We are looking to hire a postdoctoral research associate at the MIT Laboratory of Nuclear Science. Our group is heavily involved in the preparation of the PHOBOS experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory. PHOBOS will start data taking in spring/summer 2000 during RHIC's first physics run, studying interactions of heavy nuclei at the highest energies so far. One of the goals of PHOBOS is the search for rare signals of new phenomena in heavy-ion collisions, requiring an interactive physics analysis on multi-Terabyte datasets. We are therefore looking for a candidate with a strong background in software/computing to play a major role in the future development of the PHOBOS computing infrastructure. PHOBOS was the first experiment to adopt the ROOT framework for its entire software chain, from DAQ to final physics analysis. Our group is now planning to implement a PC-based parallel analysis system using and extending PROOF, the parallel ROOT facility. This project is expected to make major contributions to the future development of ROOT and provide a prototype implementation for other applications. The successful candiate is expected to lead the design and implementation of this system, working in close collaboration with Rene Brun and Fons Rademakers, and to contribute to the analysis of first physics data from RHIC. Interested candidates should submit a curriculum vitae and arrange for three letters of reference to be sent to: Prof. Gunther Roland, Laboratory of Nuclear Science, Room 24-504, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA Interested parties can also contact me via e-mail (Gunther.Roland@cern.ch) or directly at the CERN ROOT2000 workshop. The position is available immediately.
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