Professor in Visualization at UiB.no

The Department of Informatics (UiB.no/ii) at the University of Bergen in Norway (UiB.no) has the opportunity to hire a new professor (a full, i.e., tenured professor) into the visualization research group there (ii.UiB.no/vis) with the overall goal to achieve a good complementary fit with the existing research/teaching profile in visualization.

The position has been announced via the jobbnorge-portal (jobbnorge.no/job.aspx?jobid=78722), together with a description of the environment and the plans wrt. the new professor, and the application deadline was set to Dec. 22nd, 2011.

Questions can be addressed to Helwig Hauser (prof. in vis. @ UiB) or Petter Bjørstad (head of the Dept.).

2012-2013 IBM Herman Goldstine Postdoctoral Fellowship in Mathematical Sciences

2012-2013 IBM Herman Goldstine Memorial Postdoctoral Fellowship in Mathematical Sciences

The Business Analytics and Mathematical Sciences Department of the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center invites applications for its 2012-2013 Herman Goldstine Memorial Postdoctoral Fellowship for research in mathematical and computer sciences.

http://www.research.ibm.com/goldstine

Research Fellow in Computer Graphics. University of Warwick - WMG

http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/ADK184/research-fellow-in-computer-graphics/

University of Warwick - WMG

£27,428 - £35,788 pa

Fixed Term Contract until 30 September 2012

Within the Visualisation Group you will develop and implement rendering algorithms for the EPSRC grant "Dynamic Real-World Lighting for Complex Scenes with Applications to Design of the Built Environment".

You will also help within the constantly evolving portfolio of research, assistance in the identification of funding opportunities and preparation of proposals, preparation of reports, paper and presentations, conference organisation and other project related activities as required. You will deal with our international collaborators and colleagues on a regular basis via phone and email, and "meet and greet" when required. You will disseminate relevant information and queries to the Theme and Group leaders, the research team and other University of Warwick personnel as required.

You will possess a PhD in Computer Science or related discipline, or equivalent. You will have a knowledge of high-dynamic range imagery and physically-based rendering, in particular in programming ray traced based renderers. You will have the ability to organise and interact with a busy group with varied workloads and schedules. You will have experience of a research environment. With excellent IT skills, strong interpersonal skills and good verbal and written communication skills you will be willing to travel occasionally within the UK and possibly overseas.

Click here for further details of the post in Microsoft Word format.

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Click here for an application form.

An application form must be completed if you wish to be considered for this post.

Minicom users can call 024 7615 0554 if they require any further help.

Please quote job vacancy reference number 71249-101.

The closing date/time for applications is midnight (British time) at the end of Thursday 17 November 2011.

For further details on how to apply for a post at Warwick, the employee benefits that we offer, information on Warwick people, what it is like working at Warwick, and more, please see our jobs introduction page.

The university values diversity.

Job opening: IMPA - VISGRAF Laboratory

The Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IMPA) invites
applications for a research position in Visual Computing.
This appointment has an initial duration of one year, with a possible
extension to one additional year, and monthly take-home earnings of
R$ 7,500.00 (approximately US$ 4,500.00 at June 2011 exchange rate).
Candidates must have a PhD degree in Applied Mathematics,
Computer Science, or related fields and, at least, one year of
post-doctoral experience at an international research institution.

IMPA, located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is widely recognized as
one of the leading mathematical centers worldwide.
Its main goal is the generation of high level mathematical research.
It also offers graduate programs at MSc and PhD levels.

We seek an excellent researcher whose interests match the
activities of the VISGRAF Laboratory at IMPA, whose aim is to advance
the mathematical and algorithmic foundations of Visual Computing for
promoting the development of innovative media-related technologies
and applications.
The Lab's projects are described at http://www.visgraf.impa.br

Applications should be made on-line until November 30, 2011 at
http://www.impa.br/opencms/en/pesquisa/postdoc/2011/computacao_grafica.html
Detailed information on the application procedures can be found in this
site.

Further inquiries should be addressed to pdopen@impa.br
The decisions will be announced on January, 2012.

