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Interesting! I have a few ideas on some awesome things I could do with a billion CPU hours, though I'm not one hundred percent sure whether I can get a proposal
by hugh3 16y ago
Interesting! I have a few ideas on some awesome things I could do with a billion CPU hours, though I'm not one hundred percent sure whether I can get a proposal together by the end of May.
The eligibility is a little unclear though... at one point it says "up to 10 distinguished researchers and postdoctoral scholars worldwide", while elsewhere it says "Awardees will participate through Google’s Visiting Faculty Program; faculty members need to have full-time status at an academic institution". So are postdocs invited to apply or not?
edit: Oh, the page could also use some information about memory per node.
- TheEzEzz 16y agoPostdocs are full-time faculty members. They just aren't permanent.
- gammarator 16y agoNo, postdocs are not faculty. They may be classified as staff, as fellows, or even as students [1-2], but they aren't members of faculty senates. [1] http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2000_11_10/noDOI.10424127276070392774 http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previou... [2] http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2000_11_17/noDOI.10424127276085878637 http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previou...
- TheEzEzz 16y agoAt my current university all postdocs in my department carry the official title of Visiting Assistant Professor. They are listed under the tab 'Visiting Faculty' on the departmental website. At least in name they are faculty, and they are professors.
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- bbgm 16y agoThat's unique. Having many friends who were, or are still, postdocs, they were almost always staff, but not faculty in any sense (in the US at least)