ICTP Postdoctoral Opportunity

ICTP announces a new, exciting postdoctoral position open to candidates of any nationality.

The Centre's Information and Communication Technology Department (ICTS) seeks a scientific computing expert with strong experience in lecturing as well as in supporting activities in the context of international educational programmes for higher education, to coordinate ICTP's role in the Master in High Performance Computing programme, which is run jointly with the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA).

Candidates should have a PhD in computer science, applied math, computational physics or related areas, qualifications as a scientific software developer with high-level skills in problem solving, and experience as a lecturer on advanced courses in scientific computing. The selected candidate would have the following responsibilities:

• liaise with SISSA administration to guarantee the essential link between the two involved institutions throughout the academic year, from the initial students’ selection to the final graduation ceremony;
• coordinate the MHPC calendar and the participation of international lecturers, under the supervision of the MHPC scientific council;
• deliver advanced courses on scientific software development;
• collaborate on the enhancement of the MHPC programme and other related courses;
• supervise the final thesis projects of several students.

The candidate would contribute to the key ICTP activities on HPC and scientific software development such as the school of parallel programming for HPC, the summer school in research data science and the advanced workshop on collaborative development. The main contribution to those activities would be to define the agenda as well as lecturing advanced courses and supervising computer laboratories.

ICTP offers internationally competitive remuneration and a number of benefits. The appointment will be made for 12 months, with the possibility of renewal. Candidates should apply through the ICTP online application system (https://e-applications.ictp.it/applicant/login/IT22_2). 

The application deadline is 15 March 2022.