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Research Fellow in Virtual Human Grade: 7 Cardiovascular Modelling & at the Emerging Exascale

Department: Chemistry Location: Bloomsbury Campus

around £15 million, derived from many sources Reports to: including the Research Councils (EPSRC, BBSRC, Professor Peter Coveney MRC, and NERC), European Commission and a wide range of charities and industrial partners in the Context UK, Europe and the USA.

Details about our research can be found on the The Chemistry Department departmental website http://www.ucl.ac.uk/chemistry.

The Chemistry Department at University College The Centre for Computational Science London is the oldest in England, and today is one of the best in the UK, being ranked 2nd in the UK for the We are looking for a candidates to join Prof Peter world-class impact of its research in REF(2014). We Coveney's very active inter-disciplinary group, the are located in Bloomsbury, at the heart of London, Centre for Computational Science (CCS) in the UCL and offer an exciting and vibrant environment in Chemistry Department. which to study in one of the UK's top universities. The Department of Chemistry at UCL is committed This post is funded by the European Commission as to supporting excellence in both research and part of the CompBioMed project teaching. The department offers undergraduate BSc (www.compbiomed.eu) to nurture and promote the and MSci programmes in Chemistry and currently uptake and exploitation of emerging exascale teaches 400 undergraduates registered in supercomputing within the biomedical modelling Chemistry as well as students who select Chemistry community. on the Natural Sciences programme and first year Chemistry for life scientists. The department also A Ph.D. degree in , computer science, offers a number of Postgraduate Taught Masters computer engineering, applied mathematics or courses with about 60 students per year and has an chemistry, with experience in either the lattice- overall PGR student school of about 250 students. Boltzmann method or cardiac modelling, is an essential requirement. Experience in large-scale The Chemistry Department has over 50 members of high performance computing is also essential, academic staff carrying out world-leading alongside a proven ability to programme quickly and research. We specialise in the areas of organic effectively in state-of-the-art high-performance synthesis, chemical biology, computational computing environments; familiarity with GPU chemistry, nanotechnology, inorganic and materials programming in such contexts is desirable. Some chemistry, physical chemistry and chemical physics. experience in developing and exploiting state-of-the- The department has an annual research income of art methods in any one or more of multiscale/multiphysics methods, medical imaging, projects in which CCS is participating visualisation and computational steering would be including the reporting, and assistance in the advantageous. reporting, of results from the work being performed at UCL within these projects. This Main purpose of the job will entail some level of national and foreign travel, particularly to Europe for purposes of The post-holder will work on scientific applications of collaborations within the CompBioMed HemeLB, a flexible open source lattice-Boltzmann Centre of Excellence. code for the simulation of human vasculature, and • Participation in preparation and submission the Alya Red code for human heart modelling, at the of future grant applications. scale of the entire human body. The coupled code, • Assistance in the supervision of post- running on powerful , will be used graduate and undergraduate students by the post-holder for research in physiology and working on related computational projects medicine within the Centre of Excellence in within the CCS and more widely. Computational Biomedicine, CompBioMed. In • To undertake a limited amount of teaching in addition to the development and application of the relation to subject area. code, including investigation of parallel in time methods, verification, validation and uncertainty • The postholder will carry out any other duties quantification, the post-holder will facilitate uptake of as are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the software within the wider computational science the job as requested by Peter Coveney or the community. The post-holder will also provide input Head of Department. and support for members of CompBioMed across • The job description reflects the present Europe who are seeking to bring their codes to the requirements of the post, and as duties and exascale. responsibilities change/develop, the job description will be reviewed and be subject to amendment in consultation with the post- Duties and responsibilities: holder. To carry out research under the supervision of the • The postholder will actively follow UCL Director of the Centre for Computational Science policies including Equal Opportunities and (Professor P V Coveney), as follows: be expected to give consideration within their role as to how they can actively advance • Development and application of existing equality of opportunity and good relations HemeLB lattice-Boltzmann in stand-alone between people who share a relevant modes as well as coupled to the Alya Red protected characteristic and people who do cardiac code for cardiovascular applications. not share it. • Running of coupled versions of HemeLB and • The postholder will maintain an awareness Alya on supercomputers and novel and observation of Fire and Health & Safety architectures including GPGPUs; other novel Regulations. architectures such as FPGAs may be • To be aware of and act upon: investigated too. o Disciplinary procedure and • Integration of patient specific medical Disciplinary rules imaging data from various modalities. o Grievance procedure Development and extension of the following o Section 7 and 8 of the Health and to enhance our capabilities: Safety at Work Act multiscale/multiphysics methods; visualisation and computational steering. • Preparation of research papers for publication in the scientific literature; and of fully documented manuals describing the content of the codes used and developed during the course of the appointment. • Participation in regular meetings with colleagues at UCL, and with colleagues in Person Specification

