A position as SYSTEMS PROGRAMMER/ DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR is now available
at the University of Southern California, to assist with the USC Brain
Project
SYSTEMS PROGRAMMER/ DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR
Starting July 1 at the USC Brain Project: Requirements - UNIX programming
and system administration; several years experience; strong familiarity
with PC and Macintosh OS; WWW programming; familiarity with SQL and
large-scale (object-oriented/relational) database systems; excellent
communication skills; "team player". Email resume to Paulina Tagle
(paulina@pollux.usc.edu). AA/EOE.
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See the URL below for information on the USC Brain Project. Briefly, the
USC Brain Project has as its neuroscientific focus the issue of synaptic
plasticity: how do the connections between neurons change? We are concerned
with this topic both
(i) for learning: as synaptic changes make an animal or human better at
something, or form memories of particular events; and
(ii) compensation for disease: when things go wrong in Alzheimer's or
Parkinson's or other neurological diseases, synapses change to try and
compensate as much as they can for that disease. Thus there can be very
serious progression of the disease before overt symptoms are seen.
We are also looking at behavior and motivation.
The methological question which distinguishes us from most other Human
Brain Project (HBP) groups is that we bring modeling into play and develop
methods to capitalize on the integration of modeling and experimentation in
the study of the brain, going back and forth between model data (i.e.,
synthetic data obtained from running a model) and research data obtained
empirically from studying the animal or human.Our approach is also
distinguished in that we are developing general architectures for the
support of neuroinformatics.
To focus our work in software development, we are building The
NeuroInformatics Workbench, a collection of neuroinformatics tools. But it
is important to realize that many other groups will be developing
neuroinformatics tools and so part of our work complements the development
of our own tools by trying to increase the discussion with other groups
about interconnection standards to make it easier and easier to link tools
developed by different groups.
There are 8 co-PIs, in diverse departments: Arbib (Director, CS and
Neuroscience), Baudry (Neurobiology), Berger (BME), Ghandeharizadeh and
McLeod (CS), McNeill (Gerontology), Swanson (Neurobiology), Thompson
(Psychology) and two associated faculty people Leahy (EE) and Shahabi (CS
and IMSC - the Integrated Multimedia Systems Center).
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Long form of desired qualifications:
DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR / SYSTEMS PROGRAMMER
Required:
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- UNIX programming background (C, C++, Perl, etc...)
-2-3 years experience and/or equivalent graduate work in: CS, Physics,
Mathematics, Chemistry, Engineering, or other computer-modelling
field
- UNIX system administration/maintenance
- strong familiarity with PC (Win95/NT, DOS) and Macintosh OS
- experience in software development and platform-portability
- WWW programming background (HTML, Java, JavaScript, cgi, etc...)
- knowledge of SQL and other database protocols
- familiarity with large-scale (object-oriented/relational) database
systems and architecture (Informix, Illustra, Sybase, etc...)
- excellent communication skills (speaking, writing) - self-motivated,
independent thinker
- good problem-solving skills; quick learner
- relate well to others / "team player"
Preferred/bonus:
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- knowledge of networks (LAN, WAN) and other hardware issues; TCP/IP and
related networking protocols
- familiarity with neuroscience, biology, and/or BME
- knowledge of graphics languages and utilities (OpenGL, VRML, etc...)
- previous teaching and/or public speaking experience
- familiarity with academic environment
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Paulina B. Tagle paulina@pollux.usc.edu
Computer Science USC Brain Project
Tel: (213) 740-1176 Fax: (213) 740-5687
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Michael A. Arbib
USC Brain Project
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-2520, USA
arbib@pollux.usc.edu
(213) 740-9220;
http://www-hbp.usc.edu/HBP/
Temporary Fax: 213-740-7285