[alife] Junior engineer position in Lyon, France
Carole Knibbe
carole.knibbe at gmail.com
Wed Jun 4 03:09:52 PDT 2014
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Junior engineer position available on
SIMULATION OF EVOLVING MICROORGANISMS
Inria Beagle Team
Lyon, France
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Two-year position starting fall 2014.
Research Group
The research of the Beagle team is at the interface between biology and computer science. We aim at contributing new results in cellular and evolutionary biology by modeling and simulating biological systems.
Mission
The engineer will contribute to the development of Aevol (http://www.aevol.fr), a software platform for simulating experimental evolution of microorganisms. In Aevol, populations of digital microorganisms with artificial DNA sequences evolve in various conditions, allowing researchers to study the impact of environmental changes or mutation rates on genome evolution. The mission will consist in improving the performances, the software-quality and ease of use of Aevol. In particular, a distributed implementation of the platform will be developed using MPI.
Required training
Engineering degree or equivalent in computer science, with diploma obtained in 2013 or 2014.
Skills and profile
Very good programming skills (C, C++) with an interest in performance/optimization.
Experience in software engineering (object oriented, version control system, compilation chain, tests).
Basic skills and motivation for parallel programming (MPI appreciated).
Interest in microbiology and evolution.
Motivation for team work in an interdisciplinary environment.
Good level of English.
Monthly gross salary
2530 euros
Keywords
Software development, software quality, code performance, parallel programming, MPI, evolutionary biology, genome evolution
Contact
carole.knibbe at inria.fr
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