The Graduate College Educational Equity Programs Office is seeking applications from graduate students who are interested in serving as a Research Team Leader for the 2010 Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP). Applicants must be enrolled in a graduate program leading to a PhD and in good academic standing.
The Research Team Leader is responsible for assisting approximately 5-10 undergraduate student participants in the SROP with their summer reseach projects, as well as with other academic and program needs. The Research Team Leader will provide support to the SROP through close interactions with each participant, their respective Faculty Mentors, the SROP staff, and others involved with the program. The function of the Research Team Leader is to assist the SROP staff and Faculty Mentors with the mentoring, advising, and graduate school preparation of the SROP participant. Through leadership and individual support of undergraduate students in the program, the Research Team Leader will aid in creating a summer experience that will provide participants with a thorough understanding of the expectations of graduate study, the research process, and the culture of graduate school.
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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS AND STUDIES
Center for Global Studies
Graduate Hourly
10-20 hrs wkly
Primary Function:
Provide website development and maintenance support for the Center for Global Studies and its affiliated programs.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Update and maintain website
- Maintain log of site statistics
- Develop new information resources and digitize materials for web based distribution
Reporting Relationship: The position reports directly to the Associate Director of the Center for Global Studies.
Qualifications:
Required Experience:
- Experience with information management systems
- Knowledge of HTML, XML, PHP
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to work with minimal supervision
- A self-starter with an interest in international affairs
Desired Experience:
- Ability to implement RSS feeds
- Knowledge of SQL
- Knowledge of meta-data standards and subject based cataloging
Closing Date: Please submit a letter of interest, résumé, and contact information for three references by January 26, 2010. Please send electronic copies to Annetta Allison, Office Manager at allison2@illinois.edu.
Questions contact:
Steve Witt
Associate Director, Center for Global Studies
910 S. Fifth Street (MC-402)
303 International Studies Building
Champaign, IL 61820
Phone: 265-7518
Email: swwitt@ illinois.edu
The Health Sciences Group of the National Center for Supercomputer
Applications is seeking a Graduate Research Assistant to design,
implement, and test modules for the Center for Clinical and
Translational Science Cyberenvironment.
The work will focus on extending and implementing functionalities in
already existing Open Source environments.
The Health Sciences Group of the National Center for Supercomputer
Applications is seeking a Graduate Research Assistant to design,
implement, and test modules for the Center for Clinical and
Translational Science Cyberenvironment.
The work will focus on designing and branding the Front-End and Back-
end of the already existing Open Source package PHP Schedule-it.
The HDF Group, formerly of NCSA, is a non-profit corporation located in the South Campus
Research Park. We have an opening for an hourly student or other part-time programmer (10-20
hours/week) to do software development work related to scientific data management on Hierarchical
Data Format (HDF) for the rest of the fall 2009 semester and 2010 spring semester. Continued
employment into the summer and subsequent academic years is possible.
HDF is a file format and a set of library routines and utilities for storing, accessing and visualizing
scientific information. HDF is widely used in the scientific community. It is the standard format for
NASA's Earth Observing System, one of the largest data management projects in existence. HDF
software supports many computing platforms, including most UNIX workstations and clusters,
Windows and Macintosh. The primary clientele for HDF includes programmers, engineers and
scientists from a wide range of disciplines. Visit
http://hdfgroup.org for more information.
Duties will include some programming, data processing and running numerical simulations with hydrological, hydraulic, and water quality models.