Hi! All,<br><br> <br>Few FOSS based python jobs in IIT Bombay. Please forward to anyone interested.<br><br>regards<br>Vivek<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br><br>Hi,<br>
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I've been sending out the following announcement on a few mailing lists I know of. I'd appreciate it *very much* if you could kindly forward this along to any individuals or to other mailing lists of interest. Many thanks!<br>
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regards,<br>
prabhu<br>
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Hello,<br>
<br>
Project positions are open at IIT Bombay for a new government funded<br>
project on adoption of Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) in Indian<br>
science and engineering education. Applicants may email their resumes<br>
along with a one page writeup on why they think they are well suited for<br>
the project to:<br>
<br>
admin.foss[at]<a href="http://iitb.ac.in" target="_blank">iitb.ac.in</a><br>
<br>
News, announcements and details regarding the project are available here:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.aero.iitb.ac.in/%7Eprabhu/Projects/FOSSEducation" target="_blank">http://www.aero.iitb.ac.in/~prabhu/Projects/FOSSEducation</a><br>
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Overview of the project<br>
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<br>
The eventual goal is to replace the use of commercial tools in Indian<br>
science and engineering education at the college level. Towards this we<br>
are working on the following broad themes:<br>
<br>
- Python for scientific computing.<br>
- Scilab (<a href="http://www.scilab.org" target="_blank">http://www.scilab.org</a>, <a href="http://www.scilab.in" target="_blank">http://www.scilab.in</a>).<br>
- Multimedia authoring tool suited for Indian languages with a LaTeX<br>
backend.<br>
- Other projects related to the above.<br>
<br>
I will be personally involved with the "Python for scientific computing"<br>
component. This will broadly involve:<br>
- NumPy (<a href="http://numpy.scipy.org" target="_blank">http://numpy.scipy.org</a>),<br>
- SciPy (<a href="http://www.scipy.org" target="_blank">http://www.scipy.org</a>),<br>
- matplotlib (<a href="http://matplotlib.sf.net" target="_blank">http://matplotlib.sf.net</a>),<br>
- Sage (<a href="http://www.sagemath.org" target="_blank">http://www.sagemath.org</a>),<br>
- Mayavi (<a href="http://code.enthought.com/projects/mayavi" target="_blank">http://code.enthought.com/projects/mayavi</a>),<br>
- ETS (<a href="http://code.enthought.com/projects" target="_blank">http://code.enthought.com/projects</a>),<br>
- SymPy (<a href="http://code.google.com/p/sympy" target="_blank">http://code.google.com/p/sympy</a>),<br>
and various other packages of interest.<br>
<br>
As part of the project you will have opportunity to work with the core<br>
developers of these major projects.<br>
<br>
Requirements<br>
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<br>
The positions are all for a maximum duration of 3 years. The initial<br>
appointment will be for a period of 1 year which will be extended based<br>
on performance.<br>
<br>
- Project manager: 1 position<br>
- Technical writer: 1 position<br>
- Software Developers/content generators:<br>
- Python: 4 positions<br>
- Scilab: 3 positions<br>
- LaTeX: 2 positions<br>
<br>
You will need to stay on campus or commute to IITB. Accommodation will<br>
be provided if available, otherwise HRA will be provided.<br>
<br>
Qualifications<br>
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Project manager:<br>
- Good knowledge of programming and open source software community<br>
- People management<br>
- Communication<br>
- Organizational skills<br>
<br>
Technical writer:<br>
- Excellent language and communication skills (spoken and written)<br>
- Familiarity with computers<br>
- Willingness to learn<br>
<br>
Programmers/content generators:<br>
- Willingness to learn<br>
- Good programming skills<br>
- Passion for FOSS<br>
- Experience with FOSS<br>
- Good math and science skills<br>
<br>
System administration and web development skills are also required so<br>
strong applications with those skills would also be considered.<br>
Experience with Python/Scilab/LaTeX is a plus. Experience with working<br>
on a FOSS project is a big plus.<br>
<br>
Job description<br>
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<br>
As part of this project you will work towards creating material for<br>
adoption of the various existing FOSS tools in the science and<br>
engineering curriculum. This will involve generation of a significant<br>
amount of documentation in the form of tutorials, audio/video<br>
demonstrations, written material, and lectures. The material will often<br>
go towards augmenting existing courses. The project will involve<br>
working with several well known packages and improving them both in<br>
terms of documentation and code to add features or fix bugs.<br>
<br>
We will be hosting several workshops, sprints and conferences where you<br>
will get to meet the developers of many important packages.<br>
<br>
Remuneration<br>
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The pay will be in the range Rs. 10000 to 30000 depending on the<br>
qualifications and experience. For extra-ordinary people the upper limit is flexible. Accommodation will be provided on campus if available.<br>
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Why you should apply<br>
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- You get paid to improve and write FOSS.<br>
- You get to do really meaningful work -- your work will influence<br>
generations of future students all over India and potentially<br>
elsewhere.<br>
- You get to work on some of the most important projects that will<br>
influence the future of science and engineering.<br>
- You get to meet and work with the authors of various important<br>
packages.<br>
- You will be at IIT Bombay and will have best of both worlds --<br>
good pay and an academic environment.<br>
<br>
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<br>
Thanks.<br><font color="#888888">
Prabhu Ramachandran <a href="http://www.aero.iitb.ac.in/%7Eprabhu" target="_blank">http://www.aero.iitb.ac.in/~prabhu</a><br>
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