The Centre of Policy Studies (CoPS) in Victoria University is a world-leading centre for creating and applying Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) models -- large multi-sectoral economic models covering either a single country or the whole world. As well as publishing and training graduate students, CoPS undertakes many CGE consulting jobs, in Australia and overseas.
Underlying CoPS CGE modelling is the GEMPACK software system developed and used in-house, but also marketed and used worldwide. GEMPACK is used to solve very large systems of simultaneous equations that arise from modern CGE models. GEMPACK is coded by a small team using 2 languages: Fortran and (for GUI programs) Delphi/Pascal. Windows is the primary target OS, but Linux is also supported.
We seek another person to assist with GEMPACK maintenance, support and development (particularly the Fortran part); and to occasionally assist other CoPS workers with more complex simulations. A key part of the work consists of understanding and maintaining the Fortran codebase (around 250,000 lines of code). Code changes will be prompted by: problems reported by users; changes in the Fortran dialect; evolution of MsWindows; and the extension of GEMPACK's techniques or capacities.
We seek chiefly a passion for, and experience in, computer programming. Experience with Fortran would be a strong advantage. Some maths background is needed -- including a little elementary calculus and linear algebra. An interest in Economics would be useful, as would experience with the Delphi language.
Job Location: Flinders St campus of Victoria University, in central Melbourne.
Useful links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computable_general_equilibrium
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gempack
http://www.copsmodels.com/about.htm
http://www.copsmodels.com/gempack.htm
http://www.copsmodels.com/gpmanual.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphi_(programming_language)
