This position has been filled by Dr. Vidar Tonaas Fauske
We are seeking a full-time postdoctoral fellow at Simula Research Laboratory to work with Dr. Min Ragan-Kelley and Dr. Martin S. Alnæs on Jupyter related contributions to the OpenDreamKit project.
Deadline
Deadline for applications: Jan 30th 2016.
Location
The candidate will work at Simula Research Laboratory in offices that are a 15 minutes drive or boat commute from the centre of Oslo, Norway.
Mission
To work as part of the OpenDreamKit collaboration on Work Package 4. To design and develop extensions to IPython/Jupyter Notebook in collaboration with the OpenDreamKit partners and Jupyter team. Topics include improved collaboration support, reproducible notebooks, test automation, and 3D visualization. Work will be done in both Python and JavaScript.
Your Profile
Interested applicants should:
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Hold a Ph.D. degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Scientific Computing, or related fields.
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Have solid programming skills and experience writing non-trivial programs in Python and/or JavaScript.
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Demonstrate an excellent level of spoken and written English.
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Possess good interpersonal skills and show willingness to work as part of an international team.
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Be passionate about open science and open source.
Context
The position will be funded by OpenDreamKit, a Horizon 2020 European Research Infrastructure project that will run for four years, starting from September
- This project brings together the open-source computational mathematics ecosystem – and in particular LinBox, MPIR, SageMath, GAP, PARI/GP, LMFDB, Singular, MathHub, and the IPython/Jupyter interactive computing environment. – toward building a flexible toolkit for Virtual Research Environments for mathematics. Lead by Université Paris-Sud, this project involves about 50 people spread over 15 sites in Europe, with a total budget of about 7.6 million euros.
Expressions of interest
Please apply through the Simula webpages.
See also more details about the application.
For requests of further information about the position, send an email to martinal@simula.no.