<div dir="ltr"><div><img src="cid:ii_jdq7r3as3_1619fade984439e2" width="216" height="46" class="gmail-CToWUd"></div><div><br></div><div>Dear Colleagues:</div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br>UC Berkeley’s SimCenter project has multiple, immediate openings in software development for</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span class="gmail-m_3797541891603491032gmail-m_-5431380371207919781gmail-m-6099685314537722334m-2244113520393772630gmail-text" style="font-size:12.8px">postdoctoral researchers to work at the <a href="https://simcenter.designsafe-ci.org/" target="_blank">NHERI SimCenter</a> funded by the National Science Foundation.</span><br></div><div><p class="gmail-m_3797541891603491032gmail-m_-5431380371207919781gmail-m-6099685314537722334m-2244113520393772630gmail-lead" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span class="gmail-m_3797541891603491032gmail-m_-5431380371207919781gmail-m-6099685314537722334m-2244113520393772630gmail-text"> We are looking for qualified, motivated researchers with interest and experience<span> </span></span>in simulation based approaches to Natural Hazards Engineering. Competitive applicants will have strong software development experience with knowledge of computational modeling systems for structural analysis, wind modeling, tsunami modeling, and/or geo-technical simulation. Candidates will ideally have demonstrated interest or experience in one or more of the following areas: machine learning; probabilistic simulation; performance based engineering; experimental testing; and/or community resilience.</p><p class="gmail-m_3797541891603491032gmail-m_-5431380371207919781gmail-m-6099685314537722334m-2244113520393772630gmail-lead" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span>The project involves the creation of next-generation simulation applications and educational resources for natural hazards engineering on a scale ranging from individual buildings through to metropolitan areas. This is a high impact applied effort involving multiple researchers spread across the United States. The home base for the postdocs will be UC Berkeley.</span> </p><p class="gmail-m_3797541891603491032gmail-m_-5431380371207919781gmail-m-6099685314537722334m-2244113520393772630gmail-lead" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span>Advanced skills in computer programming are required.<span> </span></span><span>Candidates should have demonstrated experience (3–5 years) in one or more of the following: software engineering and software design; high-performance computing, scientific workflow systems; community software development, version control, documentation, and maintenance; proven knowledge of computer languages used in scientific computing (e.g., C, C++, Modern Fortran), and knowledge of scripting languages used in scientific data processing (e.g., Matlab, R, Python); as well as proven experience/knowledge of parallel and multi-thread programming (e.g., MPI, OpenMP, CUDA) and I/O tools for parallel access and management of large datasets.<span> <span> </span></span></span><span>In addition the candidates must have excellent English language skills, social skills, design sense, and team spirit. Candidates need to be able and willing to work in a highly interdisciplinary environment.</span></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><strong>Candidates should submit their application</strong><span> </span>materials as a single pdf file (less than 5 MB), including a short motivational letter, their CV, and copies of academic credentials (bachelor, master/diploma, and PhD) with attention to:<span> </span><br><b>Professor Sanjay Govindjee</b><br><b>Email address:<span> </span></b><span><span class="gmail-m_3797541891603491032gmail-m_-5431380371207919781gmail-MsoHyperlink"><a href="mailto:s_g@berkeley.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">s_g@berkeley.edu</a></span></span></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Applicants are encouraged to submit their materials as soon as possible. Review of applications<span> </span><strong>will begin on<span> </span><span class="gmail-m_3797541891603491032gmail-aBn"><span class="gmail-m_3797541891603491032gmail-aQJ">February 16, 2018</span></span></strong>, and will continue until the positions are filled. The successful candidate is expected to start working in Berkeley from late spring 2018 or no later than mid summer 2018.<br></p><div class="gmail-yj6qo" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"></div><br></div></div>