Postdoctoral opportunity at the Bristol Interaction and Graphics group

The Bristol Interaction and Graphics group (big.cs.bris.ac.uk) of the
University of Bristol is seeking to appoint a post-doctoral researcher
with expertise in the area of in ultrasound sensor use and
measurement or in haptic interaction. Ideally, you will have expertise
in both topics, and it is anticipated that you will have skills in one
of these two topics with an interest in learning more about the other.

The project will investigate the use of ultrasound transducers to
provide ‘feelable’ feedback through air to provide multi-point haptic
feedback on the surface of a multi-touch horizontal surface. You will
develop experiments and simulations concerning the use of ultrasound
sensors for generating force-feedback at multiple locations on a
surface and identify physical setup for an integrated multi-touch
system.

Within these objectives there will be plenty of freedom and
flexibility in shaping the research project. You will work closely
with collaborators from the Bristol Ultrasonics group and the Glasgow
Interactive Systems group. The ultimate key requirement is to
demonstrate academic excellence through high-quality peer-reviewed
papers and strong interaction with the peer-community.

You will have a PhD in a related discipline, good hardware
photocopying skills and experience with haptic technologies and/or
Ultrasound sensors. You will also have hardware prototyping skills
together with experience with haptic technologies and /or ultrasound
censors.


Further details and an application form can be found at
http://www.bris.ac.uk/boris/jobs/feeds/ads?ID=103731

Important Details:
Closing Date for application: 30 November 2011
Anticipated Interview Date: 12 December 2011
Start Date: Feb 2012 (flexible)
Duration of the position: Upto 2 years
Salary: £29972 - £33734 p.a.
Note: Post reference number is 16736

If you have any additional questions please contact Sriram Subramanian
by email (sriram @ cs. bris.ac.uk) or telephone (+44 117 331 5235).

Group Leader (PostDoc) Geoinformatics. University of Heidelberg

A Group Leader (PostDoc) position is avaiable within the Geoinformatics Research Group at the
Department of Geography of the University of Heidelberg.The leader of a Incubator Group shall start
establishing a research group on its own and support the scientific work within the Chair of
Geoinformatics. The topics of such an incubator group shall be close to those already being
researched at the Chair of GIScience, http://giscience.uni-hd.de, such as:

• 3D-City and Landscape Models(3D:GIS)
• Crowdsourced and Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI): GeoWeb2.0
• Next Generation Spatial Data Infrastructures (e.g.Analysis&Geoprocessing in SDIs)

We offer an attractive job in an interdisciplinary dynamic team with excellent possibilities for
research and further qualification. The Chair of GIScience is also member in the Interdisciplinary
Center for Scientific Computing (IWR) and funding member of the Heidelberg Center for the
Environment(HCE).The University of Excellence Heidelberg belongs to the internationally top rated
universities and offers an especially stimulating research environment.

http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/rankings/index_e.html

We expect a top rated university deegree and PhD in either Geoinformatics, Geography or Computer
Science, as well as research experience and know how in Geoinformatics, paired with the ability for
independent scientific work and aquiring third party funds, as well as teamwork and leadership, in
particular personell management.

In addition to the usual documents (cv, grades, papers etc.) a letter of motivation is desired with a
sketch of the planned future research directions.

The position is funded for up to 3 years. After successfull evaluation there may be an option for
extension for another 3 years.

Deadline for applications: November 15th 2011

2 postdoc jobs at the University of Bedfordshire, UK

http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/ADI854/research-fellows-in-computer-graphics-and-visualisation-2-posts


This is for 2 postdoc jobs at the University of Bedfordshire, UK, to work on European projects. The projects are active, so we would welcome appointment at the earliest opportunity. For a postdoctoral appointment, we would expect to offer approx €34,000 p.a.
Skills needed include GPGPU and parallel programming, 3D graphical modelling and rendering, medical visualisation and volume graphics, but candidates with skills in other areas of computer graphics, visual computing and software development would also be welcome.

Openings for Faculty Positions. UT at San Antonio

Openings for Faculty Positions

Sep. 29, 2011

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO

Faculty Positions in Computer Science
The Department of Computer Science at The University of Texas at San Antonio invites applications for tenure/tenure-track positions at the Assistant, Associate or Professor level, starting Fall 2012. All areas of computer science will be considered. We are particularly interested in candidates in theory and algorithms as well as computer architecture, with a focus on computer and information security as a cross-cutting concern.

