Nathaniel and tsluggers,
Thanks for the information about possible day and time for tslug
meetings. I'm certainly interested, though I have a meeting already
scheduled for Thursdays around 7 that would usually take priority because
my role in that group (the outdoor club) is as an advisor rather than
simply an interested member. In any case, I appreciate being on the tslug
list, and I look forward to opportunities to increase my conversance with
Linux. Please do inform me of the meeting time you choose!
On a related issue, I'm looking for one or two good programmers to join my
research group, either for scholarship hours, as interested volunteers for
the educational opportunity, or even possibly for some institutional
pay. My undergraduate research students and I are working with
epidemiological modelling, and will soon reach the point where
custom-written programs in a high-level language will be helpful. C++,
Ada, or even Pascal would do fine. Experience with Linux would be a plus,
as I favor the GNU GPL philosophy over that of Microsoft and would prefer
to develop the code in the Linux environment. The main requirements for a
good match would be good programming skills, willingness to document and
explain code, and an interest in helping other group members get up to
speed. Initial knowledge of the models themselves would not be required or
expected--as mentor I would provide the requisite insights. I find the
students who are already on the research team a pleasure to work with, and
there is opportunity to make a genuine contribution and program some
seriously cool stochastic models. Inquiries would be welcome!
Sincerely,
Kenneth Carter
