MLA needs Linux Geeks

http://www.medialabasia.org/job/jobDetail.php?jobId=3D14&typeId=3D10

Linux, System Software, and Networking Scientists =20

Role  =95 What if an operating system were designed specifically for rura=
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India instead of for urban Seattle, Washington? How might it be different=
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in terms of scheduling, memory management, file systems, user interfaces,=
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language support, memory image size, network support... and what if802.11=
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were redesigned for villages instead of office buildings? How would it=20
differ in terms of power requirements, cost, RF properties...? =20
=95 Media Lab Asia aims to radically re-conceptualize, for rural India,=20
system software and network systems in its Systems Laboratory based on=20
the IIT Madras campus in Chennai. Media Lab Asia consists of the renowned=
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Media Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),=20
regional laboratories in Mumbai, Kanpur, New Delhi and Chennai, and=20
participating grassroots communities. The organization has its=20
administrative headquarters in Mumbai. =20
=95 We are looking for world-class scientists and engineers interested in=
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the applications of high-technologies to social and economic development=20
and rural transformation. The successful applicant will have experience=20
in either system software (Linux kernel experience a plus) or network=20
engineering. A Ph.D. is preferred but ambitious new post graduates=20
showing exceptional promise will be considered. =20
=95 Please include an introductory statement of 500 words or less along=20
with your CV. Your email should be composed in clear ASCII text or html.=20
Attachments will not be opened. URL links to relevant websites are=20
welcome =20

Job Closing Date  31st December 2002=20
Special Instruction  =95 To know more about the research topics that Medi=
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Lab Asia is working on click here=20
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Thanks,

Sunil

P.S. MediaLabAsia.org runs on free software::: The site=20
www.medialabasia.org is running Apache/1.3.22 (Unix) (Red-Hat/Linux)=20
mod_ssl/2.8.4 OpenSSL/0.9.6b DAV/1.0.2 PHP/4.2.2 mod_perl/1.24_01 on=20
Linux.=20

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Sunil Abraham [MAHITI]
314/1, 7th Cross, Domlur
Bangalore - 560 071 Karnataka, INDIA
Ph/Fax: +91 80 5352003. Pager: 9624 279519
[email protected] http://www.mahiti.org