Required qualifications: Applicants for an Assistant Professor position must have earned a Ph.D. prior to September 1, 2012, in Computer Science or in a related field and must demonstrate a strong potential for excellence in research and teaching.

Applicants for an Associate Professor position must have a Ph.D. in Computer Science or related field and previous experience in graduate and undergraduate teaching. They should have an established research program in their area of specialization.

Applicants for a Full Professor position must have a Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related field and previous experience in graduate and undergraduate teaching and academic program development as well as a recognized and well-funded program of research.

Responsibilities include research, teaching at the graduate and undergraduate levels, and program development. Salary and start-up supporting packages for the positions are highly competitive.

The Department of Computer Science currently has 23 faculty members and offers B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees supporting a dynamic and growing program with 560 undergraduates and more than 160 graduate students, including 81 Ph.D. students. The research activities and experimental facilities have been well-supported by various federal research and infrastructure grants. See http://www.cs.utsa.edu for additional information on the Department of Computer Science and its faculty.

With over 30,000 students UTSA is the largest university in South Texas. The city of San Antonio has a population of over one million and is known for its rich Hispanic culture, historic attractions, affordable housing, and excellent medical facilities. The Austin-San Antonio corridor is a high-tech center that serves as the home of many major computer companies. Nearby higher education and research institutions include the UT Health Science Center and the Southwest Research Institute.

Applicants must submit a letter of application that identifies the level(s) of the position for which they wish to be considered. Applications must also include a complete dated curriculum vitae (including employment, peer-reviewed publications and grants in chronological order), a statement of research interests, and the names, addresses (postal and e-mail), and telephone numbers of at least three references. Applicants who are selected for interviews must be able to show proof that they will be eligible and qualified to work in the US by the time of hire. These positions are pending budget approval. Screening of applications will begin on January 2, 2012 and will continue until all positions are filled or the search is closed. The University of Texas at San Antonio is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Applications must be submitted by email in PDF format to fsearch@cs.utsa.edu.

Chair of Faculty Search Committee
Department of Computer Science
The University of Texas at San Antonio
One UTSA Circle
San Antonio, TX 78249-0667
Phone: 210-458-4436
Fax: 210-458-4437
fsearch@cs.utsa.edu

MPC-VCC call for proposal autumn 2011

The Max Planck Institute for Informatics, as the coordinator of the Max Planck Center for Visual Computing and Communication (MPC-VCC), invites applications for

_Junior Research Group Leaders_

in the Max Planck Center for Visual Computing and Communication

The Max Planck Center for Visual Computing and Communications offers young scientists in information technology the opportunity to develop their own research program addressing important problems in areas such as

• image communication
• computer graphics
• geometric computing
• imaging systems
• computer vision
• human machine interface
• distributed multimedia architectures
• multimedia networking
• visual media security.

The center includes an outstanding group of faculty members at Stanford’s Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Departments, the Max Planck Institute for Informatics, and Saarland University.

The program begins with a preparatory 1-2 year postdoc phase (Phase P) at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics, followed by a two-year appointment at Stanford University (Phase I) as a visiting assistant professor, and then a position at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics as a junior research group leader (Phase II). However, the program can be entered flexibly at each phase, commensurate with the experience of the applicant.

Applicants to the program must have completed an outstanding PhD. Exact duration of the preparatory postdoc phase is flexible, but we typically expect this to be about 1-2 years. Applicants who completed their PhD in Germany may enter Phase I of the program directly. Applicants for Phase II are expected to have completed a postdoc stay abroad and must have demonstrated their outstanding research potential and ability to successfully lead a research group.

Reviewing of applications will commence on November 1, 2011. The final deadline is December 31, 2011. Applicants should submit their CV, copies of their school and university reports, list of publications, reprints of five selected publications, names of references, a brief description of their previous research and a detailed description of the proposed research project (including possible opportunities for collaboration with existing research groups at Saarbrücken and Stanford) to:

Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Seidel
Max Planck Institute for Informatics,
Campus E1 4, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
Email: mpc-vcc@mpi-inf.mpg.de

The Max Planck Center is an equal opportunity employer and women are encouraged to apply.

