Interested in working on a cutting-edge software for computational modeling of biological systems this summer?
The computational biology team (http://www.helikarlab.org) in the Department of Biochemistry is looking for a software development student assistant to work on a web-based life sciences computational modeling and real-time simulation platform (http://www.cellcollective.org). Primary focus is on scalability of the technology as well as user-intuitiveness. You will work closely with senior software engineers, computational biologists, and educators to enable the life sciences community of students and researchers to simulate and analyze computer models of biological systems through a cutting-edge technology.
Responsibilities:
* Build, tune, and test overall computational modeling platform
* Apply multiple techniques to optimize performance
* Extend our JavaScript-WebGL visualization library for large-scale networks
* Assist in development of a server-side simulation engine
* Work closely with users who will be iteratively providing feedback about the usability of the technology
Required skills:
* Demonstrated proficiency in one or both: Oracle Java (7/8) and JavaScript (ES6)
* Within JavaScript, experience in React, Node.js, AngularJS, WebGL is a big plus
Desired skills:
Experience with computational models and simulations in life sciences (e.g., SBML, etc)
Education:
Current good standing in an undergraduate and/or graduate program
The start date is immediate, and the opportunity is for the summer, with a possible extension to next year (depending on performance).
If interested, please send your resume and transcript to Dr. Tomas Helikar at thelikar2 at unl dot edu.
More details at: http://www.helikarlab.org