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The role

An exciting position for a Research fellow in Distributed Computing has arisen in the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering. This is a part time (18 hours/week) fixed term contract up to February 2027.

The post holder will undertake research in next-generation state-machine replication protocols for blockchains to fulfil the objectives of the UKRI REDONDA project under the supervision of Prof Gregory Chockler (principal investigator) and Prof Brijesh Dongol (co-investigator).

You will be responsible for undertaking a range of research activities within a broad area of Byzantine fault-tolerant protocols for state-machine replication and consensus, assuming responsibility for developing, evaluating, and verifying new consensus protocols within a data centre that take advantage of modern hardware technologies, such as Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA), Trusted Execution Environments (TEE), and non-volatile byte-addressable memory (NVM). The work will be carried out in consultation with the research award holders (Prof Chockler and Prof Dongol) as well as other members of the REDONDA consortium.  This may include developing algorithms under abstract computational models, verifying their correctness, and evaluating their performance both analytically and experimentally. The experimental work will be based on the RDMA/TEE/NVM testbed hosted by the Centre for Computer Science.

About you

The successful candidate will have a PhD in Computer Science with a publication record at top peer-reviewed conferences in the field, such as ATC, PODC and DISC.

How to apply

For more information or to be considered for this role, please apply with a CV and Covering Letter via the University Website.

Further details

Job Description

For more information and to apply online, please download the further details and click on the 'apply online' button above.

In return we offer a generous pension, relocation assistance where appropriate , flexible working options including job share and blended home/campus working locations (dependent on work duties), access to world-class leisure facilities on campus, a range of travel schemes and supportive family friendly benefits including an excellent on-site nursery.

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The University of Surrey is committed to providing an inclusive environment that offers equal opportunities for all. We place great value on diversity and are seeking to increase the diversity within our community. Therefore we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups, such as people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups and people with disabilities.