Academic Division: Engineering, Mathematics, Natural and Physical Sciences
Academic Department/Research Unit: Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mathematics, San Diego Supercomputer Center
Disciplinary Specialty of Research: Computational Sciences and Scalable IO Library Development
Description: High Performance GeoComputing Laboratory at San Diego Supercomputer Center, the University of California at San Diego (UCSD), invites applications for a postdoctoral research position in the area of computational science working on scalable IO framework development. San Diego Supercomputer Center is a leading resource for data-intensive computing research http://www.sdsc.edu/.
The postdoctoral position will offer research opportunities in large-scale IO library development participating in petascale earthquake research coordinated by Southern California Earthquake Center, a consortium consisting of 600 academic researchers and more than 60 academic institutions. The successful applicant will have access to world-class high performance computing facilities for frontier research in seismic modeling.
The primary focus of this position is to design and develop a community IO API for a NSF-funded three-year project for portable and interoperable parallel file access for structured-mesh based applications in a message- passing environment, handling internal file IO choices such as HDF5, partitioned IO, and collective MPI-IO with an IO service tools suite.
We seek an enthusiastic/energetic individual to develop, validate and verify state of the art real science software library. The successful candidate will be a recent graduate majoring in Earth Sciences, Computer/Computational Science, Computer Engineering, Electric Engineering, or Applied Mathematics with experience in HPC. You must have a proven track record and are expected to meet project deadlines.
Salary/Stipend Information: The salary for the position will be based on published UC pay scales.
Procedure to Apply: Applicants should include a cover letter, a curriculum vitae, and contact details (email addresses and phone numbers) of 2-3 references. The applications should be sent by email to y***[email protected]
Skills and Knowledge Required: Strong knowledge of MPI, Fortran, C or C++ programming languages and UNIX operating systems; hands-on experience with the development of distributed parallel file systems to solve science problems; and the ability to write clean and scalable software are required. The ideal candidate will also have a background in computational seismology with 3D forward and inverse earthquake modeling experience and an excellent understanding in high performance computing. Excellent oral/written communication skills are required for working in adiverse, multidisciplinary environment and presenting at international conferences. An understanding of the various supercomputing storage offerings and a desire to articulate ideas and scientific findings in peer-reviewed conferences are a plus.
Position Closing Date: The review of applications begins immediately and the position will be open until filled.
Appointment Length/Period: The position is initially for 12 months with possibility of extension to three years.
For more information or to apply, please contact: Dr. Yifeng Cui y***[email protected] Phone: *(858) 822-0916 hpgeoc.ucsd.edu