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- From: donna@npac.syr.edu (Donna McCammon)
- Subject: Postdoctoral Fellowship - Syracuse University
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.141226.28546@newstand.syr.edu>
- Organization: Northeast Parallel Architectures Center at Syracuse University (NPAC)
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 14:12:26 EST
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- The Alex G. Nason Prize
- Two-year Computational Science
- Postdoctoral Fellowship
- at Syracuse University
-
- OBJECTIVE: This fellowship encourages talented postdoctoral researchers to
- participate in the research of the Syracuse Center for Computational Science
- (SCCS) at Syracuse University. SCCS offers an interdisciplinary program
- where researchers use high performance parallel computers on scientific and
- industrial applications and develop hardware, software, and algorithms.
- SCCS offers a full range of the most up-to-date parallel computers. The
- Nason Prize encourages researchers to apply these or other innovative
- computers to scientific and/or industrial applications.
-
- BACKGROUND: Computational Science is a relatively new academic field that
- combines Computer Science and more traditional disciplines, including
- Engineering, Economics, Physics, and Chemistry. Recognizing Computational
- Science as an important new field, Syracuse University began the Syracuse
- Center for Computational Science as a major initiative in 1990. The Nason
- Prize was established by the Nason Foundation in recognition of alumnus
- Alex G. Nason's commitment to the advancement of Syracuse University and
- the furtherance of knowledge and useful applications in Computational Science.
-
- AWARD: In 1993-1994, the Nason Prize will include a salary of $50,000 plus
- fringe benefits; a $5,000 annual research fund to be used at the discretion
- of the Fellow; and a $5,000 departmental fund to assist the Fellow with
- relocation, personal workstation support, conference travel, etc. Support
- for the Nason Fellow's second year is expected to be enhanced. A new two-year
- Fellow will be named each year through 1995.
-
- BASIS FOR AWARD: A Syracuse University committee, chaired by Geoffrey Fox,
- Director of the Syracuse Center for Computational Science, will review
- applications. Leading applicants will be invited for an interview, and
- only candidates of exceptional quality will be appointed.
-
- Candidates will be identified through an international search. Preference
- will be given to those who have completed their PhDs in the last three years.
- Applicants' research interests can be in any area in Computational Science,
- but preference will be given to those whose interests overlap with existing
- groups at Syracuse University, and who have demonstrated ability in inter-
- disciplinary research, combining Computer Science with application areas. Both
- academic and industrial research areas will be considered. The recipient
- will be encouraged to collaborate with the Center for Research on Parallel
- Computation (CRPC), the parallel computing consortium to which Syracuse
- University belongs. All of the CRPC parallel computing facilities will be
- available to the recipient, in addition to the facilities of Syracuse
- university, including the Connection Machine CM5, the DECmpp, nCUBE2, and
- Intel IPSC/860.
-
- APPLICATION GUIDELINES: Send a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and three
- letters of reference to:
-
- Donna McCammon, Personnel Administrator, NPAC/SCCS, 111 College Place,
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244-4100.
-
- DEADLINE: Materials must be postmarked on or before March 1, 1993.
-
- ANNOUNCEMENT: Awards will be announced by April 15, 1993.
-