PhD: Realisation of Energy-Efficient Custom Adiabatic Circuits — DC10

We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of nationality, ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, disability, or age. Selection is open, transparent, and merit-based.

About the E-CoRe project

E-CoRe (Energy-efficient Computing via Reversibility) is a Horizon Europe project funded under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Networks. The project advances the science and practice of reversible computing for a sustainable digital future, training the next generation of experts to make computing sustainable. Energy is a main concern in society: IT accounts for an estimated 10% of global energy consumption. Reversible computing avoids the fundamental energy lower bound imposed by Landauer's principle by discarding no information. E-CoRe aims to set the stage for the Reversible Computing revolution by forming a community of experts who will improve and popularize reversible languages, algorithms and architectures — in energy-intensive applications such as machine learning, blockchains and drones. For the full project description, see: Project Description.

About the environment: VAIRE

VAIRE is an industry partner in the E-CoRe project, specialising in the design and realisation of energy-efficient adiabatic and reversible circuits. The DC will work in a research-and-development environment at the intersection of academia and industry, with access to custom EDA tooling and collaboration with the VAIRE layout team. This position offers hands-on experience in circuit design, realisation, and energy measurement, with secondments to academic partners for validation and application development.

About the position topic

This doctoral position is part of Work Package 3: Compilation & Architectures. The successful candidate will work on Realisation of Energy-Efficient Custom Adiabatic Circuits.

The DC will work on designing and realising resonant adiabatic reversible circuits targeting specific computations of interest, such as matrix multiplications and algorithms used for Large Language Models and Multimodal models. The circuits will be designed and realised using custom EDA tooling provided by VAIRE. Measurements of energy consumption will be performed and contrasted against irreversible circuits and simulation results from DC8.

For the full topic description, objectives, expected results, and planned secondments, see: Topic: Realisation of Energy-Efficient Custom Adiabatic Circuits.

MSCA Doctoral Candidate eligibility criteria

To be eligible, you must satisfy all of the following conditions at the date of recruitment:

1. Doctoral candidate status: You must not hold a doctoral degree. Researchers who have successfully defended their doctoral thesis but have not yet formally been awarded the doctoral degree are not eligible.
2. Mobility rule: You must not have resided or carried out your main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the recruiting beneficiary for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before the recruitment date. Compulsory national service, short stays such as holidays, and time spent as part of a procedure for obtaining refugee status under the Geneva Convention are not taken into account.
3. Enrolment: You must be enrolled in a doctoral programme at the host institution during the project.
4. Nationality: Researchers of any nationality may apply.

Other requirements

• Master's degree (or equivalent) in computer science, mathematics, electrical engineering, or a closely related field, obtained by the recruitment date.
• Strong academic record and motivation for doctoral research.
• Proficiency in written and spoken English.
• Ability to work in an international, collaborative environment.
• Willingness to undertake secondments to other project partners as specified in the topic description.

Remuneration

The remuneration is based on the MSCA Doctoral Network researcher allowances:

• Living allowance: 4,010 € per month (adjusted by country coefficient)
• Mobility allowance: 710 € per month
• Family allowance: 660 € per month (if eligible, e.g. researcher with dependent spouse and/or children)

The exact gross salary differs depending on the country and host institution. Full details are provided in the detailed descriptions of each position on the project website or during the interview phase.

How to apply

Please click on the application link below to submit your application.