Will “Computational Scientist” be Automated?

Core Skills & Abilities

• Assign or schedule tasks to meet work priorities and goals.

• Meet with managers, vendors, and others to solicit cooperation and resolve problems.

• Participate in staffing decisions and direct training of subordinates.

• Consult with users, management, vendors, and technicians to determine computing needs and system requirements.

• Maintain network hardware and software, direct network security measures, and monitor networks to ensure availability to system users.

• Participate in multidisciplinary projects in areas such as virtual reality, human-computer interaction, or robotics.

• Evaluate project plans and proposals to assess feasibility issues.

• Develop and interpret organizational goals, policies, and procedures.

• Analyze problems to develop solutions involving computer hardware and software.

• Design computers and the software that runs them.

• Conduct logical analyses of business, scientific, engineering, and other technical problems, formulating mathematical models of problems for solution by computers.

• Apply theoretical expertise and innovation to create or apply new technology, such as adapting principles for applying computers to new uses.

• Approve, prepare, monitor, and adjust operational budgets.

• Develop performance standards, and evaluate work in light of established standards.

• Direct daily operations of departments, coordinating project activities with other departments.