<div dir="auto"><div style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" dir="auto"><div style="margin:16px 0px"><div><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'cambria',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'calibri',sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The Urban Computing Group in the Computational Sciences and Engineering Division (CSED) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) seeks to hire a postdoctoral researcher to serve in role that focus on visualization techniques for high volume and high velocity mobility data visualization and analytics.</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'cambria',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'calibri',sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'calibri',sans-serif">The function of this position is to provide research and development support to a number of geospatially-focused data-intensive projects that that focus on transportation and mobility and extend into other disciplines. The Urban Computing group is highly multi-disciplinary and the engagement is expected to expose the candidate to a variety of scientific domains such as urban weather and climate, building energy modeling, situational awareness, and population dynamics while building up from core computing application areas that include big-data, machine learning, graph analytics, geovisualization, high-performance computing, map reduce and distributed computing, as well as GPGPU computing. The candidate must be comfortable working as part of a tightly integrated team and must be capable of supporting multiple projects simultaneously.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'calibri',sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'cambria',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'calibri',sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'cambria',serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'calibri',sans-serif">Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:</span></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'cambria',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'symbol'">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'times new roman'">         </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'calibri',sans-serif">Conducting basic and applied research in mobility visualization, web-based visualization, GPU computing, geospatial image processing, statistical methods, graph theory, and semantic knowledge discovery with a strong emphasis on algorithm development, prototyping, and validation.</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'cambria',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'symbol'">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'times new roman'">         </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'calibri',sans-serif">Develop, optimize, and transition algorithm prototypes to scalable, parallelized, and robust implementations.</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'cambria',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'symbol'">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'times new roman'">         </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'calibri',sans-serif">Working with CSED researchers, as well as internal and external project sponsors, to capture, understand, integrate, and implement their requirements in developed algorithms and software.</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'cambria',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'symbol'">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'times new roman'">         </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'calibri',sans-serif">Maintain and enhance a strong scientific publication profile.</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'cambria',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'calibri',sans-serif"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'cambria',serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'calibri',sans-serif">Qualifications Required</span></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'cambria',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'calibri',sans-serif">Basic Qualifications:</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'cambria',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'symbol'">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'times new roman'">         </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'calibri',sans-serif">PhD in computer science, computer engineering, geography, mathematics, or related disciplines.</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'cambria',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'symbol'">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'times new roman'">         </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'calibri',sans-serif">Candidates must have demonstrated good academic standing, and the ability to conduct independent and significant research.</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'cambria',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'symbol'">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'times new roman'">         </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'calibri',sans-serif">Position requires the ability to communicate effectively (both verbal and written).</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'cambria',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'symbol'">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'times new roman'">         </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'calibri',sans-serif">Experience in visualization in one or more of the following areas: web-based data visualization, geographic information systems, big-data mining, streaming data platforms, and simulation and modeling.</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'cambria',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'symbol'">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'times new roman'">         </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'calibri',sans-serif">Demonstrated programming ability, and knowledge of JavaScript libraries such as D3, OpenLayers, or Leaflet, and big-data environments such as Hadoop or Kafka.</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'cambria',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'calibri',sans-serif"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'cambria',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'calibri',sans-serif">Preferred Qualifications:</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'cambria',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'times new roman'">         </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">Past hands-on involvement in research and development of significant geospatial software platforms involving big-data, HPC, web-based visual analytics, GPU computing, machine learning, and statistics.</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'cambria',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'times new roman'">         </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">Strong programming experience with D3, OpenLayers, and Python.</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'cambria',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'times new roman'">         </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">Knowledge of streaming sensor data as well as working with data from simulation and modeling tools.</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'cambria',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'times new roman'">         </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">Strong publication records in the areas of expertise.</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'cambria',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'times new roman'">         </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">Experience with applying analytical techniques for image statistical programming, machine learning, and knowledge extraction with emphasis on large data management, workflows, Docker-based containerization, and load balancing.</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'cambria',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'symbol'">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'times new roman'">         </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">Experience with Big Data technologies such as the Apache stack, Spark, MapReduce, NoSQL databases and graph database is strongly desired.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'calibri',sans-serif"></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'cambria',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'times new roman'">         </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">Strong social and communication skills and experience in working with multidisciplinary teams.</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'cambria',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'calibri',sans-serif"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'cambria',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'calibri',sans-serif"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'cambria',serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'calibri',sans-serif">Additional Information</span></b></p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'calibri',sans-serif">Applicants cannot have received their PhD more than five years prior to the date of application and must complete all degree requirements before starting their appointment.  This appointment will initially be for 24 months with a possibility of an extension of up to 12 months. Initial appointments and extensions are subject to performance and availability of funding. </span><br><div><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'calibri',sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'calibri',sans-serif"><b>Please contact Jibo Sanyal (<a href="mailto:sanyalj@ornl.gov" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244)">sanyalj@ornl.gov</a>) if this is of interest.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'calibri',sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:'calibri',sans-serif">--</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:'calibri',sans-serif">Jibonananda Sanyal, Ph.D.</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:'calibri',sans-serif">Group Leader (acting), Urban Computing Group,</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:'calibri',sans-serif">Oak Ridge National Laboratory</p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:'calibri',sans-serif">+1-865-241-5388</p></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'calibri',sans-serif"><br></span></div></div></div></div><div style="height:0px"></div></div><div style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;height:96px" dir="auto"></div><br></div>