Institution / Department:
Beaulieu-Saucier Pharmacogenomics Center
U. Montreal (Montreal, Canada Area)

Description:
Summary
Responsible for all data manipulation and data management tasks for the center. This includes the design and maintenance of databases (Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server) to support internal software development; handling of very large data transformation tasks, often converting very large (100+ gB) flat files into a different format for analysis. Development of internal reporting solutions from several different data sources, using SQL and web-based programmatic solutions (Perl). Needs to be comfortable with data manipulation from a wide variety of data sources (flat files, Excel Spreadsheets, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server and custom sources).

Needed skills
- At least two years of professional experience as a data achitect
- Strong data architecture skills
- Strong SQL/PLSQL
- Strong knowledge of Perl
- Strong knowledge of Linux
- Ability to write ETL code
- Knowledge of web-based programming
- Good knowledge of database administration tasks for Oracle, MySQL and SQL Server (backup, restore, cloning and performance tuning)
- Working knowledge of french and english, but spoken and written

Desired skill
- Knowledge of pharmacogenomics or genetics

Application deadline :
Friday, November 19th, 2010

Contact :
Christopher Beck
cbeck[at]pharmacogenomics.ca

Institution / Department:
Beaulieu-Saucier Pharmacogenomics Center
U. Montreal (Montreal, Canada Area)

Description:
Roles and Duties: This position will participate in the development of cutting-edge software applications and suites dedicated to solving the most pressing and complex challenges in translational biomedical science. A Junior-Level Bioinformatician will work closely with senior members of the PGx team and will contribute to all facets of programming and application building. Specific projects may include front-end web interface/web service development, back-end computational programming, algorithm/tool development, or process scripting. Additional responsibilities will consist of specification/documentation writing, broad-scope and unit-level quality assurance and testing, and diligent code and application maintenance. A junior-level bioinformatician will also be expected to manage project timelines and deadlines and organize team support over multiple project tasks.

REQUIREMENTS:
- A BA/BS in Computer Science, Information Science, or a related field is required for this position.
- Specific experience with Java/C# and Perl (or an equivalent scripting language) is required.
- Experience creating and managing relational databases and familiarity with UNIX environments is desired.
- Prior web development experience (PHP, HTML, Ruby on Rails) is required for this position.
- At least two years’ programming experience is desired.
- Candidate must show a demonstrated aptitude for learning and programming in new languages, possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Application deadline :
Friday, November 19th, 2010

Contact :
Christopher Beck
cbeck[at]pharmacogenomics.ca

Download seminar poster
Talk Title :
Functional genomics applied to breast and prostate cancer

Date / Time / Location:
Thursday December 16^th, 2010 – 4:00 pm
Room S1-151 at IRIC

Affiliation :
Norris Cotton Cancer Center

URL
Mathieu Lupien

Abstract :
Coming soon…

Institution / Department:
LISA lab
U. Montreal campus, Pavillon Aisenstadt (Montreal, Canada Area)

Description:
The LISA machine learning lab looking for a full-time software developer with experience in large code bases constructed by a team of programmers, with at least a bachelor degree in computer science or software engineering or the equivalent. Preference is given to those with experience in python and C/C++ under linux and open-source code management tools. Prior knowledge in machine learning and statistics are a plus but not necessary to start the job (they will be acquired or refined over the first few months on the job). See the Theano library for an example of the code development taking place at the lab. An important quality of the person sought is leadership, to manage the development of applied machine learning projects or of such a library, with a team of a dozen or more graduate students. That person will be expected to present and explain his ideas and his work, verbally or in writing, and to interact with the lab’s industrial partners, who apply and port into their products the algorithms developed in the lab. Knowledge of French is a plus, as both French and English are used in the lab.

To abide by Canadian labor laws, preference must be given to Canadian citizens or residents.

Skills

Python programming, C++, open source software development, leadership/management skills, numerical computation, statistics, machine learning, French language, written/oral communication skills, agile programming

Application deadline :
Ongoing — until position is filled

Contact :
Yoshua Bengio, bengioy[at]iro.umontreal.ca

Company Description

The LISA is a very successful research lab, with a large number of publications every year, several industrial contracts, and two chairs with long-term funding. The candidate will participate in research projects and technology transfer, and be expected not only to contribute and lead software development efforts but also to interact with partners. The LISA machine learning lab is part of the computer science department of Université de Montréal.

Fondée en 1878, l’Université de Montréal forme aujourd’hui avec ses deux écoles affiliées, l’École Polytechnique et HEC Montréal, le premier complexe universitaire au Québec et le deuxième au Canada. Elle accueille plus de 55 000 étudiants, emploie 10 000 personnes et décerne près de 10 000 diplômes à tous les cycles d’études. Montréalaise par ses racines, internationale par vocation, l’Université de Montréal compte parmi les plus grandes universités de la francophonie.