Additional information is available on the website http://www.mpc-vcc.de

Scientific Visualization: tenure-track position at the University of Calgary's Department of Computer Science

The Department of Computer Science at the University of Calgary seeks
outstanding candidates for a tenure-track position at the Assistant
Professor level.

Applicants for professorial stream appointments are expected to
establish an extensive research agenda and to teach at the graduate
and undergraduate levels. Successful candidates will be expected to
actively recruit and supervise graduate students. Peer reviewed
external funding is normally expected to be sustained throughout the
appointment and industrial partnerships are strongly encouraged if
appropriate.

Applicants must possess a doctorate in Computer Science at the time of
appointment, and have a strong research record. Successful applicants
will be enthusiastic about contributing to both teaching and research.

Applicants are sought in the area of Scientific Visualization. The
Department seeks a candidate in the emerging research domain of
interactive modeling and visualization for reservoir geoscience and
engineering. The successful applicant should have expertise in
computer graphics and interactive visualization, particularly for
scientific and engineering applications, and the ability to work in
close collaboration with the Department’s world-class researchers in
computer graphics, human-computer
interaction, and software engineering.

For more details please check: http://www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/career

Research Positions at Event Lab UB

This is for a number of postdoc or research assistant jobs at the eventLab at UB.
http://www.event-lab.org

http://vulcan.ub.es/eventlab/files/advert_Sept2011.pdf

In spite of what the advert says there are several vacancies at different levels: PhD, research assistant, postdoc.

The lab has two high res wide field of view HMD labs (each with Intersense tracking, Optitrack for whole body tracking) + an Xsens whole body tracking suit. Also there is a new high definition 4 sided Cave.

The research of the lab is a mix of VR/graphics/some haptics with applications in psychology and neuroscience.
The work of the group is highly interdisciplinary and aims at publishing in high impact journals and conferences in both technical and scientific domains.

Associate / full professor in computer science

Hasselt University announces the following BOF (UHasselt Research Fund) professor position (m/f) in the Expertise Centre for Digital Media (EDM, www.edm.uhasselt.be), research centre of Hasselt University:

associate / full professor in computer science
specialization ‘visual computing’
(mandate 101/31/044)

Tasks
The candidate will play a major part in extending the visual computing research at EDM. The candidate is specialized in visual computing (computer graphics and/or computer vision) subjects with regard to 3D internet, including topics as modeling of 3D scenes and objects from images, free viewpoint video, computer graphics representations of 3D objects, and in image synthesis. The candidate will take the lead in the technical implementation of research projects, building upon his/her research experience. The candidate is expected to perform multidisciplinary research, in particular with the research group ‘human-computer interaction’ of EDM, and international research.

The candidate will have the privilege to focus nearly exclusively on research during, at least, a 5 year period. The limited educational involvement will be situated in the Bachelor-Master program of Computer Science at Hasselt University.

Profile
The candidate is an excellent researcher in the area of visual computing, with a research experience on the level of associate professor or full professor. The candidate is experienced in gaining funding for research projects and in leading research projects, preferably in an international context. The candidate is skilled in providing guidance to PhD students and in coaching a research team. The candidate has gained experience in teaching courses at bachelor or master level.
The candidate possesses excellent communication skills in English and in Dutch; if the candidate doesn’t speak Dutch, the candidate is expected to develop the necessary Dutch skills within a short term perspective (about 3 years, courses will be provided by Hasselt University).

Diploma
The candidate holds a doctoral degree or PhD in the area of computer science, with specialization in computer graphics/vision or equivalent.

Job Offer
Hasselt University offers a permanent full-time position at the level of associate professor or full professor, depending on the qualifications and the experience of the candidate. During the first five years the candidate will have a position as research professor (a second period of five years as research professor
can be considered after a positive evaluation). Thereafter the position becomes a regular appointment at Hasselt University, implying an equally balanced task load with regard to education and research.

