The position offered here is part of an NWO-funded research program: “FASTER - Fast sensors and Algorithms for Space-time Tracking and Event Reconstruction”, which comprises 7 PhD positions and 3 postdoc positions in the period 2023-2028, all focused on research of fast-timing tracking systems for ALICE, ATLAS, LHCb and future experiments.

 

Fast-timing tracking detectors, consisting of billions of pixels, measure precisely the time at which particles pass our detectors. The measured time information enables the experiments to cope with the challenges at the high luminosity LHC (HL-LHC): unprecedented hit rates and levels of radiation. The consortium members bring together expertise on sensor technologies, data acquisition and advanced pattern-recognition algorithms.

 

In the FASTER program, we will research and develop novel fast-timing sensors, as well as novel methods and algorithms to characterize and calibrate the detector to realize the picosecond-level time measurements. We will also research pattern recognition algorithms that make use of the time measurements to execute more efficiently and on heterogeneous computing architectures such as GPUs.

 

We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join us to:

Close collaboration with the other positions in the FASTER program is expected, with frequent travel to CERN, Nikhef and other consortium partners like Groningen and Maastricht. The successful candidate will become a member of the ATLAS collaboration and the ECFA DRD7 collaboration.

This position will be embedded in the ATLAS group of the HEP department at Radboud University, located in Nijmegen.

The candidate will be employed by the NWO-I foundation for a period of two years (possible to extend up to one year) and will obtain the status of postdoctoral researcher. The working location will be Nijmegen.

We are looking for postdoctoral candidates with an (almost) completed Ph.D. in particle physics or a closely related field. The ideal candidate profile includes but is not limited to the following qualities:

For further information, feel free to contact dr. Frank Filthaut (f.filthaut@nikhef.nl) and dr. Mengqing Wu (m.wu @nikhef.nl) for the position, or dr. Hella Snoek (h.snoek@nikhef.nl) for general information about the application procedure and the FASTER program.