one of the leading fusion research centers, investigating magnetically
confined plasmas for future energy production. Both experimental and
theoretical approaches are being used, with the latter often based on
massively parallel computer simulations on present-day supercomputers.
The theory departement invites applications for a
Master's thesis
in the area of Scientific Computing or Computational Physics.
In the framework of a new multinational project and in close cooperation with the Technical University Munich and the Computing
Center of the Max Planck Society, one of the leading plasma turbulence
simulation codes (gene.rzg.mpg.de) will be prepared for future
exascale architectures.
In particular, it is planned to port the code to a GPU Cluster using
the CUDA interface.
Applicants should study physics, computer science, or applied
mathematics, and must have strong interests in Scientific Computing.
Good programming skills in either C or Fortran are indispensable.
Experience in programming of GPUs and/or parallelization with
MPI/OpenMP are a plus, but not necessary.
For questions please contact Dr. Tilman Dannert (Dannert@rzg.mpg.de).
Please address your application containing your curriculum vitae and
a description of your research interests to Prof. Frank Jenko,
Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Boltzmannstr. 2, 85748 Garching
(Jenko@ipp.mpg.de).