mark@umcp-cs.UUCP (09/21/83)
The University of Maryland was recently awarded 4.2 million dollars
by the National Science Foundation to develop the hardware and
software for a parallel processing laboratory. More than half of
the award amount is going directly for hardware acquisition, and
this money is also being leveraged through substantial vendor
discounts and joint research programs now being negotiated. We
will be buying things like lots of Vaxes, Sun's, Lisp Machines,
etc., to augment our current 2 780's, ethernet, etc. system.
Several new permanent positions are being created in the Computer
Science Department for this laboratory. The two permanent positions
now open are Laboratory Director and Hardware Specialist. Salaries
are negotiable. Working conditions are informal academic research.
Detailed position descriptions follow.
LABORATORY DIRECTOR. Duties: Manage and oversee the development of
hardware and software for a network of research computers; work
closely with faculty and graduate students on research projects;
administer and operate computer facility; plan, specify, and acquire
equipment to maintain a first class laboratory; conduct research
in hardware and software. Additional Factors: Extensive knowledge
of either software engineering or digital design; knowledge of
computer market and vendors; 3 years experience in related work.
Staffing: Applicant will hire and direct staff of 4 professional
programmers and engineers, 12 graduate and undergraduate workers,
and an administrative assistant. Remarks: Maryland already has
several Vaxes and a good complement of wizards and hardware hackers.
This is a good position for a Unix or hardware wizard with a flair
for adminstration who is about to get a PhD and wants to continue
the good life in academia.
HARDWARE SPECIALIST. Duties: Work with computer science researchers
in design and fabrication of innovative architectures; supervise
graduate assistant technicians; evaluate and recommend new hardware
acquisition for state-of-the-art research laboratory. Additional
Factors: Two years experience in design, fabrication, debugging,
and testing of microprocessor digital ciruits. Home computer
hardware hacking a plus. Remarks: We are currently building a
256 Z-80 machine designed here called the ZMOB. Completion of
this, upgrading it to faster busses and better chips (68000),
converting it to VLSI, and participating in the design of a
follow-on parallel architecture will be the work of the hardware specialist.
Anyone interested should make initial inquiries, send resumes, etc.
to Mark Weiser at one of the addresses below:
Mark Weiser
Computer Science Department
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
(301) 454-6790/4251/6291 (in that order).
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