Undergraduate Intern - High Performance Computing

15 Apr 2024

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OverviewThe Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate (PCSD) researchers lead major R&D efforts in experimental and theoretical interfacial chemistry, chemical analysis, high energy physics, interfacial catalysis, multifunctional materials, and integrated high-performance and data-intensive computing.PCSD is PNNL’s primary steward for research supported by the Department of Energy’s Offices of Basic Energy Sciences, Advanced Scientific Computing Research, and Nuclear Physics, all within the Department of Energy's Office of Science.Additionally, Directorate staff perform research and development for private industry and other government agencies, such as the Department of Defense and NASA. The Directorate's researchers are members of interdisciplinary teams tackling challenges of national importance that cut across all missions of the Department of Energy.ResponsibilitiesThe High-Performance Computing (HPC) Group at PNNL seeks an Undergraduate Intern researcher with a background and interest in building the next generation of HPC systems. Our ideal candidate will have a drive to contribute to world-leading research, gain experience and an understanding of working at a DOE national laboratory, and tackle complex multi-disciplinary projects. We are looking for candidates that could contribute to projects within our ongoing portfolio, covering topics including performance modeling, analysis, and optimization of large-scale scientific workflows; compilers; runtime system software; architecture design and synthesis tools; non-von Neumann computing systems; and distributed scientific computing incorporating edge, cloud, and HPC resources. The candidate will collaborate closely with laboratory personnel in developing leading research and will engage with computing and domain experts and researchers at collaborating national laboratories, universities, and industry partners. Specific topics of interest include:

Architectural design, design automation, and high-level synthesis tools

Performance modeling, analysis, and optimization of scientific workloads on large-scale and distributed systems

Compiler frameworks, including LLVM and MLIR

System software and runtime systems

Programming for scientific workloads, including C and CUDA

AI and ML frameworks, including Tensorflow and PyTorch

Quantum computing algorithms, systems, and simulation

Responsibilities and Accountabilities include:

Working with researchers across disciplines to help shape future computing systems with mission impact

Participating in and potentially leading technical discussions with collaborators

Presentation of research results in peer-reviewed conferences and workshops

Contributing to and developing papers to be submitted to peer-reviewed venues

QualificationsMinimum Qualifications:

Candidates must have a high school diploma /GED or higher

Candidates must be degree-seeking undergraduate students enrolled at an accredited college or university

Candidates must be taking at least 6 credit hours and have an overall cumulative GPA of 2.5

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Full-time
  • ID: #51480582
  • State: Idaho Boise 83701 Boise USA
  • City: Boise
  • Salary: USD TBD TBD
  • Showed: 2024-04-15
  • Deadline: 2024-06-15
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