Further information
. Research activities: prof. dr. Frank Van Reeth, tel. +32-11-268411, frank.vanreeth@uhasselt.be and prof. dr. Philippe Bekaert, +32-11-268411, philippe.bekaert@uhasselt.be
. Job conditions and selection procedure: Yves Soen, +32-11-26 80 85, yves.soen@uhasselt.be

PhD Scholarships in Visual Computing

The Visual Computing Research and Innovation Center (VCRIC) was founded by Fraunhofer IGD and the University of Rostock to support a successful chain from basic research to industrial application. Research is focusing on two core areas Interactive Document Engineering and Maritime Graphic. In this context we are offering with immediate effect

12 PhD Scholarships

in Computer Science or Mechanical/Electrical Engineering

Research proposals can be submitted with respect to the following list of research topics:

Research topics of Maritime Graphics

· Image-based 3D-Reconstruction underwater

· Optical wave measurement

· Robust position tracking aboard a ship

· Robust Mixed Reality

Research topics of Interactive Document Engineering

· Annotation management

· Contextualization of information and task recognition

· Semantics and semantic references

· User Interface Adaptation and distributed displays

What we are offering

Scholarship with attractive conditions
Integration in a highly motivated team
Access to the postgraduate academy at the University of Rostock and the seminars of Fraunhofer IGD
A pleasing surrounding in the Hanseatic City of Rostock at the Baltic Sea

How to apply

Identify a fitting research topic and develop your idea as a research proposal.

Submit the following documents to vcric(at)igd-r.fraunhofer.de

Draft research proposal of approx. 1.500 words
M.Sc. certificates or equivalent
Your CV
Two letters of reference

Contact the principal researchers for further information and/or discussion of the research proposal: Prof. Bodo Urban (bodo.urban(at)igd-r.fraunhofer.de) for IDE and Prof. Uwe Freiherr von Lukas (uwe.von.lukas(at)igd-r.fraunhofer.de) for MAG.

Please refer to http://vcric.igd-r.fraunhofer.de/en for more details.

PhD positions @ Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) on computer vision

Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT - www.iit.it) together
with the University of Genova opened the call for the Doctoral Course on
*** Life and Humanoid Technologies ***

http://www.iit.it/en/resources/calls/unige/xxvii-cycle-doctoral-school-on-life-and-humanoid-technologies.html

In this context, Ph.D. positions are available at the Pattern analysis,
Learning, and image Understanding Systems laboratory -- PLUS lab -- to
work in Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning and
more specifically on the following themes:

Theme 4.1: Computer vision for behavioral analysis and activity recognition
Theme 4.2: Part-based human body modeling
Theme 4.3: Crowd behavioural analysis and event recognition
Theme 4.4: Multi-sensory surveillance
Theme 4.5: Scene analysis by biometric signals
Theme 4.6: Computer vision in distributed and dynamic camera networks
Theme 4.7: Statistical pattern recognition for social computing
Theme 4.8: Compressive Sensing in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Theme 4.9: Statistical Pattern Recognition for Bioinformatics and
Computational Biology
Theme 4.10: Biomedical image analysis
Theme 4.11: GPU Image Processing and Pattern Recognition for Nanophysics
Theme 4.12: Visual analysis of human behaviors as evoked by ambient
affordances

More info on the above research topics can be found on the Annex A2
(Nanoscience) under the topic "Computer Vision" at
http://www.studenti.unige.it/sites/www.studenti.unige.it/files/Allegato%20A2%20Nanosciences.pdf,
or can be asked to Prof. V. Murino (vittorio.murino@iit.it) or any other
tutor as indicated in the themes.

