Comparative evaluation procedure for n. 1 post-doc research contract
Pubblicato il 21-10-2026 - Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research in Roma
Organisation/Company Università di Bologna Research Field Computer science Other Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) Leading Researcher (R4) First Stage Researcher (R1) Established Researcher (R3) Application Deadline 3 Nov 2026 - 12:00 (UTC) Country Italy Type of Contract To be defined Job Status Not Applicable Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No
Offer Description Title of the project:" Energy-efficent blockchains via reversibility". The postdoc fellow will study how to improve the energy consumption of blockchains by using reversible computing, which avoids the Landauer limit specifying a lower bound on the energy needed to perform an irreversible computation. More in details,
(s)he will study how to make reversible or partially reversible the main algorithms used in blockchains, starting from the SHA-256 algorithm at the base of the proof-of-work algorithm of Bitcoin. (S)He will also study the use of reversibility to implement rollback features in the context of smart contracts. Finally, (s)he will participate to the administrative management of the E-CoRe project, collaborating to activities such as deliverables preparation and network events organization.
Italy
Eligibility of fellows: country/ies of residence:
OTHER
Eligibility of fellows: nationality/ies:
OTHER
Selection process Comparative evaluation procedure based on qualifications and interview
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