PhD position in fjord modelling, BCCS, University of Bergen, Norway

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PhD position in fjord modelling at CMU, BCCS
A three-year PhD position is available at Unifob AS. The place of employment will be at Bergen Center for Computational Science (BCCS) within the Computational Mathematics Unit (CMU).
BCCS has approximately 50 employees counting 20 different nationalities. The center operates the high performance computing facilities of the University of Bergen, and has units within high-performance computing (Parallab), bioinformatics (CBU), and mathematics (CMU). The staff at CMU consists of professors, senior scientists, scientists, post doctoral fellows, and PhD students. CMU carries out research funded by industry, research councils and the European Commission and currently focuses on problems within hydrodynamics and geophysics.
The PhD candidate will work on a project which is financed by the Research Council of Norway and is a collaboration between BCCS, the Department of Mathematics at the University of Bergen, Institute of Marine Research and Norwegian Institute for Water Research.
BCCS’ part of the project aims to use 3d non-hydrostatic terrain following ocean general circulation models to investigate propagation of pathogens and food and faeces in Norwegian fjords connected to the fish farm industry. Special interests will be connected to identifying possible accumulation sites of pathogens and spreading of waste from the industry. The PhD candidate will perform process studies of fjords and assist in the development of model tools.
The applicant must have a master's degree in mathematics, geophysics, civil engineering or equivalent. The applicant must have a good background in mathematical/numerical modelling preferably in geophysical hydrodynamics. Applicants must have good skills in English.
The PhD student will enter an approved programme leading to the degree of PhD within a time frame of three years. It is a prerequisite, however, that the formal admission requirements for the PhD programme are met before appointment can be made.
Salary in accordance with the Civil Service pay grade table scale for PhD students; currently NOK 353 200 gross per year; following ordinary meriting regulations. Unifob AS offers Group Pension Insurance and Personnel Insurance Scheme for their employees. The successful applicant must comply with the guidelines that apply to the position at any time.

Applications containing

- a letter of motivation with statement of research interests,
- curriculum vitae,
- copies of relevant university-level diplomas with grade transcripts,
- names and contact information of 2-4 references

should be sent by e-mail to HR consultant Monika Voit (Monika.Voit@bccs.uib.no) with copy to project leader Øyvind Thiem (Oyvind.Thiem@bccs.uib.no).
Applications which do not include all required documents will not be considered. It is assumed that we have the applicant’s permission to contact the references named in the application.
Evaluation of applicants will commence February 23rd 2009 and continue until the position is filled.
For more information about CMU and BCCS, please refer to http://www.bccs.uib.no/ or contact Senior Scientist Øyvind Thiem (Oyvind.Thiem@bccs.uib.no, phone: +47 55 58 40 76), or professor Jarle Berntsen (Jarle.Berntsen@math.uib.no phone: +47 55 58 48 54).


System Engineer

A permanent position as a system engineer is immediately available at Unifob AS, Bergen Center for Computational Science (BCCS) within the High Performance Computing Laboratory (Para//ab). The center operates the High Performance Computing facilities of the University of Bergen and is related to computational sciences in Biology and Environmental Sciences.
The team of system engineers at Para//ab is concerned with installation, implementation and maintenance of the High Performance Computing facilities, grid related tasks as well as a pool of PCs. The High Performance Computing facilities currently comprise a 3.5Tflops cluster, a 51Tflops Cray XT4 supercomputer as well as disk- and tape storage. The grid activities are related to the compute-cluster and the storage facilities and provide corresponding services. The pool of PCs comprises about 50 Linux and Windows machines. The team currently consists of five engineers.

The new position is related to the administration of the pool of PCs. The new system engineer will be concerned with the operation and maintenance of the desktop machines at BCCS and web-related tasks. His or her work will be closely related to the work of the whole team.
We expect enthusiasm and independence as well as the ability to work in a team environment. The candidate should have experience within UNIX/Linux as well as Windows system administration - including firewalls and security related issues. Knowledge and experience within programming will be considered a plus. Good knowledge of English is required.
The candidate must hold a bachelor or college degree, or equivalent higher education. Extensive relevant experience may be considered in place of higher education. Women in particular are invited to apply.
Please send detailed overview of educational achievements and previous practice (CV), letter of motivation and contact information of two references to the Head of Parallab Klaus Johannsen (Klaus.Johannsen@bccs.uib.no) and HR consultant Monika Voit (Monika.Voit@bccs.uib.no).
For more information about Parallab and BCCS, please refer to http://www.bccs.uib.no/ or contact Klaus Johannsen. The evaluation of candidates will begin on February 9, 2009 and will continue until the position is filled.


Researcher in Grid Computing

A two-year position as a researcher in Grid Computing is available at Unifob AS, Bergen Center for Computational Science (BCCS) within the High Performance Computing Laboratory (Parallab). BCCS operates the High Performance Computing facilities of the University of Bergen and is related to computational sciences in Biology and Environmental Sciences.
Parallab operates the High Performance Computing facilities, is involved in Grid Computing and conducts research related to High-Performance Computing and Applied Mathematics. The group currently consists of 12 researchers and engineers. With respect to Grid Computing, Parallab is involved in one national and two international Grid Computing projects. The new position is related to one of the international Grid Computing projects with partners from Ireland, Scotland, Poland and Italy. The project aims at realising a distributed Data Grid infrastructure for storing and evaluating large amounts of scientific data arising from Scientific Computing simulations. The focus of the work will be on the development of abstract meta-data descriptions and high-level analysis tools with emphasis on statistics, time-series analysis, and feature extraction.
We expect enthusiasm, creativity and independence as well as the ability to work in a team environment. The candidate should have programming experience (Java, C++) and knowledge of at least two of the following topics: Grid infrastructures, XML-based meta data, statistics, time series analysis. Good knowledge of English is required.
The candidate must hold a masters or college degree, or equivalent higher education. Extensive relevant experience may be considered in place of higher education. A PhD-degree in a relevant field will be considered as a plus. Women in particular are invited to apply.
Please send detailed overview of educational achievements and previous practice (CV), letter of motivation and contact information of two references to the Head of Parallab Klaus Johannsen (Klaus.Johannsen@bccs.uib.no) and HR Consultant Monika Voit (Monika.Voit@bccs.uib.no).
For more information about Parallab and BCCS, please refer to http://www.bccs.uib.no/ or contact Klaus Johannsen. The evaluation of candidates will begin on February 9, 2009 and will continue until the position is filled.