[vox-jobs] Opening for a scientific programmer.

[Prashant Joshi]

Hello Everyone!

Position for a Scientific Programmer
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We have at our Institute in Graz, Austria an opening for a scientific 
programmer, who will
develop efficient software for the parallel simulation of large neural 
circuits, and
for carrying out learning experiments with such circuits. This software 
will replace
and extend earlier software described on  http://www.lsm.tugraz.at/

This work will be carried out in collaboration with Dr. Thomas 
Natschlaeger,
in the framework of the 4-year EU Research project FACETS
http://www.kip.uni-heidelberg.de/facets/public/
The goal of this fairly large research project is the development of 
detailed large scale
models of neural circuits and areas, whose properties will be explored 
through
simulations on a Blue Gene Supercomputer and on new special-purpose 
hardware.
The salary for this position will be competitive.

We are looking for a programmer who has the abstraction capability to 
design interfaces
between different software components, and the skill and dedication 
needed for writing
software that runs efficiently. We also expect experience in software 
development
in C++ and Linux, as well as experience in writing parallel software 
(multithreading
and interprocess communication).

Interest or knowledge in computational neuroscience and/or machine learning
would be helpful (in the case of  scientific interest in these areas,  a 
simultaneous participation
in our Phd-Program is possible).

Send your application  by October 10 to
maass at igi.tugraz.at

Thanks and regards,
Prashant Joshi

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*       Prashant Joshi
*       Institute for Theoretical Computer Science (IGI)
*       Technische Universitaet Graz
*       Inffeldgasse 16b, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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*       joshi at igi.tu-graz.ac.at
*	http://www.igi.tugraz.at/joshi
*       Tel: + 43-316-873-5849
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