Formal Verification PhD Student (m/f/d)

Huawei’s Dresden Research Center (DRC)’s mission is to explore programming models, operating system and virtualization technologies on multicore heterogeneous architectures and NVM/SCM platforms, aiming to provide a high-performance, reliable abstraction layer for efficient resource utilization. DRC focuses its technical research in the key areas of Smart Mobile, Telecom, Autonomous Driving, Internet of Things, and Industry 4.0. 

DRC's research and development are mainly focused on system software and map technology.

DRC’s system software research focuses on Operating Systems (OS), concurrency theory, software-hardware co-design on modern hardware, and virtualization technologies etc. Topics of interest include microkernel and hypervisor development, formal verification of concurrent software, operating systems and modern hardware; dependability, reliability, safety and security certification; many-core scalability and performance; flexibility of operating system architectures, heterogeneous hardware, virtualization and innovative technologies for the Linux kernel.

The research of DRC’s Map Technology Team focuses on Geoinformatics technologies, including but not limited to Remote Sensing, Computer Vision, GIScience, Photogrammetry, and Big Data. The vision of the team is to investigate the next-generation map data (2D and 3D) construction techniques. And its mission is to address the challenging scientific and technical questions in building high geometric and semantic quality, high definition, multi-dimensional, and real-time datasets.

In recent years, many of DRC's research results have been published at top-tier conferences such as ASPLOS, SOSP, OSDI and USENIX ATC etc. Moreover, its research and development results have been well implemented in Huawei's internal product lines and have made significant improvements in the performance of related products. In addition, DRC has developed various types of extensive cooperation with European universities and enterprises by establishing Joint Innovation and Joint Labs, sponsoring academic and technical exchange activities, providing funding for professorships to renowned universities and jointly training industrial Ph.D. students with renowned academic institutions such as the TU Dresden, TU Braunschweig, and Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, etc.

With rapid growth, DRC is looking to expand its highly international team (10+ different countries) of 40+ top CS researchers and software engineers. 

Publications during the past years:

[1] VSync by Oberhauser et al., ASPLOS’21, distinguished paper award:

[2] CLoF by Chehab et al., SOSP’21:

[3] CAAT by Ponce de Leon et al., OOPSLA’22, best paper award:

[4] BBQ by Wang et al. ATC’22

[5] Atomig by Beck et al. ASPLOS’23

[6] BWoS by Wang et al., OSDI’23

Join us as a

Formal Verification PhD Student (m/f/d)

Your mission

• Apply formal methods to industrial projects related to operating systems, embedded software, and hardware
• Use and contribute to practitioner-ready verification tools backed by formal methods
• Improve the performance of commercial software components through the use of formal methods
• Contribute to research in cutting-edge technologies and solutions in the field of formal verification

Your areas of expertise

• Master Degree in Computer Science or other related disciplines
• Familiar with one of these languages C, C++, Rust, Go, Python
• Good understanding of multicore programming and its challenges such as performance, scalability, and correctness
• Good understanding of mainstream OS technologies and system software
• Experience with compilers, assembly (x86/Arm/RISC-V) is considered a plus
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work in multicultural and distributed teams
• Fluent in written and spoken English
• Experience with systems, concurrency, weak-memory models is preferred
• Knowledge of formal verification tools for model checking and theorem proofs such as Spin, UPPAAL, Coq, Isabelle and Z3 is preferred
• Publications in the fields of formal verification and theory of programming languages are preferred
• Experience in hosting or participation in scientific research projects or practical projects related to formal verification is preferred

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Your rewards of working here

• Our culture is characterized by innovative power and team spirit as well as the intensive exchange of knowledge and experience within our global network.
• We offer healthy meals ranging from traditional Chinese to western delicacies in our famous company canteen.
• To keep your development ongoing, you will find a broad range of training opportunities. Many online and face-to-face training programs incl. language courses in German and Mandarin.
• Our diverse and welcoming environment is shaped by different backgrounds and around 40 individual nationalities.
• Self-responsible work in a competent, motivated and constantly growing team.

Please send your application and CV (incl. cover letter and reference letters) in English.

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