Designed especially for neurobiologists, FluoRender is an interactive tool for multi-channel fluorescence microscopy data visualization and analysis.
Deep brain stimulation
BrainStimulator is a set of networks that are used in SCIRun to perform simulations of brain stimulation such as transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and magnetic transcranial stimulation (TMS).
Developing software tools for science has always been a central vision of the SCI Institute.
Open Date 08/19/2022
Requisition Number PRN31935B
Job Title Post Doc Res Assoc
Working Title Post Doc Res Assoc
Job Grade A00
FLSA Code Administrative
Patient Sensitive Job Code? No
Standard Hours per Week 40
Full Time or Part Time? Full Time
Shift Day
Work Schedule Summary  
VP Area President
Department 00810 - Scient Comp & Imag Instit-Oper
Location Campus
City Salt Lake City, UT
Type of Recruitment External Posting
Pay Rate Range Up to $65,000
Close Date  
Open Until Filled Yes
Job Summary
Overview:
The SCI Institute at the University of Utah is seeking a Postdoctoral researcher to lead research on edge computing for cyberinfrastructures. In addition to executing the research
agenda on urgent analytics, you will propose new, creative solutions for complex, nationwide computing platforms and create partnerships with domain scientists to carry out program goals.

Summary:
With the advent of distributed infrastructures, the Cloud computing paradigm is progressively moving towards a full continuum from IoT devices and sensors to the centralized Cloud, with Edge (edge of the network) and Fog computing (core network) in between 1.
Simultaneously, distributed applications also evolve: emerging AI/ML applications are based on multiple geo-distributed data sources and sophisticated data analytics. However, it is challenging to match user constraints (response time, quality, energy, etc.) with what is
feasible in a heterogeneous and dynamic computation environment coupled with uncertainty in the availability of data. This project puts a special focus on Urgent computing applications.
Urgent computing tackles services that require time-critical decisions that improve quality of life, monitor civil infrastructures, respond to natural disasters and extreme events, and accelerate science (e.g., autonomous cars, precision medicine, etc.).

Major Duties/Responsibilities:
The major duties and responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Lead high quality research in areas related to urgent science, programming models, and edge computing
- Contribute to development of software abstractions and system architectures for middleware deployed across the Edge-to-Cloud Computing Continuum
- Collaborate with application scientists inside and outside of the laboratory to advance the scientific mission of the group, including collaborators from the SAGE platform 3.
- Develop new research directions as a basis of continued funding and the overall health of the group.
- Write peer-reviewed papers, technical reports, and proposals both internal and external, and represent the organization by giving technical presentations in large public forums.

Basic Qualifications:
- Requires a Ph.D. in a field of study related to computing and computational sciences – Demonstrated competency and knowledge of Linux operating systems and containerization platforms such as Docker and Kubernetes;

References:
1 Daniel Balouek-Thomert, Eduard Gibert Renart, Ali Reza Zamani, Anthony Simonet, and Manish Parashar. Towards a computing continuum : Enabling edge-to-cloud integration for data-driven workflows. The International Journal of High Performance Computing
Applications, 2019.
2 Daniel Balouek-Thomert, Ivan Rodero, and Manish Parashar. Harnessing the computing continuum for urgent science. SIGMETRICS Perform. Eval. Rev.,2020.
3 SAGE, a national-scale cyberinfrastructure at the edge – https://sagecontinuum.org

Contact:
Daniel Balouek-Thomert | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Responsibilities  
Minimum Qualifications  
Preferences
Preferred Qualifications:
- Ability to develop architectures for federating scientific instruments and developing end-to-end data workflow
- Experience in distributed data architectures and machine learning
- Demonstrated ability to write research plans and proposals and to project a vision for future research relevant to automating research workflows or online processing of data streams.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, the ability to work independently, outstanding written and oral communication skills, good organizational skills
Type Benefited Staff
Special Instructions Summary  
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