[Pkg-scicomp-devel] Open research engineer position in scientific computing

[Christophe Prud'homme]

All,

In Laboratoire Jean Kuntzmann (LJK) [1] in Grenoble [2], we have an
opened research engineer position in scientific computing [3].  Below
you will find the translation of the job description.
The application deposit is open until July 9 2008 at 17h (French Time).
You have some questions answered here [4] and a document for the
candidate [5] unfortunately in french only.
A Phd is required to apply to this position.

You will notice that, as part of the job, the successful candidate
will have to strongly interact
with the Debian community and in particular the two projects
debian-science and pkg-scicomp.

Don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions regarding this position.

 1. http://ljk.imag.fr
 2. http://www.grenoble.fr/
 3. http://www.sg.cnrs.fr/drhita/concoursita/consulter/resultats/consulter.htm
(job number 74, Region Alpes, third position)
 4. http://www.sg.cnrs.fr/drhita/concoursita/savoir/savoir01.htm
 5. http://www.sg.cnrs.fr/drhita/concoursita/guide_du_candidat.pdf



o Mission:
========
The mission of the research engineer will revolve around 2 axes. On
the one hand, she or he will work in research projects in scientific
computing, mathematical methods
and means to solve problems associated with applications, often as
part of multidisciplinary collaborations. On the other hand, it will
be the leading person for the use, maintenance, updating and
development of
 a Gforge like development plateform and monitoring of projects, thus
streamlining, sustainability and distribution of computational codes
developed LJK.


o Activities:
=========
Key activities:
-- Formalize, or help a researcher to formalize a scientific problem,
for its modelling, its representation, and its treatment
-- Choose the software and hardware, taking into account their
performance and their relevance in the context of a given problem or a
research project
-- Maintain and update the platform LJKforge development, monitoring
and testing software
-- Facilitate the steering committee of this platform
-- To assist researchers in project management and implementation of
software tools within the platform
-- To promote and facilitate the transfer of knowledge and know-how
around this platform
-- Participate in the training of numerical intensive computing users
and users of LJKForge platform
Related Activities:
-- Disseminate and develop methods and tools of calculation developed
in the laboratory.
-- Engaging actively in the Linux Debian distribution, both for
programs and libraries for scientific computing platform components
Gforge
-- Ensure a technology watch on the evolution of hardware
architectures, systems and concepts
-- Ensure the organization of data from calculations and monitor their
operation until they display
-- Participate in the maintenance of systems and networks of
laboratory and support for users
-- Participate in the selection, acquisition and operation of servers
calculation


o Skills:
======
Skills main Knowledge general, theoretical or disciplinary
-- Knowledge and practical depth of the physical modeling and
numerical methods for solving PDEs
-- Good knowledge and practice of modern tools of development, testing
and monitoring software calculation
-- Good knowledge and practice of programming techniques,
parallelization and optimization codes
-- Good knowledge of libraries programmes Scientific Computing
-- Good knowledge in scientific visualization software
-- General knowledge of computer architecture, distributed systems and
operating systems
Know-how operational
-- Integrating its activities in the evolution of mathematical
methods, tools and disciplines of application
-- Understand and analyze the scientific problem posed. Evaluate and
control the degree of ¿approximation methods used
-- Good knowledge in  optimization techniques for scientific computing
-- Identify the criteria for selecting methods and testing the
appropriate scientific issues
-- Implement programming languages, including languages C / C + + /
Fortran, and techniques parallelization (MPI, OpenMP)
-- Working in interaction with one or several research teams in a
multidisciplinary context.
-- Controlling all methodologies for conducting project
Skills associated
-- General knowledge in virtualization technology and database
-- General knowledge in hotel computer systems
ENGLISH
-- Writing and Listening: Level 2
-- Reading and Listening: Level 2


o Background:
============

The LJK is a new laboratory in scientific computing, involving teams
of mathematicians and specialists in applied computer graphics and
computer vision.
 It develops methods and codes for scientific computing and
visualization for a wide variety of applications (mechanical, biology,
environment ..).