Misc HPC Jobs

University of Connecticut is hiring a Linux Systems Administrator (Operating Systems Programmer/Analyst 2 - UCP 7) to support its Engineering Computing Services department, http://s.uconn.edu/linuxjob.

University of Nebraska is hiring a Systems Administrator to maintain Holland Computing Center (HCC) core resources including, but not limited to, LDAP and group CMS (Content Management System), provide resolution to user issues, support and maintain user authentication mechanisms and work with (HCC) staff to maintain systems security integrity, https://employment.unl.edu/postings/37901.

Educational Data Analyst Job Opportunity at the University of Illinois

Description:

Visiting Research Specialist
Illinois Science Technology Engineering Mathematics Education Initiative (I-STEM)

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has an opening for a Visiting Research Specialist with the Illinois Science Technology Engineering Mathematics Education Initiative (I-STEM). This position is a 100% full-time, benefits-eligible Academic Professional position.  Salary for this position will be commensurate with experience and qualifications.

The individual in this position is responsible for planning and conducting data collection, analysis and reporting for the independent evaluation of the Blue Waters Community Engagement Project and other related projects.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conduct observations, direct assessments, interviews and surveys with Blue Waters participants and other key stakeholders.
• Draft literature reviews, interim and final reports and other documents for the evaluation as well as assist with grant writing and other duties as assigned.
• Schedule, prepare materials, and attend meetings with the Blue Waters leadership team as well as assist with the coordination of other education, training outreach events.
• Provide direction and/or instruction to the student workers assisting with the evaluation.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, computer, and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated experience and skill with writing contract/grant proposals and presentations as well as composing, editing, integrating information, making decisions and attaining results.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Education or a related field
• Experience in evaluation and research methodology and qualitative data analysis.

Application:
To ensure full consideration application materials must be received by Thursday, January 23, 2014. Start date is as soon as possible after the close of the search. All candidates must create a candidate profile through https://jobs.illinois.edu and upload a cover letter, resume, and the names, addresses and telephone numbers of three professional references. Interviews may begin prior to the close of the search.  However, a hiring decision will not be made until after the full consideration date. For further information regarding application procedures, please contact Jennifer Steiling at 217-300-2734.

Student Intern at Fort Detrick in Bioinformatics

Web programming and R. Let me know.

Open Data

For people who are interested in data mining, you can find many places with meaning data online. For example:
NYC Open Data

Also, officially 'data scientists' is more fashionable than 'statisticians' according to Google Trends, a big data/data mining tool itself.

BHSAI Software Developer Position

BHSAI has very high expectation for its software developers. On the other hand, it is one of few 'ideal' places for people who have their hearts in programming. Highly recommended!

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Henry M. Jackson Foundation
Biotechnology High Performance Computing Software Applications Institute
Frederick, MD, USA

Job Opening: Software Developer

We are looking for entry, mid- and senior-level Software Developers to join the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command’s Biotechnology High Performance Computing Software Applications Institute (BHSAI). The Software Developer will be responsible for developing and maintaining software applications for biomedical research. The candidate should have a Bachelors or Masters degree in computer science or a related discipline, and experience with object oriented analysis and design (OOAD); Java/J2EE with knowledge of one or more of servlets, JavaServer Pages (JSP), or JavaServer Faces (JSF); Web technologies, including HTML5, CSS, XML, and JavaScript; relational database management system (RDBMS) concepts and SQL. Additional skills desired but not mandatory include: Eclipse, Liferay Portal, Tomcat, Oracle, and Hibernate; and knowledge of C/C++, Perl, Python, and PHP.

Please submit resume to:
Biotechnology High Performance Computing Software
Applications Institute
U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command
Email: careers@bhsai.org

CS 599 in place of Math 505 for Spring 2014

The Graduate School just approved CS 599 to be offered in Spring 2014.

Math 505 is a prerequisite course in the MS in CS program. However, it is dropped from Spring schedule by the Math Department. CS 599 Discrete Structures is intended to be used in place of Math 505 for students who need it in the Spring. This course can not be used as an elective course in Computer Science.

This is a good news for CS students, because we will be able to tune this course more towards the needs of computer science students, and incorporate new trends and thoughts into it.

The instructor for Spring 2014 is Dr. Chang. Dr. Chang graduated with a PhD in Mathematics, but has been a computer science professor over the past 40 years. She is in a uniquely fitting position to present an integrated introductory math course for computer science students.

CS 599 will be offered on Wednesday evenings, in HT 226.

Blue Waters Internship Program 2014

https://bluewaters.ncsa.illinois.edu/internships/

Highlights:
$5,000 stipend,
two-week intensive high-performance computing workshop in May 2014
Blue Waters Symposium 2015 trip