From: =?UNKNOWN?Q?Ga=E9tan?= Hains Newsgroups: comp.parallel Subject: Postdoc at the University of =?UNKNOWN?Q?Orl=E9ans_=28France=29?= Date: 9 Apr 1999 11:55:19 GMT Organization: Club-Internet (France) Approved: bigrigg@cs.cmu.edu Message-Id: <7ekpr7$eue$1@goldenapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu> Originator: bigrigg@ux6.sp.cs.cmu.edu Xref: ukc comp.parallel:15513 There is an opening for a postdoc research associate in my group at the University of Orl=E9ans' LIFO http://www.univ-orleans.fr/SCIENCES/LIFO. The project is called "high level tools for parallel systems" and deals with "the implementation and application of a very high level programming system for parallel computing" based on skeletons, BSP and/or related techniques. Potential users of the software tools are in our own lab's data mining project, the University's organic chemistry simulation lab and the biophysics lab's simulation team. The selected candidate is expected to interact with those users to ensure that the tools will find practical use on the campus, while improving on the current state of the art in declarative parallel programming. LIFO members have ongoing projects on parallel DBMS algorithms, functional parallel language design, parallelizing numerical solvers, constraint based parallel language design, parallelized data mining and parallelized natural language processing. As a result there are possibilities for exchanging and/or collaborating on all aspects of parallel programming: algorithms, languages, applications. There are two Sparc-ultra biprocessors on site and remote access to T3E and Origin2000 systems. A mid-size parallel system will be installed on the campus before the end of 1999. The lab is housed in a 5yr-old building facing Orl=E9ans' Parc Floral. Orl=E9ans lies 110km south of Paris, has approximately the same climate, and 1/3 the housing cost. It is a city of 160 000 with its own national theater and mediatheque (multi-media city library). The region offers a great variety of cultural and outdoors activities. Here is the official call for applications. Contact me for further info. Ga=E9tan Hains, LIFO, Universit=E9 d'Orl=E9ans BP 6759, 45067 Orl=E9ans Cedex 2, France mailto:Gaetan.Hains@lifo.univ-orleans.fr http://www.univ-orleans.fr/~ghains Tel. +33 (0)2 38 41 72 67 Fax: +33 (0)2 38 41 71 37 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- le STUDIUM is an international institution based in the Loire Valley (Orl=E9ans - France) which supports innovative multidisciplinary projects through ths sponsorship of postdoctoral associate positions. Beside conducting their research, the selected candidates will be offered means of organizing an international workshop in the field related to the project. Two positions are available for the following projects: 1. High-level tools for parallel systems The candidate requested should hold a doctorate in Computer Science with a solid mathematical background and good programming skills. Research experience in at least one of the following areas is required: parallel programming languages and libraries; declarative programming: functional-, logic-, constraint-based methods; compilers and run-time systems for parallel computers. Practical knowledge of any of the following would be an asset: MPI, BSP-Lib, Java, Caml, Haskell, Prolog. The selected candidate will have to interact effectively with non-specialist application programmers and Computer Science researchers alike. 2. Structure of ionic fluids in contact with charged interfaces [other project's description] The positions are for one year with a possible extension to two years. The closing date for applications is May 1st, 1999. The starting dates will be decided in agreement with the selected candidates, but should not be later than October 1999. The positions are not open to French citizens. Candidates should send their CV and list of publications together with the names and addresses of three referees to : le STUDIUM Centre de Biophysique Mol=E9culaire Rue Charles-Sadron 45071 Orl=E9ans Cedex 2 - France E.mail: le_STUDIUM@cnrs-orleans.fr fax 33 2 38 69 01 51 --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Articles to bigrigg+parallel@cs.cmu.edu (Admin: bigrigg@cs.cmu.edu) Archive: http://www.hensa.ac.uk/parallel/internet/usenet/comp.parallel