[TYPES/announce] Basili Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

[David Van Horn]

Below is a call for applications to the Basili Postdoctoral Fellowship
Program at UMD, which is intended for post-docs working in programming
languages and software engineering.  We welcome and encourage
applicants form the TYPES list.  Successful applicants would be able
to work with the PLUM lab, lead by Mike Hicks, Jeff Foster, and David
Van Horn, as well as the current Basili scholars: Niki Vazou and
Thomas Gilray.

   https://www.cs.umd.edu/basili-postdoc

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The University of Maryland (UMD) Computer Science Department has a
long history of leading research in software engineering and
programming languages. To help ensure its continuing success, the UMD
Computer Science Department is proud to announce the 2nd call for
nominations for  the Victor Basili Postdoctoral Fellowship.  The
fellowship program seeks talented, highly-motivated, post-doctoral
computer scientists to conduct research in the area of Applied
Software Engineering and Programming Languages, broadly construed.

The primary goal of this effort is to build research collaborations
and capacity to solve a variety of problems in government and industry
by using cutting-edge software engineering and programming languages
research. Extending the scope of the software engineering and
programming languages programs from their established roots, the new
initiative will allow researchers to work with existing faculty
sponsors 1/2 time, while also allowing them freedom to being building
their own new areas of research. We believe that this fellowship is
quite unique in providing a supportive atmosphere, but also according
postdocs the freedom to evolve their own research.

The program supports multiple two-year postdoctoral appointments each
year for several years, allowing new researchers to begin their
careers at UMD, perform cutting edge research in applied software
engineering and programming languages, and expand our existing CS
research community.  Professor Emeritus Victor Basili has generously
supplied the program’s initial funding.

One of last year’s new Basili Fellows, Thomas Gilray
(http://thomas.gilray.org) reflecting on this experiences as a Basili
Fellow writes:

"The Basili fellowship has given me the opportunity to join the
fantastic PLUM lab and pursue my interests in a lively and engaging
collaborative environment. The fellowship gives me enormous freedom,
in an ideal supportive context, to pursue collaborations with students
doing exciting work, continuations of my previous efforts, and
entirely new lines of research, with autonomy not usually found in a
traditional post-doc. The department has accommodated my interests to
collaborate on grant writing and to teach a class. It has also been a
unique opportunity for me to develop as a programming languages
scholar around great people who can help me to broaden myself and
reach my potential."

If you are interested in applying to the Victor Basili Postdoctoral
Fellowship, you can learn more here:
https://www.cs.umd.edu/basili-postdoc

Review of applications will begin upon receipt and continue until
positions are filled.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to send an email to
basilifellow at cs.umd.edu.