
     As an Assistant Scientist, the applicant will be required
initially to supervise research in an ongoing project funded by the
National Science Foundation (NSF), research grant contract number
9872125.  Due to a move by its Principal Investigator (Geoffrey Fox)
this project is being transferred from Syracuse University to Florida
State University.  The project is entitled "HPspmd: Data Parallel SPMD
Programming Models from Fortran to Java", and the contract requires
continuation of research on, and delivery of software relating to, a
novel "HPspmd" model of parallel computing.  This model combines
features of Single Program Multiple Data programming model with
features from the High Performance Fortran programming language.  The
applicant will supervise research assistants, already at FSU, who are
developing the required software.  He will also lecture on subjects
related to his areas of expertise.

     Since the identified candidate (Carpenter) was a principal author
and named researcher on the original NSF proposal, a designer of the
HPspmd model, and has supervised the associated research for the last
16 months, he is uniquely well-qualified for this very specialized
position.

