jdb@mit-athena.ARPA (James D Bruce) (11/14/84)
MIT and 11 other major research universities and
institutions -- University of Arizona, Brown
University, University of Colorado, Harvard University,
Institute for Advanced Study, New York University,
Unniversity of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State
University, Princeton University, University of
Rochester, and Rutgers University -- have submitted a
proposal to the National Science Foundation requesting
funding for a new supercomputer center to be located
near Princeton, New Jersey. If the proposal is funded
we will seek a President/Executive Director as its
chief operating officer.
While the position will not be formally advertised
until later this calendar year, the text of the ad is
given below for information. Individuals with a
possible interest in the position are invited to
contact me at this time.
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PRESIDENT/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
CONSORTIUM FOR SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING, INC.
The Consortium for Scientific Computing is a non-profit
corporation formed by 12 major research universities
and institutions to address supercomputing needs as
formulated by the National Science Foundation's Office
of Advanced Scientific Computing. It is establishing
the John Von Neumann Center for Scientific Computing to
be located in the Princeton-New Brunswick area of New
Jersey.
The Von Neumann Center will provide state-of-the-art
supercomputing facilities for the national academic
research community as well as the Consortium
institutions. Initially the facility will have Cyber
205s and expects to install an early model of ETA
Systems' GF 10 in the first quarter of 1987. This
machine will be regularly upgraded so that by 1989 the
Center will have capacity and power approximately 40-50
times that of a Cray-1 computer.
The Consortium is seeking a President who will serve
as its chief officer and thus be responsible for
planning, directing, and managing its activities.
The President will initially be responsible for
working with the Consortium's Board of Directors to
establish the von Neumann Center and to equip it
with the required computers and communications gear.
Once the Center is operational, the President will be
responsible for its administration.
The successful candidate should have a doctorate in
science or engineering or an equivalent combination of
education and management, extensive experience in
information systems management or in the management or
a large research group having considerable computer
usage, and 3-5 years of experience as a senior
administrator. We are seeking an individual who
is a polished professional, who has excellent people
and communication skills, and who is a doer with
consistent results.
Please send your resume to Professor James D. Bruce,
Chairman of the CSC Search Committee, Room 10-219,
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139.
(Electronic mail address: JDBruce@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA)
The Consortium for Scientific Computing, Inc. is an
equal opportunity employer.
9 November 1984