Open positions related to CP2K can be posted on this page.

Two postdoctoral positions are available immediately for a joint project on linear scaling electronic structure methods between the University of Zurich (Prof. Juerg Hutter, Department of Chemistry) and ETH Zurich (Prof. Joost VandeVondele, Department of Materials), funded by the Swiss Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing ( PASC ).

Within the project an open-source library for sparse matrix multiplication ( DBCSR ) [3] will be further developed. Functionality implemented in the DBCSR library will be used to improve performance and scalability of the linear scaling DFT code within the CP2K program package. The same numerical algorithms will also be applied for reduced scaling methods for wavefunction based correlation schemes (RPA, MP2), see e.g. [1,2] for an overview.

The positions are initially for one year, but funding is available for planned extensions. The salary is approximately 76,000 CHF/year for a starting postdoc.

The candidate will need excellent knowledge in development of computational algorithms with experience in parallel computing and a basic background in physics or chemistry. He/she must be willing to engage with the community and drive the project towards a public release. Experience with large software projects or electronic structure methods is an advantage.

Please apply directly either to Juerg Hutter (hutter@chem.uzh.ch) or Joost VandeVondele (Joost.VandeVondele@mat.ethz.ch) or both, including a CV, a brief summary of your competence or achievements in the field, and a list of two references.

• [1] Joost VandeVondele et al., JCTC 8, 3565-3573 (2012)
• [2] Mauro Del Ben et al., JCTC 9, 2654-2671 (2013)
• [3] Urban Borstnik et al. ASAP parallel computing