Fwd: Research associate position at Texas Advanced Computer Center, UT Austin
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Date: Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 9:34 AM
Subject: Research associate position at Texas Advanced Computer Center, UT Austin
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Texas Advanced Computing Center
University of Texas at Austin
Research Associate
The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin is one of the leading supercomputing centers in the world, supporting advances in computational research by thousands of researchers and students. TACC staff help researchers and educators use advanced computing, visualization, and storage technologies effectively, and conduct research and development to make these technologies more powerful, more reliable, and easier to use. TACC staff also educate and train the next generation of researchers, empowering them to make discoveries that advance knowledge and change the world.
The Texas Advanced Computing Center supports individuals from all communities by respecting and encouraging mindfulness of diverse viewpoints and experiences. We strive to promote diversity in our recruiting and retention practices as we believe inclusivity contributes to the development of excellence in all of our endeavors. TACC fosters a culture of innovation, passion, and fun by encouraging staff members to actively collaborate to investigate the latest technologies, team up for charities, and celebrate successes together. TACC promotes a healthy workplace by helping employees achieve balance between their personal and professional lives in order to increase employee engagement, job satisfaction, and overall well-being.
Responsibilities:
- Work with TACC/DesignSafe users to integrate HPC technologies into their research and development activities and to measure the impact of TACC's HPC systems on their research capabilities.
- Perform application performance analysis and industry standard benchmarking on HPC platforms.
- Assist TACC/DesignSafe users with the porting, analysis, and improvement of their research software on TACC's HPC systems.
- With an emphasis in natural hazards research: Initiate and conduct research into new high performance and parallel computing applications, techniques, tools, and algorithms.
- Publicize the results of these activities through presentations at conferences/workshops and through publications in proceedings and professional journals.
- Pursue and obtain external funding to enhance TACC's HPC activities, expertise, and resources by submitting proposals to funding agencies, industrial partners, and vendors directly or in partnership with researchers and faculty at UT Austin or other institutions.
For more information and to apply:
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