"PostDoc on Digital CIM-based AI Accelerator Design"

Job Description

Computation-in-Memory (CIM) is being investigated for energy-efficient artificial intelligence (AI) applications. However, this new computing paradigm faces various design challenges in terms of design and technology challenges, application mapping and reliability issues. Thus, there is a growing demand for efficient and reliable digital CIM-based neuromorphic system design which includes techniques such as reliability-aware mapping and optimization techniques as well as high-quality, and cost-effective mitigation schemes that can guarantee efficient and reliable operation.

The Computer Engineering (CE) section of the Quantum & Computer Engineering (QCE) department is looking for a highly motivated PostDoc candidate who wants to work on efficient and reliable digital CIM-based AI accelerator design for future neuromorphic accelerators. The candidate will work on the following:

• Designing efficient digital CIM architecture using advanced CMOS nodes
• Develop system architecture for digital CIM accelerator
• Develop efficient mapping schemes of AI workloads
• Identifying the reliability failure mechanisms of digital CIM architectures.
• Developing solutions to address the reliability issues.

The PostDoc position is part of the CONVOLVE, a multi-partner European project involving several key academic and industrial partners.

You will be part of a diverse and passionate research team of academic staff, PhD candidates and Postdoctoral researchers in the Computer Engineering group.

Job Requirements

For this position, an ideal candidate should have:

• Completed a relevant PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or any other related field relevant to the research;
• Good understanding of digital circuit design;
• Basic understanding of defects, faults, and test solutions for electronic systems is a plus;
• Basic understanding of AI and its hardware implementations is a plus;
• An affinity with teaching and guiding students;
• The ability to work in a team and take initiatives.

About TU Delft

TU Delft (Delft University of Technology) is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society.

At TU Delft we embrace diversity as one of our core values and we actively engage to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish. We value different perspectives and qualities. We believe this makes our work more innovative, the TU Delft community more vibrant and the world more just. Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale.

Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

The Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS) brings together three scientific disciplines. Combined, they reinforce each other and are the driving force behind the technology we all use in our daily lives.

Conditions of Employment

Duration of contract is 2 years. Temporary. A job of 36-40 hours per week. Salary and benefits are in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities. An excellent pension scheme via the ABP. The possibility to compile an individual employment package every year. Discount with health insurers on supplemental packages. Flexible working week. Every year, 232 leave hours (at 38 hours). You can also sell or buy additional leave hours via the individual choice budget. Plenty of opportunities for education, training and courses. Partially paid parental leave. Attention for working healthy and energetically with the vitality program.