The PhD program on the listed themes will take place at the PLUS lab of
the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) located in Genova. The lab
focuses on activities related to the analysis and understanding of
images and patterns in general, thus representing a reference for the
other IIT Departments and labs which have to deal with such kind of
data. The PLUS staff has a wide expertise on image processing, computer
vision and pattern recognition, machine learning, and related
applications. Actually, the research in PLUS is devoted to study and to
build intelligent systems for real applications, especially related, but
not limited, to surveillance & security, biomedical imaging, and
bioinformatics. One of the primary goals is to design and develop
innovative video surveillance systems, characterized by the use of
highly-functional smart sensors and advanced video analytics features.
To this end, PLUS performs cutting edge research in computer vision and
pattern recognition, but also in biometrics, multimodal data and sensor
fusion, sensors networks, and embedded computer vision. Further, another
target of the lab is to explore novel strategies in biomedical image
analysis and bioinformatics, due to the versatility of the techniques it
can manage.
You can also browse the PLUS lab webpages to see our activities and
research at: http://www.iit.it/en/computer-imaging.html.

To apply, follow the instructions indicated in the links, in short: a
detailed CV, a research proposal under one or more themes chosen among
those above indicated, reference letters, and any other formal document
concerning the degrees earned.
Notice that these documents are mandatory in order to consider valid the
application.

IMPORTANT: You need to specify the (or more) theme you want to apply and
to include a research statement (research
proposal/project/plan/rationale) on such theme.

DEADLINE is September 23, 2011 at noon (strict deadline, no extension).
ONLINE APPLICATIONS only, look at:
http://servizionline.unige.it/studenti/post-laurea/dottorato


For more information on administrative issues, please contact:
Manuela Salvatori
tel.: 010.71781762
e-mail: manuela.salvatori@iit.it

PhD positions in VR at Salford University, UK

Several PhD positions are available at the University of Salford. Please see:

http://www.findaphd.com/search/PhD.aspx?IID=347&PID=1918&PG=2

The VR realted projects are those offered by Prof D Roberts and Dr N Murray.
See http://www.cve.salford.ac.uk/ for details of the group.

The successful student must have a first degree (1st or 2.1 classification) in a relevant subject and be from the UK/EU. The studentship includes fees paid at home/EU rate and a stipend of £13,500 per annum for three and a half years. The award will commence on or shortly after 1st October 2011.

The closing date for applications is 23rd September 2011

Beca de colaboración para trabajar con interfaces multitáctiles

Título del proyecto:

Sistema automático de pruebas de aplicaciones gráficas multitáctiles

Descripción proyecto

La realización de pruebas exhaustivas para la detección de posibles errores de funcionamiento y para poder asegurar que un sistema software cumple los requisitos de diseño es un paso imprescindible en el desarrollo del mismo. Existen varios tipos de pruebas, que dependen del aspecto del sistema que se desea estudiar:
pruebas unitarias, que se aseguran que cierto módulo funciona correctamente, pruebas de integración, que comprueban que dos módulos independientes se comunican
correctamente, pruebas de regresión, para comprobar que un cambio en el sistema no ha afectado a su correcto funcionamiento, etc. En la actualidad existen herramientas automáticas que permiten realizar automáticamente dichas pruebas.
El problema de realizar pruebas de software en aplicaciones gráficas interactivas (multitáctiles o no) es la dificultad de interactuar automáticamente a través de la interfaz gráfica y de definir y comparar los resultados esperados y los obtenidos. Otro problema es la dificultad de sistematizar, emular y controlar el flujo de eventos
que genera la interacción de un usuario con dicha aplicación.
Este proyecto definirá una plataforma para implementar un sistema de pruebas automáticas de aplicaciones multitáctiles.

Actividades a realizar por el alumno
En la actualidad nuestro grupo dispone de un banco de trabajo multitáctil con capacidad de visualización estereoscópica, aunque el sistema propuesto deberá funcionar en otras plataformas multitáctiles compatibles. El becario solicitado aprenderá a utilizar nuestro prototipo y participará en el desarrollo y prueba de dicho sistema.
De forma más detallada, las tareas a realizar por el alumno serán:

1. Estudio del estado del arte en el área de interfaces multitáctiles
2. Estudio del estado del arte en el área de pruebas de software
3. Estudio de las herramientas de programación, pruebas y documentación usadas para desasrrollar nuestro prototipo
4. Estudio del estado actual del proyecto y de las bibliotecas utilizadas
5. Colaboración en el desarrollo del sistema automatizado de pruebas
6. Colaboración en la definición de pruebas para un programa dado, para validar la plataforma de pruebas
7. Validación del sistema de pruebas

