Visualization and Computer Graphics HPC Applicatio

Description

The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) is being built in Saudi Arabia as an international, graduate-level research university dedicated to inspiring a new age of scientific achievement in the Kingdom, the region, and beyond. As an independent, merit-based institution, KAUST will enable top researchers from around the globe and across all cultures to work together to solve challenging scientific and technological issues. Secured with a multibillion dollar endowment and an independent international Board of Trustees, KAUST will partner with the world’s leading universities, research institutions, and the private sector to become a major new contributor to the global network of collaborative research. The environmentally sensitive campus, located on 3,200 acres on the Red Sea at Thuwal, is set to open in September 2009.

KAUST has recently partnered with the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to build and conduct joint research on the world’s most advanced visualization laboratory known as Cornea. Cornea will host the world’s highest resolution and brightest VL6 Virtual Environment featuring a 100 million pixel system that will provide pure 20/20 visual acuity in a fully three-dimensional environment for KAUST researchers, students, and partners.

Job Description: As part of a team develop, extend, and optimize HPC visualization software to support scientific research on the KAUST campus.

Job Duties:
• Install, modify, extend, and optimize HPC software on graphics clusters.
• Optimize visualization and graphics software for use tiled displays.
• Optimize visualization and graphics software for scientific applications.
• Write and optimize software for HPC visualization activity.
• Optimize visualization and graphics software for large data (>1TB) interaction.