NCSA Position Notice -- Graduate Research Assistantship

Graduate Research Assistantship (summer 2008)

Innovative Systems Laboratory (ISL)

Overview:

The Innovative Systems Laboratory (ISL) at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) has a research assistant for the summer of 2008 to assist with the development and implementation of algorithms and applications on computational accelerators, such as those based on Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA), the Cell Broadband Engine, and the Graphics Processing Units (GPUs).

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implementation of specific algorithms and applications on one or more of the advanced accelerator platforms.
• Writing documentation, collecting results for papers.

Required Skills:

• Good working knowledge of Linux
• Good working knowledge of C programming under Linux
• Ability to quickly learn programming for new architectures
• Excellent verbal and written skills

Desirable Skills:

• Prior experience with programming FPGAs, GPUs, or Cell processor
• CS 420, CS 437, CS 554, ECE 498AL

For additional information or to submit your resume, contact Vlad Kindratenko at kindr@ncsa.uiuc.edu referencing #13319 or

NCSA Human Resources, GRA Search #13319
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Urbana, Illinois 61801
217/265-0618
fax: 217/244-9878
Email: career@ncsa.uiuc.edu
URL: http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/AboutUs/Employment/

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