From: czleh@homerun.gsfc.nasa.gov (Lisa E. Hamet)
Subject: NASA Summer School for High Performance Computational Physics
Summary: Summer 1993 Opportunity
Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt MD
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 18:50:13 GMT



      NASA SUMMER SCHOOL FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS
                            Summer 1993

     The NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center's Space Data and Computing 
Division and the Universities Space Research Association are interested 
in receiving applications from qualified graduate students to
participate in an intensive lecture series in computational physics 
from July 12 - July 30, 1993.  The Space Data and Computing Division 
provides comprehensive research and development support in data
handling and computing for NASA Space and Earth Science research programs.
Resident facilities include a Cray Y-MP and a MasPar MP-1.  This
specific program activity is a part of NASA's desire to help train the 
next generation of physicists in the development of computational 
techniques and algorithms for scalable parallel computers in support 
of the Federal High Performance Computing and Communications Program.

What is the Goddard Space Flight Center?  

Goddard is one of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's 
nine field centers.  The Center (GSFC) is one of the world's leading 
research organizations devoted to research related to the Space and 
Earth Sciences.  Goddard's basic mission is to make possible the 
expansion of human knowledge of the Earth, its environment, the solar 
system and the Universe through the development and use of near-Earth 
orbiting spacecraft.  The Center employs more than 3,700 government 
civil servants and 8,100 contract personnel.

What Type of Work Would I Do?   

Students will be given hands-on computer training and small group 
interaction experience.  Experienced computational physicists will present 
a series of lectures on advanced topics in computational fluid dynamics.  
Vendors of commercial massively parallel computer systems will present 
lectures on developing code for their respective machines.  In addition, 
several massively parallel architectures will be available for use by 
the students including the MasPar MP-1 and a Thinking Machines Corporation 
Connection Machine.  At the end of the program, students will be required 
to present a 15-minute summary of what they learned and how it relates to 
their respective fields of study.

How Do I Qualify?

Eligibility and Selection Criteria:  The program is geared to interest 
physicists, astronomers, meteorologists and oceanographers who are 
working toward PhDs in the Earth and Space Science disciplines, who will 
utilize computational physics within their respective fields.  Eligibility 
is generally limited to students enrolled in U.S. universities involved in
disciplines related to the Space and Earth Sciences.  Normally, students
should have passed their PhD qualifying exams.  A limited number of slots 
are available for recent PhD graduates.

Application materials should include a curriculum vitae or resume with 
publication list, a description of relevant work experience, an academic 
transcript showing two full years of work, and two letters of reference.  
Reference letters should be sent directly to the address below.  Application 
information received before March 5, 1993 will receive full consideration.  
There are no formal application materials.  All necessary requirements are
listed above.

Selection will be performed by a committee that will evaluate candidates 
on the basis of demonstrated scholastic excellence, qualifications and 
interests relative to Space and Earth sciences, plus experience and/or 
interest in computational physics.  We plan to make selection announcements 
by March 22.

Compensation and Benefits:  The program's compensation will be at the rate 
of $12.00 per hour. Selected students will be reimbursed for required 
domestic U.S. transportation costs to and from the Greenbelt, Maryland area 
at the beginning and the end of the program.  Students will be housed near 
the GSFC.  Transportation to and from Goddard each day will be provided.

USRA is an equal opportunity employer.  Application materials and
requests for additional information should be directed to:

Paula L. Webber
USRA Program Coordinator
SSHPCP, Mail Code 610.3
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD  20771
(301) 286-5057
E-mail:   USRA@NSSDCA.GSFC.NASA.GOV
          NSSDCA::USRA

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Lisa Hamet			301-286-9417
NASA/GSFC			czleh@homerun.gsfc.nasa.gov
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