenburg and  the other with the  Center for Real-Time Systems, at the Mälardalens Un. at Västerås.

The project is in close collaboration with the Hard Real-Time Systems Research Group  at the Department of Computer Systems, Uppsala University and the Enea OSE Systems AB .

To apply, send to:
Registrator, Mälardalens högskola, Box 883, 721 23 Västerås , Sweden, no later than 981230. Clearly state the reference no 442/98 on the envelope.

or to

Philippas Tsigas (tsigas@cs.chalmers.se) -- for the position at Chalmers, Gothenburg
   - your CV, covering your experience, and giving the names and adresses of referees;
   - a list of courses that you have followed and the grades received;
   - copies of any papers you would like us to take into account.

Both English and Swedish are used as working languages in both groups.
As an English speaker, you will have no difficulty at work and in ordinary every-day communication.  For information about Gothenburg and Västerås, you can check http://www.gbg-co.se/ and http://www.vasteras.se/engver/index.htm, respectively.

If you need more information, you can contact
Hans Hansson (han@mdh.se or hansh@www.docs.uu.se)
-- for the position at MdH, Västerås
and Marina Papatriantafilou or Philippas Tsigas (ptrianta/tsigas@cs.chalmers.se)
-- for the position at Chalmers, Gothenburg.