The Technical Assistant works in close connection with the students and investigators in ACROSS, to contribute, with his/her skills in computer science, web-based technologies, and communication, to a better integration and greater efficiency of the research conducted in ACROSS:
- Making sure that all the software and experimental setups produced in the lab are up and working
- Helping to coordinate the computer developments made by the team on GitHub
- Setting up and maintaining the website of the laboratory as well as the websites of the associated projects (PREMISS, SUCCESS, GAMA, COMOKIT…)
- Designing, with the researchers, the experimental setups for participatory simulations and the access to high-performance computing infrastructures
- Ensuring that online resources (incl. online simulations and demos on the GAMA platform https://gama-platform.org) are accessible and up to date
- Applying software engineering methods to improve the quality of the code produced in the project