Horario

Horario Flexible, 15 horas semanales
Posibilidad de realizar el Proyecto Final de Carrera

Más información:

Contactar con Paco Abad: fjabad@dsic.upv.es

Faculty position in VR and/or haptics

U N I V E R S I T Y O F I L L I N O I S
A T C H I C A G O


Department of Mechanical and
Industrial Engineering


FACULTY POSITION
Industrial Engineering

The Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in industrial engineering at the rank of assistant or associate professor with tentative starting date of August 16, 2012. Individuals with research interests in industrial virtual, augmented and mixed reality, industrial haptics, and advanced human-computer interaction for surgical applications are especially invited to apply. Individuals with research interests in healthcare systems, advanced manufacturing systems, production and service operations, financial engineering, and systems engineering are also encouraged to apply. We are seeking an individual with outstanding qualifications commensurate with the rank. The successful applicant is required to have an earned Ph.D. in industrial engineering, or a closely related field such as operations research, systems engineering, and computer science, and is expected to develop and maintain an active, externally-funded research program as well as teach at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Individuals who have experience and training within an interdisciplinary group and a multi-investigator environment are especially encouraged to apply.

The department offers B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering and industrial engineering, and currently has an undergraduate enrollment of 460 and a graduate enrollment of 200. More information about the Department can be found at http://www.mie.uic.edu. Applicants are required to send a letter of application indicating their qualifications, an up to date CV including the names and contact information of at least three references, and a separate one-page statement outlining their future teaching and research plans. For full consideration, please submit all your application materials electronically to the IE Search Committee Chair at IEsearch@uic.edu by January 2, 2012. Alternatively, hard copies can be sent by the same deadline to Chair, IE Faculty Search Committee, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department (MC 251), University of Illinois at Chicago, 842 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607-7022. Evaluation of applications will begin immediately. UIC is deeply committed to excellence, equity and diversity and welcomes applications from women, underrepresented minorities, persons with disabilities and others who can contribute to the enrichment of ideas and perspectives. UIC is an AA/EO employer and is responsive to the needs of dual career couples with extensive life-friendly policies in place.

Post-doctoral researcher in HCI at the Bristol Interaction and Graphics group

The Bristol Interaction and Graphics group (big.cs.bris.ac.uk) of the
University of Bristol is seeking to appoint a post-doctoral researcher
with expertise in the area of display-technologies and human-computer
interaction.

The ideal person will have skills in hardware and 3D display
technologies to work on a project exploring the design and
implementation of multi-touch surfaces with true-3D displays. This
line of investigation is part of a large ERC funded project involving
design of Interactive Systems Involving Multi-point Surfaces, Haptics
and true-3D displays.

We are looking to focus on various solutions by which one can
dynamically create true-3D content on an interactive surface and on
understanding how interaction can be facilitated on a surface that
combines 2D and 3D display.

Within this broad objective there will be plenty of freedom and
flexibility in shaping the research project. The ultimate key
requirement is to demonstrate academic excellence through high-quality
peer-reviewed papers and strong interaction with the peer-community.
The grant that funds this project aims to fund pioneering frontier
research.

The project has sufficient resources to allow hardware prototyping and
support conference travel. The team will ultimately include 2 RAs,
2PhDs and a project technician and the project will last for 5 years

Further details and an application form can be found at
https://www.bris.ac.uk/boris/jobs/staff/particulars/partfiles/fff101731/16637%20Post%201fds.doc
and at
https://www.bris.ac.uk/boris/jobs/feeds/ads?ID=101731

Important Details:
Closing Date for application: 06 October 2011
Interview Date: likely to be around Mid Nov.
Start Date: Dec 2011/ Jan 2012 (flexible)
Duration of the position: Upto 3 years
Salary: £29,972 p.a.
Note: Post reference number is 16637 - Post 1

If you have any additional questions please contact Sriram Subramanian
by email (sriram @ cs. bris.ac.uk) or telephone (+44 117 331 5235).

