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Bruce Berriman is an astronomer and computer scientist at the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center, California Institute of Technology.-
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Category Archives: jobs
Choosing A File System When Running Applications on the Amazon EC2 Cloud
The cloud provides a powerful environment for running workflow applications, which communicate data between tasks using files. The processing environment must provide access to files, either through a shared file system or by transferring data between nodes. Amazon EC2 provides … Continue reading
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Application of a Distributed Cloud to High Energy Physics Data
Recently, I came across an interesting paper by R.J. Sobie et al. (2011) called “Data Intensive High Energy Physics Analysis in a Distributed Cloud.” I am interested in applications of cloud computing to astronomy, so this paper took my eye. … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud computing, cyberinfrastructure, Data Management, High Energy Physics, High performance computing, information sharing, jobs, Parallelization, programming
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Resumes, interviews and getting jobs
I thought that this week, I might offer some tips on these two essential parts of getting jobs. I have been on both ends of resumes and interviews for many years, but I wanted to give a employer’s perspective on … Continue reading
Was It Hard To Return To Astronomy and Research?
This was the most common question I was asked about my last post. I spent several years in Earth Sciences before returning to astronomy in 2000 as the Manager of the Infrared Science Archive (IRSA) at IPAC, Caltech. My position … Continue reading
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How I Survived in Astronomy
The Astrobetter site has some very good posts and sane advice on getting jobs and building a career. This week, with the job season upon us, I decided to write about how I managed to stay in astronomy. I hope … Continue reading
