vaziri@prandtl.nas.nasa.gov (Arsi Vaziri) (03/14/89)
POSITION ANNOUNCEMTNT IN SCIENTIFIC VISUALIZATION RESEARCH NASA - Ames Research Center NAS Applied Research Office Mountain View, California The Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation (NAS) Systems Division at NASA Ames Research Center has immediate openings for highly qualified persons to participate in a research program in advanced visualization for support The NAS organization at NASA Ames operates a state-of-the-art supercomputer center, with a 4-processor Cray-2, an 8-processor Cray Y-MP, a nationwide high-speed communications network, and numerous high-performance color graphics workstations. The NAS advanced development laboratory for visualization, programming environments, and advanced parallel computation research includes several mini-supers (Alliant FX-8 and Convex C-1 computers), a Connection Machine CM-2 with 32K processing nodes, a 100 MB/sec frame buffer connection to the Cray-2, and numerous high performance graphics supercomputing workstations (e. g., Silicon Graphics, Stellar, and Pixel Machine). Ames is strategically located in Silicon Valley providing immeasurable opportunities for interaction with the industrial and academic communities. The Applied Research Office of NAS is seeking additional personnel to participate with NASA scientists in development of capabilities to improve preparation, monitoring, display, and analysis of computational fluid dynamics simulations and experiments. We are looking for candidates with expertise and interest to conduct a program of applied research in any of the following advanced visualization areas: * Volumetric rendering methods and concepts * Analytical and quantitative visualization research * Novel 3D input/output environments and sound I/O * Visualization software for parallel and distributed systems * Integrated visualization environments for supercomputing. Qualifications for these positions include the following: * An advanced degree in computer science, mathematics, physics, or a related discipline. * Research experience or course work in scientific visualization or 3D computer graphics. * Familiarity with UNIX and programming experience in FORTRAN, C, and/or LISP. * Ability to conduct publishable applied research in advanced visualization. * Scholarly activities and/or publications in scientific visualization. * Familiarity with computational physics and high performance workstations. U.S. citizenship is not required, but candidates must be at least permanent U. S. residents. Both civil service and contractor positions are available. Interested persons should send a comprehensive resume, names of three references, a short statement of research interests, and copies of publications to: Dr. Arsi Vaziri Re: Visualization Research Positions Mail Stop 258-6 NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA 94035 (E-mail: vaziri@prandtl.nas.nasa.gov)