I posted this job opportunity on November 20 (see below). I would like to provide some background on the position for those who might be interested. It is in the University of California at the new Merced campus. This is the second academic year since the Merced campus opened, and the first in the all-new facilities. Merced is a 2-hour drive from the Bay Area, from Monterey, and from Yosemite National Park. Pay scales are competitive, and housing costs in Merced and neighboring communities are less than in most of California.
There is considerable interest among the faculty in emphasizing the development, teaching and use of open source software as we build educational and research programs. Core courses for statistical data analysis for Engineering, Natural Sciences, and Cognitive and Social Sciences students using R are being taught or are in planning and development stages. This position is designed for a person experienced with programming and analysis using R. The advertised position includes duties supporting and participating in research and teaching development using R, including opportunities for publication or joint publication of research articles and R libraries. An example of relevant analyses and data visualization using R by the PI funding this position can be seen at http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/rapidpdf/1128834.pdf . Anthony Westerling ____________________________ University of California Merced Merced, CA Programmer Analyst II/III (Research Assistant) Job Code SSNRI723A Open until filled. In the Sierra Nevada Research Institute at UC Merced, act in support of research in applied climatology and statistical modeling for wildfire, energy and water resource management applications and assist the Principle Investigator with the development of software, management of data sets and design, modification, and implementation of systems for modeling and analysis. Develop software libraries for the R statistical project for publication and use in the classroom environment. Requires experience and demonstrated expertise in programming and data visualization. Relevant programming experience includes R, Fortran and/or C. HTML is also desired; background in statistics, physics, climatology, hydrology, fire ecology or a similar field (Masters preferred); strong problem solving; demonstrated written communication and programming skills. A UC Merced job application, resume and cover letter are requested. For more information and to apply call 1-866-669-JOBS or visit http://jobs.ucmerced.edu/n/staff/position.jsf?positionId=723. EOE ____________________________ Anthony Westerling School of Engineering School of Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts University of California, Merced http://tenaya.ucsd.edu/~westerli/westerling.html [EMAIL PROTECTED] (209) 228 4099 ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
