Post-doc opportunity
Jen Rexford and I are jointly seeking to hire a post-doc to join us at Princeton. We are looking for somebody to start sometime between February and June 2010 (ideally, as soon as possible) and stay for a duration of 18-24 months.
This research opportunity is part of the SCAFFOLD project. SCAFFOLD is a new network architecture that focuses on better supporting distributed and wide-area services. These services, run over multiple hosts distributed across many locations, need to respond quickly to server and network churn: both unexpected changes (due to equipment failures and physical mobility) and intentional changes (during planned maintenance, load balancing, and workload migration). SCAFFOLD is exploring network support for treating service-level objects (rather than hosts) as first-class citizens and for providing a tighter coupling between object-based naming and routing. While the design can support a clean-slate Internet architecture, we are immediately focusing on incremental deployment within a single datacenter or enterprise, as well as across multiple, geo-diverse datacenters.
The postdoctoral associate will provide a leadership role in designing, prototyping, and deploying a SCAFFOLD network. System components include network-layer devices (OpenFlow-based routers/switches, proxies for backwards compatibility, and NOX-based network controllers), integrated end-hosts, and application-level services to be deployed on top of SCAFFOLD.
Applicants should have a Ph.D. in computer science or a related field at the time of starting the position. They should have a strong research record, as well as first-hand experience building complex networked systems. Applicants are requested to apply via email (to Jen and myself) with a curriculum vitae and a description of their background and interests. The position will provide a competitive salary and support for further professional development. Non-U.S. citizens or residents are welcome to apply. The project is funded through the National Science Foundation, the GENI Project Office, the Office of Naval Research, and Cisco Systems.