Criteria Essential or Assessment method Desirable (Application/Interview) Qualifications, experience and knowledge

PhD (or near to being awarded a PhD) degree – involving a substantial Essential Application high-performance computing component — in an area of the mathematical, physical, engineering and computer sciences or related areas.

GCSE English Grade C or above (or equivalent, e.g. IELTS) Essential Application

Extensive experience of modelling and simulation, particularly involving Essential Application high performance computing, preferably with the lattice-Boltzmann method.

Familiarity with GPU programming in the contexts of large-scale state-of- Desirable Application the-art high performance computing

Proven parallel programming ability in C++ and familiarity with one other Essential Application programming language (e.g. Python).

Able to demonstrate experience in the use of high performance Desirable Application visualization.

Excellent IT skills as required for performing post, including good Essential Application knowledge of software and hardware tools used in HPC environments, at (or close to) the petascale.

Ability to develop and give advice on strategic decisions with the domains Desirable Interview of high performance computing, along with computational fluid dynamics or cardiac simulation.

Experience in developing and exploiting state-of-the-art medical imaging, Desirable Application visualisation and/or steering methods.

Skills and abilities

A proven ability to programme quickly and effectively in state-of-the-art Essential Application high-performance computing environments.

An ability to work alone as well as within a group. Essential Interview

Excellent organisational skills. Essential Interview

Clear, comprehensive and technically correct communication (English - Essential Interview written and oral), as the post holder will be required to write reports, papers, presentations and documentation.

Excellent interpersonal relations with junior and senior staff, and excellent Essential Interview networking skills.

Good presentational skills. Desirable Interview

The ability to learn quickly and assimilate substantial amounts of Desirable Interview information, and present this confidently in meetings.

Practical problem solving under time constraints and the ability to work to Desirable Interview deadlines.

Criteria Essential or Assessment method Desirable (Application/Interview) Personal attributes

Must demonstrate a consistently high standard in achievements and Essential Application impact throughout career to date

Willingness to travel for European and other international meetings. Essential Interview

Other

An excellent and consistent publication track record including at least two Essential Application high quality scientific publications for newly graduated PhD applicants (these may be in press) and proportionately more with increasing post- doctoral experience

General Information

Terms & Conditions of Employment Equal Opportunities The post is funded for 24 months in the first instance, starting as soon as possible. The post is www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/docs/equal_opportunity.pdf full time at UCL Grade 7, the salary ranges from £36,028 to £43,533 per annum (including London The Department has been awarded a Silver Athena Allowance of £3,211 p.a.) pro-rata. Starting salary Swan Award and we support the Athena beliefs is usually £36,028 pro-rata. Cost of living pay that: awards are negotiated nationally and are normally effective from 1st August each year. UCL’s non- • The advancement of science, engineering clinical pay and grading structure is at and technology (SET) is fundamental to http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/salary_scales/final_grades. quality of life across the globe. php. • It is vitally important that women are adequately represented in what has traditionally been, and is still, a male- All posts that are based outside of London, for dominated area. example at Harwell, will not have London • Science cannot reach its full potential Allowance included in the salary. unless it can benefit from the talents of the whole population, and until women and men Cost of living pay awards are negotiated nationally can benefit equally from the opportunities it and are normally effective from 1st August each affords. year. UCL’s non-clinical pay and grading structure is at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/salary_scales/final_grades.php. Further information on Athena Swan is at http://www.athenaswan.org.uk/ UCL’s terms & conditions for research, teaching and professional services staff are at: Apply https://www.ucl.ac.uk/human-resources/conditions- service-research-teaching-and-professional- services-staff To apply for this position visit:

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