Hi All,
Sorry for the slightly spammy nature of this email. We've got some
funding to do a project with some colleagues in Geography. They have
some clever landslide modelling software that is used in St. Lucia and
they would like to run it at higher scales (e.g. run 1000 simulations
of a slope instead of 1) and they've teamed up with us to do that (the
Bristol particle physics group is heavily involved in computing for
the LHC, so this is small fry ;)). They're looking at about 5TB data/
year, so nothing too hairy. If they get other funding from the World
Bank this could balloon significantly.
One of the requirements is that the simulation results can be
replicated from Bristol to St. Lucia, and on to engineers mobile
devices, since when a tropical storm hits they often loose network
connection to the outside world, and it's at these times that the
simulations are most useful. To me CouchDB (and/or geocouch) is the
perfect fit for this, and some initial work agrees.
If this sounds interesting to you get in touch with me off list, or go
to http://www.bris.ac.uk/boris/jobs/feeds/ads?ID=88530. The job advert
is below.
Cheers
Simon
Postdoctoral Research Assistant: Grid Computing for Landslide Modelling
£29,853 - £33,600
This project will establish large-scale resource provisioning and
sophisticated data mining for landslide modelling for use in risk
reduction.
It will couple Grid software, developed for the Large Hadron Collider,
with
proven, cutting-edge software in the field of slope hydrology and
geotechnics.
You will develop the current proof of principle system. The new system
will
include the following features: transparent use of large scale computing
resources; secure, transparent storage and access to data and
appropriate
authentication and authorisation mechanisms with auditing, accounting
and
charging mechanisms.
You will have experience of the Python scripting language, as well as
experience of Grid or Cloud computing. You will also have good
knowledge of
metadata management and proven ability to deliver sustainable software
in an
agile development environment.
The project will be carried out as a partnership between Particle
Physicists
in the University of Bristol Department of Physics, and academics
within the
School of Geographical Sciences.
If successful, you may be appointed either on a fixed term or a
permanent
contract depending on the extent of your previous relevant research
experience. Further information can be found at
www.bristol.ac.uk/personnel/ftc/
For informal enquiries please contact Professor N.H Brook on (0117)
954 6877
or e-mail: [email protected]
Further details and application form can be found at www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs
Alternatively you can e-mail [email protected] or telephone
0117 954
6947, quoting reference number 15582.
The closing date for applications is 9.00am, Tuesday 24 August 2010.
Interviews date: week commencing Monday 6 September 2010.
