<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Greetings all~<br><br></div>We are bringing in some additional hires into our group this year ! :-) <br><br>... 
 this one is targeting the scalability of scientific 
visualization and cluster rendering (links below). Please feel free to 
share with you colleagues and recent graduates!<br>
<br><a href="https://listings.jobs.vt.edu/postings/41763" target="_blank">https://listings.jobs.vt.edu/postings/41763</a> <br><br><table><tbody><tr><th>Working Title:</th>
                        <td>Computational Scientist</td>

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                      <th>Faculty Rank:</th>
                        <td>Lecturer</td>

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                      <th>Role Title:</th>
                        <td>Professional Faculty</td>

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                      <th>Posting Number:</th>
                        <td>AP0130139</td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><th>Position Summary:</th>
                        <td><p>The personnel in this position will 
support faculty and students to effectively implement high-performance 
visualization solutions such as cluster rendering, remote rendering and 
distributed visual analytic tools in a many-core and multi-node 
scientific computing environment. Provide technical consulting and user 
support: debugging, supporting application parallelization, performance 
tuning and innovation in the effective use of high-performance 
visualization resources. Install, maintain, and support for commercial 
and public domain software including workflow and data management tools 
for analytics. Develop science and engineering educational program (such
 as workshops and lecture series) for VT faculty and students. Pursue a 
research agenda and collaborate with other VT science and engineering 
faculty to create opportunities and projects for external grants.</p></td>

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                      <th><br>Required Qualifications:</th>
                        <td><p>The position requires a Masters or equivalent experience in science or engineering discipline. Other requirements include:</p>
<p>-Ability to understand the computational requirements of scientists 
and engineers in the use of high performance visualization technologies.</p>
<p>-Experience in the deployment and technical troubleshooting of large scale visualization resources.</p>
<p>-Experience in technical user support and parallel code development (for example, C++, Linux, OpenGL).</p>
<p>-Experiences in graphics application profiling & optimization for
 large time series data sets using performance tools in High Performance 
Computing contexts.</p>
<p>-Experience or familiarity with new technologies such as graphics accelerators and next-generation languages.</p>
<p>-Experience in developing and providing trainings and workshops to staff, students, and faculty in an academic setting.</p>
<p>-Demonstrated experience in successfully developing and leading 
research projects in scientific visualization through collaboration with
 external groups in some science and engineering domain.</p>
<p>-Excellent interpersonal skills, communications skills, and organizational skills.</p>
<p>-Self-motivated with proven capability to work effectively in team environment.</p></td>

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                      <th><br>Preferred Qualifications:</th>
                        <td><p><br></p><p>PhD is preferred. Experience in developing <span class="">open</span> source, scientific applications is a plus</p></td></tr></tbody></table><i><b>See also:</b></i><br><br><a href="http://www.arc.vt.edu" target="_blank">http://www.arc.vt.edu</a><br>


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<a href="https://snoid.sv.vt.edu/visionarium/" target="_blank">https://snoid.sv.vt.edu/visionarium/</a><span><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"></font></span><br clear="all"></div>Feel free to email me with any questions!<br>
<br><br><div>-- <br>Nicholas F. Polys, Ph.D.<br><br>Director of Visual Computing <br>Virginia Tech Research Computing <br><br>Affiliate Professor<br>Virginia Tech Department of Computer Science<br>
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