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A staff writer here at Rice asked me to post this for the San Diego
Supercomputer Center. If your interested, but don't know much about
supercomputing, I can direct you to some pages on the World Wide Web.
Rice University, Center for Research on Parallel Computation,
CITI/CRPC - MS 41, 6100 South Main Street, Houston, Texas,
77005-1892, phone: (713) 527-8750<tone>2744.
>>Communications Specialist
>>at the San Diego Supercomputer Center
>>April 11, 1995
>>
>>
>>Job description: Research, write, and edit materials describing SDSC
>>research projects for hardcopy and electronic distribution. Write
>>proposals on scalable parallel computing, high-speed networking, archival
>>storage, scientific visualization, educational programs, and scientific
>>research projects. Supervise junior staffers' work.
>>
>>
>>Minimum qualifications: M.A. degree plus 5 years relevant experience, or
>>B.A. plus 7 years, or A.A .plus 10 years, or no degree plus 12 years. Broad
>>range of writing/editing experience, particularly in scientific reports,
>>external relations/promotional materials, and proposals. Ability to
>>research, organize, and write original technical material for technical
>>audience or the general public as needed. Project management experience
>>and ability to carry projects through to (printed) completion especially
>>under tight time constraints. Demonstrated planning and leadership skills.
>>Experience working with photographers, designers, and printers.
>>Familiarity with variety of computer hardware platforms (Mac II, Sun
>>SPARCstation/UNIX) and broad range of applications software/editors:
>>FrameMaker, MS Word, Persuasion, FileMaker, vi or emacs. Experience with a
>>computer-networked environment, the Internet, and electronic
>>information-access tools such as World Wide Web, Mosaic or Netscape, and
>>gopher. Ability to learn new scientific concepts and computer technology
>>quickly.
>>
>>
>>Desirable qualifications: Knowledge of high-performance computing and
>>communications concepts and terminology. Familiarity with CRAY/UNICOS,
>>Intel Paragon/OSF/1, hypertext, html coding. Involvement with the Society
>>for Technical Communication and other professional societies. Experience
>>working at a national research laboratory or in academia.
>>
>>
>>To apply, please send a cover letter and resume as soon as possible to
>>Stephanie Sides
>>San Diego Supercomputer Center
>>P.O. Box 85608
>>San Diego, CA 92186-9784
>>sides -at- sdsc -dot- edu
>>(619)534-5131
>>(619)534-5117 (fax)
>>