Marie-Curie Host Fellowship for the Transfer of Knowledge (ToK)
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH POSITION
Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser -
(IESL),
FOundation for Research and Technology
Hellas -
(FORTH)
Iraklion, Crete, Greece
Division: Theoretical and Computational Physics and Chemistry
GRID COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY
(GRID-COMPCHEM)
Marie-Curie Host Fellowship for the Transfer of Knowledge (ToK)
(http://tccc.iesl.forth.gr/ToK/index.html)
Starting date: June 1st, 2006
Duration: Four years
Positions: One postdoctoral position in the field of Molecular Dynamics (classical or quantum) is available in the group of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry initially for one year with the possibility of extending it for one more year. Previous knowledge in High Performance Computing is desirable but not necessary. The salary depends on the family status and it is estimated at 46500 Euros per year before tax and social security, plus travel and carrier exploratory allowances according to the general Marie Curie rules.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The challenges in modern Computational Chemistry covering phenomena of long time scales, from femtoseconds to seconds, and large spatial scales, from small molecules to biopolymers, can be answered by the emerging Grid computational technology. This allows one to employ hundreds of computers as a seamless, integrated, computational and collaborative environment embracing different categories of distributed systems. The project concerns the development and applications of computer codes to study the quantum and classical dynamics of polyatomic molecules for large time scales (Grid-CompChem). For the applications an intragrid with a few tens of CPUs as well as the HellasGrid, the Italian CHEMGRID and The European Grid will be employed. With the completion of the project all participating groups will become more competitive at the international level, by acquiring the ability to reap the much needed power provided by computational facilities of unthinkable magnitude a few years ago.
Please send your curriculum vitae with a list of publications and at least the names of two referees to
Prof. Stavros C. Farantos