Application Deadline:
November 27, 2006
Selection Committee Meeting: December 15, 2006
Finalist Interviews: January-February 2007
ALSTON S. HOUSEHOLDER FELLOWSHIP
in Scientific Computing
The
Computer Science and Mathematics (CSM) Division at the Oak Ridge National
Laboratory (ORNL) invites outstanding candidates to apply for the
Alston S. Householder Fellowship in Scientific Computing.
The Fellowship honors Dr. Householder, founding director of the
Mathematics Division (now CSM Division) at ORNL, and recognizes his
seminal research contributions to the fields of numerical analysis and
scientific computing. Funding for the Householder Fellowship comes from
the Computational Mathematics Project, which is supported by the Office
of Mathematical, Information, and Computational Sciences of the U.S.
Department of Energy (http://www.science.doe.gov/ascr/mics/).
Additional information about the math group at ORNL can be found at http://www.csm.ornl.gov/comp_math/
PURPOSE:
The purpose of the Householder Fellowship is to promote innovative
research in scientific computing on advanced computer architectures and
to facilitate technology transfer from the laboratory research
environment to industry and academia through advanced training of new
computational scientists. The applied mathematics research efforts
provide the fundamental mathematical methods and algorithms needed to
model complex physical, chemical, and biological systems. The computer
science research efforts enable scientists to efficiently implement these
models on the highest performance computers available and to store,
manage, analyze, and visualize the massive amounts of data that result.
Networking research provides the techniques to link the data producers,
e.g., supercomputers and large experimental facilities, with the data
consumers, i.e., scientists who need the data.
QUALIFICATIONS: The position requires a Ph.D. in
computer science, mathematics, or statistics. Candidates nearing
completion of the Ph.D.—but no more than three years beyond
completion—can be considered. The successful candidates will
have a strong background and interest in multi-scale methods for
scientific computing. Principal research areas include:
-
boundary element
method
-
dense matrix
computations
-
direct methods for
sparse matrix computations
-
iterative methods
for linear systems
-
algorithms for
solving differential equations
-
large eigenvalue
computations
-
computational
geometry and mesh generation
TO
APPLY: Go to http://computing.ornl.gov/Employment/postings.html
and click on job posting 2019. In addition,
provide three letters of recommendation via e-mail to CCSD_Staffing@ornl.gov or mail
to: Householder Fellowship, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box 2008,
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6060.
SELECTION: Finalists for the Fellowship will be invited
to visit ORNL to present a seminar and visit the area. The selected
Fellow must be available to begin the appointment during calendar year
2007. Each Householder Fellowship is a staff-level appointment
that provides access to state-of-the-art computational facilities
(high-performance workstations and parallel architectures), and
collaborative research opportunities in active research programs in
advanced scientific computing. The Fellowship offers a competitive
salary, fringe benefits, and travel opportunities
ORNL, a multiprogram research facility managed by UT-Battelle
for the U.S. Department of Energy, is an equal opportunity employer
committed to building and maintaining a diverse work
force.
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