<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><br></div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> "Krizel, Lauren" <<a href="mailto:KrizelL@si.edu">KrizelL@si.edu</a>><br><b>Date:</b> August 11, 2016 at 2:51:39 PM EDT<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:CTFSNET@si-listserv.si.edu">CTFSNET@SI-LISTSERV.SI.EDU</a><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>CTFSNET: CTFS-ForestGEO Opportunity: Seeking R Package Developer</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> "Center for Trop. Forest Science Network" <<a href="mailto:CTFSNET@si-listserv.si.edu">CTFSNET@SI-LISTSERV.SI.EDU</a>><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;">The Center for Tropical Forest Science – Forest Global Earth Observatory (CTFS-ForestGEO) is a global network of researchers exploring the diversity and long-term dynamics of the world’s
forests using large-scale forest plot data in 25 countries (<a href="http://www.forestgeo.si.edu/">http://www.forestgeo.si.edu/</a>). </span></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">CTFS-ForestGEO developed and maintains a complete data system for storing and updating tree census results for the CTFS-ForestGEO network on a MySQL server. To further comparative data analysis, CTFS-ForestGEO developed
a package of analytical software in the R programming language, “The CTFS R Package” (<a href="http://ctfs.si.edu/Public/CTFSRPackage/">http://ctfs.si.edu/Public/CTFSRPackage/</a>), designed specifically for use with repeated censuses of the CTFSForestGEO
data. This package is central to research within CTFS-ForestGEO, and is broadly used by the forest ecology community.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">CTFS-ForestGEO seeks a person to update and optimize the R package and establish a framework for future maintenance and expansion. We are looking for someone able to clearly document help pages and to write easy-to-read
code. The R developer will work closely with users of the functions, so ability to communicate and understand the needs of a broad range of researchers and students is important.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The tasks involved in the position are:</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">- Produce and maintain a package sensu stricto (currently we have functions and help file, but they are not compliant with current R version).</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">- Set up a fully documented and active github (or other) repository for the package.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">- Fully document the functions and complete help files for each function.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">- Optimize code for speed.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">- Integrate code written by other researchers into the package.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">- Integrate the existing R functions to interact directly with output tables from the MySQL database.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">- Write new functions to help in the pre-processing and formatting of CTFS-ForestGEO data.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Required skills:</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">- Experience in building R packages, good understanding of S3 and S4 methods, and knowledge of generic R work as well as R environments.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">- Experience in git and github.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">- Experience in code debugging, profiling, and optimizing.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Desirable skills:</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">- Experience with R Markdown and Shiny.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">- Experience with lower level languages, ideally C++.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">- Previous experience with forest ecology or plant dynamics.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><b>For further information on the position please contact Dr. Stuart Davies (<a href="mailto:daviess@si.edu">daviess@si.edu</a>), Director, CTFS-ForestGEO.</b></font></div>
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To learn more about CTFS - ForestGEO, visit our website (<a href="http://www.forestgeo.si.edu">www.forestgeo.si.edu</a>), twitter (<a href="http://twitter.com/forestgeo">twitter.com/forestgeo</a>) and newsblog (<a href="http://ctfsnews.blogspot.com">ctfsnews.blogspot.com</a>).
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