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- From: czleh@homerun.gsfc.nasa.gov (Lisa E. Hamet)
- Subject: NASA Summer School for High Performance Computational Physics
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- Summary: Summer 1993 Opportunity
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- Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt MD
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- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 18:50:13 GMT
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- NASA SUMMER SCHOOL FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS
- Summer 1993
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- The NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center's Space Data and Computing
- Division and the Universities Space Research Association are interested
- in receiving applications from qualified graduate students to
- participate in an intensive lecture series in computational physics
- from July 12 - July 30, 1993. The Space Data and Computing Division
- provides comprehensive research and development support in data
- handling and computing for NASA Space and Earth Science research programs.
- Resident facilities include a Cray Y-MP and a MasPar MP-1. This
- specific program activity is a part of NASA's desire to help train the
- next generation of physicists in the development of computational
- techniques and algorithms for scalable parallel computers in support
- of the Federal High Performance Computing and Communications Program.
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- What is the Goddard Space Flight Center?
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- Goddard is one of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's
- nine field centers. The Center (GSFC) is one of the world's leading
- research organizations devoted to research related to the Space and
- Earth Sciences. Goddard's basic mission is to make possible the
- expansion of human knowledge of the Earth, its environment, the solar
- system and the Universe through the development and use of near-Earth
- orbiting spacecraft. The Center employs more than 3,700 government
- civil servants and 8,100 contract personnel.
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- What Type of Work Would I Do?
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- Students will be given hands-on computer training and small group
- interaction experience. Experienced computational physicists will present
- a series of lectures on advanced topics in computational fluid dynamics.
- Vendors of commercial massively parallel computer systems will present
- lectures on developing code for their respective machines. In addition,
- several massively parallel architectures will be available for use by
- the students including the MasPar MP-1 and a Thinking Machines Corporation
- Connection Machine. At the end of the program, students will be required
- to present a 15-minute summary of what they learned and how it relates to
- their respective fields of study.
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- How Do I Qualify?
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- Eligibility and Selection Criteria: The program is geared to interest
- physicists, astronomers, meteorologists and oceanographers who are
- working toward PhDs in the Earth and Space Science disciplines, who will
- utilize computational physics within their respective fields. Eligibility
- is generally limited to students enrolled in U.S. universities involved in
- disciplines related to the Space and Earth Sciences. Normally, students
- should have passed their PhD qualifying exams. A limited number of slots
- are available for recent PhD graduates.
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- Application materials should include a curriculum vitae or resume with
- publication list, a description of relevant work experience, an academic
- transcript showing two full years of work, and two letters of reference.
- Reference letters should be sent directly to the address below. Application
- information received before March 5, 1993 will receive full consideration.
- There are no formal application materials. All necessary requirements are
- listed above.
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- Selection will be performed by a committee that will evaluate candidates
- on the basis of demonstrated scholastic excellence, qualifications and
- interests relative to Space and Earth sciences, plus experience and/or
- interest in computational physics. We plan to make selection announcements
- by March 22.
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- Compensation and Benefits: The program's compensation will be at the rate
- of $12.00 per hour. Selected students will be reimbursed for required
- domestic U.S. transportation costs to and from the Greenbelt, Maryland area
- at the beginning and the end of the program. Students will be housed near
- the GSFC. Transportation to and from Goddard each day will be provided.
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- USRA is an equal opportunity employer. Application materials and
- requests for additional information should be directed to:
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- Paula L. Webber
- USRA Program Coordinator
- SSHPCP, Mail Code 610.3
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
- Greenbelt, MD 20771
- (301) 286-5057
- E-mail: USRA@NSSDCA.GSFC.NASA.GOV
- NSSDCA::USRA
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