IIT, Kanpur Project Scientist Recruitment
Date of Posting: 31/01/2024
Hiring Institute: The Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Organization Profile: The Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, one of the most esteemed institutions founded by the Indian government, was founded in 1959. At the undergraduate, graduate, and doctorate levels, IIT Kanpur provides a variety of courses in five distinct fields. In the Engineering category of the NIRF Ranking 2023, IIT Kanpur is rated third.Additionally, India Today 2023 ranks the university third in the engineering (government) and engineering categories.
For research and academic endeavours, IIT Kanpur has collaborations/ tie-ups with the majority of the world’s leading institutes and universities such as Imperial College of London, Deakin University, Melbourne School of Engineering, etc. At global level, IIT Kanpur is ranked 278 by the QS World University Rankings 2024 under the category of Top Global Universities category, 6 by the QS World University Rankings: Southern Asia 2024 and 63 by the QS World University Rankings: Asia 2024.
Positions:
- Project Scientist 1 (Two positions)
Position Description: The goal is to use machine learning algorithms such as deep neural networks, and support vector machines as surrogate models to accurately estimate the vertical turbulent fluxes in the regional Indian Ocean model at low resolutions
thereby improving the accuracy of the ocean circulation at low resolutions. The project scientist will use National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory’s (GFDL) Modular Ocean Model (MOM5) to collect high-resolution and low-resolution SGS flux data at all grid points and will develop machine learning-based surrogate models that will take low and high-resolution data, obtained from the previous step, as input and output respectively. Once the surrogate model is validated and tested it
will be incorporated into the regional Indian Ocean model for estimating the SGS fluxes for different initialization and surface forcings at low resolution. Finally, the project scientist will compare these results with analogous highresolution simulations/observational data.
This is a full-time appointment. The successful candidate will receive a salary of ₹56,000 + 18% HRA (if housing is not provided by the hosting institute) as per DST regulations. The initial appointment is for one year with the possibility of a second-year renewal subject to satisfactory performance.
Department have Vacancies: Mechanical Engineering
Qualifications: The candidate must have a PhD degree, preferably in Mechanical Engineering (with focus on computational fluid dynamics), Oceanography, Geophysical fluid dynamics, Computer science or a related field and is prepared to adapt or
develop codes. Experience with Ocean models such as Modular Ocean Model (MOM5), Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS) or HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM) is highly desirable. Additional preferable skills include a good knowledge of Python, or PyTorch, and Machine learning.
Instructions: The position remains open until filled. Applicants will be asked to provide a current CV, publication list, a maximum two-page research statement including references, and two referees’ names and contact details. Review of the applications will start immediately. Interested candidates may please send all the above-mentioned details to Dr. Anikesh Pal ( [email protected] ), Department of Mechanical Engineering IIT Kanpur.
Last Date –05 February 2024
Job Location: Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Website URL: https://www.iitk.ac.in/
College Address:
The Indian Institute of Technology,
G66M+W5J, Kalyanpur,
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208016