Connectionists: Programmer Opening at Stanford Center for Mind, Brain, and Computation

[Jay McClelland]

Opening for Research Programmer

Center for Mind, Brain, and Computation and Department of Psychology,
Stanford University

There is an opening for a Research Programmer at the new Center for
Mind, Brain, and Computation at Stanford University.  The programmer
will report jointly to the Mind Brain and Computation Center Director
(J. McClelland) and the Psychology Department Computing Systems  Manager
(P. Smith) and is responsible for meeting the day-to-day computing needs
of the Mind Brain and Computation (MBC) Center. S/he will be responsible
for providing research programming and academic computing support to the
center faculty, research trainees, and staff. In addition s/he will back
up the Psychology Department Systems Manager in supporting the computing
facilities of the Psychology Department.

Qualifications: Applicant must possess a minimum four-year college
degree with emphasis in computer science, information systems or related
field and at least 1 (one) year of experience providing programming and
computing systems support in a research and/or academic setting, or an
equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.

Must have strong Unix-based programming skills, and be able to compile,
install, and troubleshoot various mathematical, graphical, and
word-processing applications.  Ability to program in, e.g., C, C++,
and perl and to use relevant compilers to adapt mathematical and statistical
software to Center researcher's needs is also required. Experience with
computational models of  human cognition and/or machine learning methods
would be ideal.  In order to perform the computing facilities  support 
functions
of the position, the incumbent must possess or be prepared to acquire
ability to manage desktop and server computers in  Linux, Windows
and Macintosh environments, as well as sufficient familiarity with HTML
to help MBC faculty and staff develop course- and  research-related
web pages.

Please contact Jay McClelland, jlm at psych.stanford.edu, if you are
interested in this position.