Networks Data Science Group

Deadline for receipt of applications: May 21, :59 AoE (22 May 2026, 13:59h)

The Networks Data Science group at IMDEA Networks Institute has an opening for one PhD student in the area of network programmability. The successful candidate will design original solutions for the integration of inference models in heterogeneous programmable user planes composed of a combination of programmable switches, network processing units (NPUs), and smart network interface cards (smartNICs). The studies will build upon recent research by the NDS group (1-4), with the goal to turn the transport domain of the network into an effective traffic data processor capable of performing tasks like flow classification, anomaly identification or intrusion detection at Gbps without the need for external hardware or time‑streaming cross‑plane interactions. The candidate will implement and evaluate the solutions in a state‑of‑the‑art experimental platform includin...