Predoc position, project Dependentium

Predoc position, for working towards earning a PhD at URJC, in the context of the Dependentium research project:

• Preferred background: software engineering, software development, XR visualization, data analysis (not all of that is required).
• Duration of the contract: up to four years.
• Salary: 21.923 (first year) €23.137 (second year) €28.575 (third year) €28.575 (fourth year). The salary can be complemented by participating in specific R&D projects carried on by the research team.
• Other benefits: funding of the enrollment in the PhD program, funding of research stays abroad, funding of registration, travels and accommodation to conferences and workshops, social security (health insurance, etc.).
• Location: URJC campus at Fuenlabrada, Spain (this position requires frequent stays in the campus, but allows for remote working periods).
• Possible themes for the thesis: Themes related to the Dependentium project, such as study of software dependencies, software data visualization in XR, analytics of software development, etc.
• Possible thesis advisors: Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona, Gregorio Robles, Francisco (Patxi) Gortazar-Bellas.

Formal requirements to be fulfilled when applying (please read the formal job announcement for details, and more accurate and complete information, see below):

• European Union national, or non-EU national resident in Spain.
• Ready to enroll in a the URJC PhD program (master degree or similar)
• Not having earned a PhD already

Formal job announcement: https://sede.urjc.es/en_GB/tablon-oficial?path=anuncio/11432/

Important note: please be aware that all candidates should contact us first via email before submitting the online application.

Dependentium aims to research about software dependencies in complex systems. It includes retrieval of dependency data from several sources (software distributions, package repositories, container registries, etc), and their analysis, study and visualization. The main objective of the project is to understand how complex, diverse dependencies work, how they impact quality, maintainability, and safety. To reach this objective, automated data retrieval and analysis systems will be constructed, and data visualizations, including XR data visualizations, will be used.

The Dependentium project is funded by the Spanish Government, in the framework of the National Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation (Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica, Técnica y de Innovación), Knowledge Generation Projects (Proyectos de Generación de Conocimiento).

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