I posted this job opportunity on November 20 (see below). I would like
to provide some background on the position for those who might be
interested. It is in the University of California at the new Merced
campus. This is the second academic year since the Merced campus
opened, and the first in the all-new facilities. Merced is a 2-hour
drive from the Bay Area, from Monterey, and from Yosemite National
Park. Pay scales are competitive, and housing costs in Merced and
neighboring communities are less than in most of California.
There is considerable interest among the faculty in emphasizing the
development, teaching and use of open source software as we build
educational and research programs. Core courses for statistical data
analysis for Engineering, Natural Sciences, and Cognitive and Social
Sciences students using R are being taught or are in planning and
development stages.
This position is designed for a person experienced with programming and
analysis using R. The advertised position includes duties supporting
and participating in research and teaching development using R,
including opportunities for publication or joint publication of
research articles and R libraries. An example of relevant analyses and
data visualization using R by the PI funding this position can be seen
at http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/rapidpdf/1128834.pdf .
Anthony Westerling
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University of California Merced
Merced, CA
Programmer Analyst II/III (Research Assistant)
Job Code SSNRI723A
Open until filled.
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In the Sierra Nevada Research Institute at UC Merced, act in support of
research in applied climatology and statistical modeling for wildfire,
energy and water resource management applications and assist the
Principle Investigator with the development of software, management of
data sets and design, modification, and implementation of systems for
modeling and analysis.? Develop software libraries for the R
statistical project for publication and use in the classroom
environment.? Requires experience and demonstrated expertise in
programming and data visualization.? Relevant programming experience
includes R, Fortran and/or C.? HTML is also desired; background in
statistics, physics, climatology, hydrology, fire ecology or a similar
field (Masters preferred); strong problem solving; demonstrated written
communication and programming skills.? ?A UC Merced job application,
resume and cover letter are requested.? For more information and to
apply call 1-866-669-JOBS or visit
http://jobs.ucmerced.edu/n/staff/position.jsf?positionId=723. ?EOE?
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Anthony Westerling
School of Engineering
School of Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts
University of California, Merced
http://tenaya.ucsd.edu/~westerli/westerling.html
awesterling at ucmerced.edu
(209) 228 4099