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Position available: Sophus C++ library development

Please distribute. In spite of the numerical flavour, this position
is mostly computer science oriented.			Magne


RESEARCHER - Object oriented numerics/ seismic modeling
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At Department of Informatics, University of Bergen, Norway, a position as
researcher is available in the period September 1. 1996 to July 1st 1997.
There are possibilities for continuation after this date.

The applicants should hold a  Ph.D. or master degree, in either
mathematics or computer science.

The person to be employed will work in a project related to seismic
modeling, financed through the Research Council of Norway (NFR) and
several oil companies. The goal is to develop integrated tools for
geological, geophysical and seismic modeling, and involves researchers
from different fields and from the industry. The particular task for this
position is the development of code for modeling elastic waves on
sequential and parallel computers. The code is build around the SOPHUS
library for solving general tensor field equations. SOPHUS is an object
oriented C++ library being developed using algebraic methodologies related
to abstract data types.  The SOPHUS library is being developed as part of
this and other projects.

In the evaluation of the applicants, we will emphasize experience in
object oriented program design or algebraic related programming
methodologies, and a good background in numerical analysis or other areas
of mathematics.

The salary depends on qualifications and experience. For candidates
holding a master degree it is in the range 206,000 - 280,000 NOK, and for
Ph.D. in the range 269,000 - 312,000 NOK. (6.6 NOK ~ 1 US $).

Applicants should send their vitae and references by _email_or_fax_ to the
below address _as_soon_as_possible_. Send verified copies in paper mail.
Applications received after June 27. will probably not be considered.

Paper mail:
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Associate Professor
Hans Munthe-Kaas
Department of Informatics
University of Bergen
N-5020 Norway

Email: Hans.Munthe-Kaas@ii.uib.no
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Fax: +47 55584199
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