I will ask around Keith.  If Dwayne is still there Jesse Wiley said to tell you 
both hello.

Sincerely,

Drew Clarke

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From: General [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Keith Thorne
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2016 1:30 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [brlug-general] Background on Keith Thorne - LIGO Livingston 
Observatory

Dear Dustin and other.

  Hello.  This is Keith Thorne.  I am the head of the Computing and Electronics 
Group at the LIGO Livingston Observatory.    You may have heard of us back in 
February when we announce the first detection of gravitational waves (predicted 
by Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity).

My specific areas are the interferometer control and data acquisition computers 
and software. These are pretty much all Linux systems that have to run 24/7 to 
operate the laser interferometer. Some are running a real-time-patched version 
of Linux for very low latency (~ micro-seconds).  We are running some Gentoo 
but mostly Ubuntu 12. We are now transitioning to Scientific Linux 7.  We do a 
bit of shell scripting, as well as Python and Perl.  The custom software we 
maintain is written in C or C++.

We are also looking for an Linux System Administrator at the Assistant level to 
help with our data acquisition and large grid computer used for data analysis.  
Please see the ad at the CalTech web-site 

https://jobs.caltech.edu/postings/5362

We have had trouble getting personnel from cities on the coasts to relocate 
here, so definitely hope there is some local talent (or talent that wants to 
move back to the area) who would be interested.

Sincerely, 

Keith Thorne

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Keith Thorne <[email protected]> CDS Software Engineer LIGO 
Livingston Laboratory Livingston, LA 70754
Phone: (225)686-3168 Fax: (225)686-7189


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