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PhD starting in January/February 2020 on Advanced debugging with Pharo

by Stéphane Ducasse

Dear Friends We just learned that we have a PhD grant for three years in the RMOD team. The problem is that the PhD should start January or February of 2020. We are looking for potential candidates. Please contact Steven Costiou <steven.costiou(a)inria.fr> The topics are around the following theme: - On-the-fly debugging of concurrent and unstoppable progams - Live back-in-time debugging - Concurrent object-centric debugging - Dynamic and unanticipated VM upgrades with new debugging primitives for the debugging of unstoppable programs - Transforming debugging instrumentation into unit tests - Transforming debugging instrumentation into software updates / patches (in unstoppable programs) - English - Good communication - Good oop and Pharo is a big plus :) Here is some information about the PhD - 108 000 KEuros for three years (around 1600 Euros monthly) - Typical rent is around 400-600 Euros - Food is good and not expensive - Metro/buses is 21 Euros per month - Lille is located 30 min from Brussels, 1 hour from Paris, 1,3 hours of train from London. - 120 000 students over two large campuses and multiple schools - The team has a long experience of working with foreigners: Mariano MartinezPeck, Nick Papoulias, Pablo Tesone, Guillermo Polito…. all did a PhD with us. We have around 10 nationalities in the tearm. Some old interviews of RMOD people - https://nicolas.petton.fr/blog/interview-jean-baptiste.html - https://nicolas.petton.fr/blog/interview-clara.html#orgaa9e1b8 -https://www.letudiant.fr/palmares/palmares-des-villes-etudiantes/lille.html -------------------------------------------- Stéphane Ducasse http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr / http://www.pharo.org 03 59 35 87 52 Assistant: Julie Jonas FAX 03 59 57 78 50 TEL 03 59 35 86 16 S. Ducasse - Inria 40, avenue Halley, Parc Scientifique de la Haute Borne, Bât.A, Park Plaza Villeneuve d'Ascq 59650 France -------------------------------------------- Stéphane Ducasse http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr http://www.synectique.eu / http://www.pharo.org 03 59 35 87 52 Assistant: Julie Jonas FAX 03 59 57 78 50 TEL 03 59 35 86 16 S. Ducasse - Inria 40, avenue Halley, Parc Scientifique de la Haute Borne, Bât.A, Park Plaza Villeneuve d'Ascq 59650 France

Oct. 9, 2019

Jobs

by Stéphane Ducasse

Hi guys Here is a job offer in US. Stef JOB DESCRIPTION Smalltalk Programmer/Developer Hunt Valley, MD 21031 (*Remote) Accepted Rate: *OPEN TO ANY/ALL W2 HOURLY RATES AT THIS TIME Start: ASAP Duration: 6-9 month contract (option to hire, if desired) The Smalltalk Programmer will develop and/or maintain simple to moderately complex software components of the business application system. Other essential job functions include creating and executing test plans, defining test cases, and establishing test data, and the review of testing results to ensure that the system meets business requirements and design. Functional: · Work on new and existing features for some of Fiserv’s customer-facing platforms. · Participate in agile software development and code reviews with the team. · Write testable, well thought-out code. · Implementation, documentation, and quality assurance of code you help write. Must haves: · Extensive working experience in Smalltalk language using IBM Visual Age Smalltalk, Object Studio, Visual Smalltalk and Visual Works Smalltalk. · Unix background – Unix scripting like Korn shell, AWK. · Ability to work under heavy load and on parallel projects · Analytical and conceptual skills. · Very good team player and ability to work autonomously. Nice to haves: · SmallTalk application hosting using JBoss or similar middleware. · Solid coordination skills. · Strong personal commitment to meet goals. · Strong oral and written communication skills. · Strong leadership skills. · Very good team player and ability to work autonomously. Interview process: Manager reaches out to candidate + 1 Smalltalk contractor included for technical vetting. F2F may or may not be required (potentially 1 round), not likely for remote. Best Regards, Paige Evans | Senior Recruiter CYBERSEARCH phone 847-879-1292 | text 847-879-1292 <http://cybsearch.com/?utm_source=em&utm_medium=sig&utm_campaign=web> Let’s Connect! https://www.linkedin.com/in/evanspaige/ <https://www.linkedin.com/in/evanspaige/> Let’s Chat! Schedule a time to chat that works for you! https://calendly.com/paige-evans-cybersearch <https://calendly.com/paige-evans-cybersearch> Let’s Tweet! https://twitter.com/PaigeEv19828771 <https://twitter.com/PaigeEv19828771> cybsearch.com <http://cybsearch.com/?utm_source=em&utm_medium=sig&utm_campaign=web> | search jobs <http://cybsearch.com/information-technology-jobs/?utm_source=em&utm_medium=…> follow us <https://www.linkedin.com/company/cybersearch?trk=company_logo> <https://www.facebook.com/CYBERSEARCH> <https://twitter.com/cybersearch> -------------------------------------------- Stéphane Ducasse http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr http://www.synectique.eu / http://www.pharo.org 03 59 35 87 52 Assistant: Julie Jonas FAX 03 59 57 78 50 TEL 03 59 35 86 16 S. Ducasse - Inria 40, avenue Halley, Parc Scientifique de la Haute Borne, Bât.A, Park Plaza Villeneuve d'Ascq 59650 France

Oct. 9, 2019

Smalltalk Employment

by Norm Green

GemTalk has a customer in Canada looking for Smalltalkers in the greater Toronto area. Please email if you know someone who would be interested. Norm

Oct. 8, 2019