Data management oriented application

1 Research Collaborator position
(Deadline November 9th, 2012 12:00 )
Fields
Data sets filtering, database-oriented applications, scientific applications, open source applications, scientific libraries, cloud
Activity
The candidate, in a Digital Data Library for the CRISISlab project, will have to setup an environment for the management of big data sets, mainly from the economic-financial sector, define ETL procedures in order to feed sql and no-sql databases. In particular the candidate will have to setup an ETL test environment based on virtual machines for a distributed filesystem and database, to write ETL procedures as a template for importing the original data sets into the final databases, to configure computation nodes inside a multicore environment, both with standard and GPU cores, and the associated installation of scientific libraries. The test environment chosen and documented by the candidate will be based either on standard hypervisor virtualization technique (VMvware, Citrix) or on container-based virtualization (OpenVZ, ZEROvm).Moreover a study of the most suitable libraries for the massive parallelization of algebraic code on GPUs. At the end a documentation of all the configuration and installation passages (packages, configuration files and drivers) for all the installed software is requested.
Formal requirements
Possession of a Ph.D. in Mathematics, Physics, Engineering a related field with orientation towards applied research. An excellent level of both written and spoken English is mandatory.
Specific requirements
For the scientific applications programming skills, good mathematical skills will be required and candidates' knowledge will be evaluated specifically regarding:
  • Programming Languages (C/C++, Python, R);
  • Mathematical programming languages (Matlab, Octave, Scilab, R);
  • Linux compilation techniques
  • Networking and demons configuration;
  • Virtual machines setting and administration.
Gross amount
€4.500,00
Duration
1 month
Job Research Area: 
EIC
Job Research Unit: 
AXES
Job Contract Type: 
Contratto di lavoro autonomo
Full call
First meeting of the Selection Committee
November 19th, 2012
Second meeting of the Selection Committee
December 10th, 2012 from 2.00 pm in Piazza San Ponziano, 6 - Lucca
Preliminary shortlist
Preliminary shortlist
Final ranking
Final ranking

Application

Apply ONLINE only.
Before starting prepare the application attachments and information as listed below.

Info

  • Personal info and contact info (compulsory)
  • Number of your Identity Document (Passport or Identity Card) (compulsory)
  • University degree and ongoing PhD (compulsory)

Attachments

  • Your CV in English (compulsory)