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2017

  • 2 min read

The OCF is hiring!

        <p>
          <strong>Update April 8, 2017:</strong>
          The application period is over and we are no longer accepting
          applicants. Thank you so much to everyone who applied!
        </p>
        <p>
            The OCF is making a big transition to having a completely
            self-staffed front desk next semester, and as part of that
            process, we are looking to hire students to be OCF Operations
            staff for the 2017-2018 academic year! This includes two paid
            positions, Operations Assistant and Operations Manager, neither
            of which require any technical experience. These are very
            important roles, and without dedicated and passionate students
            to fill them, the OCF will not be able to stay open next
            semester.
        </p>

        <h3>Operations Assistants</h3>
        <p>
            Operations Assistants will have the following responsibilities:

            <ul>
                <li>Staffing the front desk</li>
                <ul>
                    <li>Maintaining lab security</li>
                    <li>Providing help to OCF members using the lab</li>
                    <li>Carrying out regular lab maintenance</li>
                </ul>
                <li>Working on projects that benefit the OCF</li>
                <ul>
                    <li>Marketing and outreach</li>
                    <li>Collecting feedback on OCF services</li>
                    <li>Organizing events taking place in the lab</li>
                    <li>Researching and applying for additional sources of
                        funding for the OCF</li>
                </ul>
                <li>Attending regular meetings with the Operations Manager
                    and the other Operations Assistants</li>
            </ul>

            This job position will be paid $13.75 per hour. See the
            <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oS3ma415LbtuyeEuuoucWKYLcWOJaWmzhv2nIs5f718/edit">full job description</a>
            for more details.
        </p>

        <h3>Operations Manager</h3>
        <p>
            The Operations Manager will have the same responsibilities as
            the Operations Assistants (see above), except they will spend
            less time staffing the front desk of the OCF, and instead will
            spend the remaining time performing more managerial duties,
            such as leading meetings with the Operations Assistants,
            delegating projects, and scheduling shifts for the OCF front
            desk. This job will involve more responsibilities and use of
            communication skills than the Operations Assistant role, but it
            is also paid more, at $15.75 per hour.
            See the
            <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oS3ma415LbtuyeEuuoucWKYLcWOJaWmzhv2nIs5f718/edit#bookmark=id.im3qxqp4zku2">full job description</a>
            for more details.
        </p>

        <h3>Application</h3>
        <p>
            Applications closed on Tuesday, April 7th at 11:59 PM. If you
            are interested in applying for a future position, you can <a
            href="{% url 'doc' 'contact' %}">contact us</a> for more
            information.
        </p>
  • 2 min read

OCF seeking interest in high-performance computing service

        <p>
          The OCF wants to hear from anyone who is interested in the
          possibility of participating in a free high-performance computing
          (HPC) service that we will be offering starting next academic
          year. Our eventual goal is to make intensive computational
          facilities student-run and freely avilable for all students and
          researchers in the UC Berkeley community.
        </p>
        <p>
          Our current, tentative itinerary is to make an initial hardware
          purchase by the end of the spring 2017 semester, then purchase
          additional hardware in the fall based on input from interested
          parties and feedback from a trial run in the summer or early
          fall. Depending on the success of the service after it launches
          for the entire campus, we will consider expanding it in future
          years to accommodate even more projects of varying sizes and
          needs. To that end, we have created a survey for those who might
          like to see their project run on OCF hardware:
        </p>
        <p><a href="https://goo.gl/forms/ZqC69uhQuUzj9LjK2">
          OCF HPC interest form
        </a></p>
        <p>
          To anyone who may consider hosting a current or future project on
          our open computer infrastructure, we urge you to fill out this
          survey as best as you can, using estimations if you do not have
          all the hard data. We want to see the full breadth of projects on
          campus that have unmet computing needs. Our first server is
          planned to feature multiple high-end graphics cards, a many-core
          CPU, and spacious quantities of RAM and storage, but we will need
          as much input as we can get to make informed decisions if we want
          to make high-performance computing a reality for as many as
          possible.
        </p>
        <p>
          To student groups in particular, we would like to select a few
          candidates for our trial run on limited hardware. We will use our
          experience on this outing to iron out wrinkles and anticipate
          obstacles that may come up during a full run. If this sounds
          interesting to you, please let us know in your response.
        </p>
        <p>
          If you have any questions, don't hesitate to
          <a href="{% url 'doc' 'contact' %}">contact us</a>!
        </p>