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2011 Postdoctoral Position in Computer Science, KTH- Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

CSC is one of Sweden’s most advanced and successful research and education institutions in Information Technology situated at KTH and Stockholm University. The activities of the school focus on higher education and research within the traditional core areas of numerical analysis and computer science; from theory building and analysis of mathematical models to algorithm construction, implementation and simulation. Other core areas of growing importance are technology and methods for the support of human communication and computer mediated cooperation over distances in time and space. The applied research includes scientific computing, computer science, computer vision, robotics, neuroinformatics and neural networks, human-computer interaction, media technology and graphic arts, and communication through speech, language and music.

The successful candidate will join a team of researchers developing the PDC Parallel Environment, a programming and runtime environment for highly parallel applications that features adaptive runtime scheduling, online performance monitoring, and an expert system to analyze performance data. Within this framework several projects can be defined based on the background and interest of the candidate. Examples include programming models and languages for exascale, compiler extensions, operating systems, expert systems, programming of GPUs etc. The successful candidate is also expected to take leading positions in international projects (e.g. WP leadership in potential EC projects) and actively seek national and international project funding.

Scholarship Application Deadline:
March 30, 2011

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Four PhD Positions in Interdisciplinary Mathematics, Sweden

The PhD students will work with an interdisciplinary mathematics research project, supervised by at least two PhD advisors working in different research disciplines. Ideally, at least one of these disciplines should be in the mathematical sciences, which here includes mathematical statistics, computational science and control systems. The second research discipline should have a connection to complex and dynamical systems, such as those found in physics, chemistry, biology, economics, finance etc.

PhD students will be expected to engage actively in the activities of the centre and the graduate school, i.e. seminars, scientific consultation and so on. They will be required to take at least 30hp (6 months full time study) PhD level mathematics and modelling courses offered by the mathematics and scientific computing departments.

Eligibility: The candidates are expected to have an interest in applied mathematics and/or using models in an interdisciplinary context. A PhD student position requires a Master of Science in a field that is relevant for conducting research in applied mathematics, e.g. mathematics, engineering physics or scientific computing. Candidates with a background in another area of science, e.g. chemistry or biology, with a strong competence and interest in mathematical modeling are also encouraged to apply.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 1 April 2011

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Postdoctoral Position in Biophysics: Software Development, France

A post-doctoral position, based at the ILL, is available within the scope of the ANR-financed project entitled “Simulation of experiments on protein structure and dynamics”. The aims of this project are two-fold, concerning the production of bio molecular simulations and their analysis, allowing comparison with a range of experimental data. The position at ILL will focus on the analysis of molecular dynamics trajectories based on the nMoldyn code [http://dirac.cnrs-orleans.fr/plone/software/nmoldyn/], which has been developed by the coordinators of the project (Gerald Kneller and Konrad Hinsen, Orleans, France), and as part of a recent ANR project (THALER: ANR-06-CIS6-012-01). Future developments of nMoldyn will increase its functionality to cover the widest possible range of analyses of molecular dynamics simulations, including, in the case of neutron scattering, details of the instrument set-up. In this way, it will be possible to perform virtual neutron scattering experiments on biological macromolecules. The post-doc position is based at an institute where experiments are performed specifically to enhance the link that is being established between experiment and simulation at ILL and elsewhere.

Qualifications and experience:
You will have a PhD with experience in macromolecular simulations. You should also have a keen interest in the production of experimental results and a desire to interact with experimentalists. You must be able to develop new code for scientific computing in a range of languages, including Python, the language used for nMoldyn. While you should be highly motivated and be able to work independently, you should also have the necessary human skills to interact with scientists at ILL and the other members of the project.
Fellowship Application Deadline: 23/01/2011
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