Dear All,
Just a reminder that the "full consideration date" for applications to these
posts is in less than a week.
Kind regards,
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Dr. José María Escartín Esteban
Senior SIESTA Developer
Theory and Simulation Group
Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2)
ICN2 building, UAB Campus, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès),
08193 Barcelona, Spain
Subject: Multiple postdocs in SIESTA development (MaX project) at ICN2
To: siesta-l@uam.es
Dear SIESTA developers and users,
(Apologies for cross-posting.)
The Theory and Simulation Group [1] at the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and
Nanotechnology - ICN2 (Barcelona area) is seeking to appoint *three postdoctoral
researchers* to work in the 4-year, EU-funded, third MaX CoE (MAterials design
at the eXascale European Centre of Excellence) project.
The group has broad experience in the development of electronic structure
methods and their application in order to perform atomistic simulations of
molecules and materials. These include (but are not restricted to) SIESTA [2]
and its TranSIESTA functionality. SIESTA is a multi-purpose first-principles
method and program, based on Density Functional Theory, which can be used to
describe the atomic and electronic properties of systems with up to several
thousands of atoms. TranSIESTA is an extension of SIESTA that enables the study
of electronic transport phenomena in nanoscale devices. SIESTA is widely used by
the academic community (about one thousand citations per year), and has been a
flagship code of the MaX European Centre of Excellence for exascale computing in
Materials Science [3] since its inception in 2015.
The project will be conducted in close collaboration with other SIESTA
developers at the Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) and
the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre (BSC-CNS), and in coordination with the
developers of the other MaX flagship codes, a set of leading European HPC
centres, and selected European private sector technological partners.
The work at the ICN2 node focuses on using advanced programming tools to turn
SIESTA into a lighthouse exascale-oriented application with enhanced scientific
capabilities. Post holders will design, implement and test new methods and
algorithms so that SIESTA can harness the compute power of the latest generation
of (pre-)exascale architectures and tackle novel scientific challenges. It is
also expected that some of the post holders will contribute to the design,
implementation and testing of AiiDA-based exascale workflows that employ SIESTA,
thus providing an additional avenue to leverage and saturate exascale performance.
For further details, including the application form, please visit
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jobs.icn2.cat/job-openings/448/postdoctoral-researchers-max-coe-project-at-theory-and-simulation-group__;!!D9dNQwwGXtA!R7HL0BRT8k3OXTcRKnj9de6-nKuvJTX5omSQbAlH2VwXv0TTPdZR_6MQK2cLUsGZQtvGnFVZoxoyhBp3Omo5ag$ .
Note that at this stage there is some flexibility regarding some of the terms of
employment, such as the precise tasks to undertake, paygrade, and contract
duration. These will be determined based on qualifications, demonstrated
experience, and the match between the scientific and technical profile of the
successful candidates and the tasks to be undertaken as part of the project.
In order to guarantee full consideration of your application please submit it by
the *20th November 2022*. After that date, applications will be accepted until
the positions are filled. The project will start on the 1st January 2023, and
the start date of the postdocs shall be as soon as practicable from that date
onwards.
Please direct any informal inquiries to the line manager of the post, Prof.
Pablo Ordejón (pablo.ordejon<at>icn2.cat), and use [MaX postdocs] as the subject
line. Note, however, that the link above must be used for formal applications.
[1] https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://icn2.cat/en/theory-and-simulation-group__;!!D9dNQwwGXtA!R7HL0BRT8k3OXTcRKnj9de6-nKuvJTX5omSQbAlH2VwXv0TTPdZR_6MQK2cLUsGZQtvGnFVZoxoyhBp0KG5CPg$
[2] https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.siesta-project.org__;!!D9dNQwwGXtA!R7HL0BRT8k3OXTcRKnj9de6-nKuvJTX5omSQbAlH2VwXv0TTPdZR_6MQK2cLUsGZQtvGnFVZoxoyhBrYtzG0DQ$
[3] https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.max-centre.eu__;!!D9dNQwwGXtA!R7HL0BRT8k3OXTcRKnj9de6-nKuvJTX5omSQbAlH2VwXv0TTPdZR_6MQK2cLUsGZQtvGnFVZoxoyhBqc48GpCQ$
With best wishes,
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Dr. José María Escartín Esteban
Senior SIESTA Developer
Theory and Simulation Group
Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2)
ICN2 building, UAB Campus, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès),
08193 Barcelona, Spain
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SIESTA is supported by the Spanish Research Agency (AEI) and by the European
H2020 MaX Centre of Excellence (http://www.max-centre.eu/)
