Postdoctoral Position at Sandia National Laboratories
     
     Post-Doctoral Position
     Distributed Computing and Applied Mathematics Departments
     Sandia National Laboratories
     
     The Distributed Computing and Applied Mathematics Departments
     at Sandia National Laboratories are seeking qualified candidates for a 
     Post-Doctoral position to contribute to the development of global 
     optimization methods for engineering science applications.
     Candidates must be U.S. citizens, have earned a Ph.D. or equivalent, 
     and have experience with the design and implementation of global 
     optimization methods for continuous problems.  Experience with 
     algorithm development on distributed memory computers is particularly 
     desirable.  Candidates should be familiar with numerical techniques in 
     nonlinear optimization.  Strong communication skills will also be 
     needed to interact with application developers who will use the 
     resulting libraries.  A working knowledge of C or C++ programming and 
     experience with software-library development is required.
     
     The Distributed Computing and Applied Mathematics Departments maintain 
     research programs in a variety of areas of applied and numerical 
     mathematics, including combinatorial and global optimization, linear 
     and eigen systems and complex systems.  Strong collaborations exist 
     with other departments at the Laboratories, supporting research in 
     mathematics and algorithms, computational science and engineering, and 
     advanced systems software and tools.  A unique parallel computing 
     environment is available, including a 4500-node Intel TFlops computer, 
     a 1800-processor Intel Paragon, a 192-processor SGI Origin system, an 
     84-processor DEC-8400 system, and experimental heterogeneous computer 
     platforms.
     
     The post-doc appointment is for a period of one year and may be 
     renewed for a second year.  It includes a competitive salary, 
     reimbursement of moving expenses, and a professional travel allowance. 
     Applicants should send a resume and three letters of recommendation to 
     either  
     
     Dr. William Hart
     Applied Mathematics Department, MS 1110 Sandia National Laboratories, 
     P.O. Box 5800
     Albuquerque, NM  87185-1110
     
     or 
     
     Dr. Todd Plantenga
     Distributed Computing Department, MS 9214 Sandia National 
     Laboratories, 
     7011 East Avenue
     Livermore, CA 94551-0969
     
     The submission date for applications is February 31, 1997, however 
     applications will be considered until the position is filled.  The 
     position will commence in Spring or Summer of 1997.
     
     For further information, contact 
     
     Dr. William Hart           Dr. Todd Plantenga (505) 844-2217           
       (510) 294-2511 wehart@cs.sandia.gov       tdplant@ca.sandia.gov
     
     Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/V/H.  U.S. Citizenship is Required.