Research Assistant (PhD Position): Collaborative Information Exploration

Technische Universität Graz (TUG), Austria, invites applications for an open research position in the project Caleydoplex, aiming at the development of collaborative information exploration. We are looking for a candidate having (most of) the following qualifications:

University degree, preferably MSc (Diplom, DEA, or equivalent) in computer science or related field, plus the intent to pursue a PhD at TUG.
Strong interest in research on information visualization, human-computer interaction and computer-supported cooperative work. Some background in computer graphics, multimedia and statistics is expected.
Considerable experience with software development methodology and tools, in particular object-oriented programming with Java and/or C++. Knowledge in OpenGL is recommended. Prior involvement in research or development projects is a plus.
Fluency in English, good communication skills and capability of working in teams complete the profile of a successful candidate. Note that knowledge of German is not expected (but this may be your chance to learn it! :-).

What do we offer in exchange:

The opportunity of pursuing a PhD/research position in an exciting new field
Guaranteed initial funding for 1 year (full-time employment)
A lot of freedom to explore both your scientific and creative interests in the course of your work
Extensive infrastructure at the TUG Institute for Computer Graphics and Vision
A very good working climate
A chance to live in the beautiful city of Graz


More information at: http://www.icg.tugraz.at/opportunities/caleydoplexPhD

Postdoctoral position in computer graphics and vision at CRIM

A postdoctoral position is available in the Vision & Imaging team (www.crim.ca/vision) at Centre de Recherche Informatique de Montreal
(www.crim.ca).

The candidate will work mainly on an industrial project in computer
graphics and Image-Based Modeling and Rendering (IBMR). The project is
funded by NSERC (Natural and Science Engineering Research Council) and a
cinematographic company.

The objectives of the project are two-fold:
1) Validate the concept that 3D perception/immersion in an IMBR scene
can be obtained without stereo acquisition or head-mounted device by
servoing viewer head motion to the scene viewpoint.
2) Develop a test-bed that implements the above concept on a desktop and
serve as a laboratory environment for 3D immersive assessment and
algorithmic/hardware optimization.

The appointee will be responsible of developing the IBMR system with the
assistance of a junior software developers and a senior researcher, and
in close relationship with the client. The project is supervised by the
principal researcher and director of the Vision & Imaging team.

Technical requirements:
-PhD (scientist or engineer) in computer vision or computer graphics
-Very good knowledge of IBMR techniques
-Knowledge of OpenGL and OpenSceneGraph, and any relevant IBMR tools
(e.g. Insight3D)
-Good software development background with Visual C++
-Strong algorithmic skills

Personal requirements:
-High interest in applied- and end-user-oriented R&D projects
-Very good communication skills to interact with non-expert client.
-Strong writing skills for technical reports and expert articles (in French and/or English)
-Willing to work in a French speaking environment

The position is available now and is available for 1 year with a
possible 1 year extension. Please send your CV with reference letters
(in English or French) to Dr. Langis Gagnon (langis.gagnon@crim.ca)

Langis Gagnon, PhD
Chercheur principal et directeur d'equipe - Vision et imagerie
CRIM
405 Avenue Ogilvy, Bureau 101
Montreal (Quebec), H3N1M3
514-840-1235 poste 8959
www.crim.ca/vision
http://ca.linkedin.com/in/langisgagnonmontreal

Positions available: Geographic Information Visualization & Analysis, Department of Geography, University of Zurich

P O S I T I O N 1:

Fixed-term Senior Research Associate/Lecturer ("Oberassistent") Position in GIScience/Geovisualization

The Geographic Information Visualization and Analysis group at the University of Zurich invites applications for a fixed-term Senior Research Associate/Lecturer position in Geographic Information Science/Geovisualization. The position is housed in the UZH Geography Department, and associated with its internationally reputed GIScience Center. The appointment will be made on an annual basis for the first year (starting November 1, 2011) with opportunity for multi-year extensions (potentially up to 9 years).

We seek an established and highly motivated researcher who will bring an innovative research agenda to our group, and who will be successful in obtaining external funding, leading a own research group, work effectively on interdisciplinary and collaborative projects, including graduate-student supervisory committees, and teach a variety of graduate seminars and undergraduate courses in the department’s GIScience curriculum. Ideally, the substantive domains of contribution within GIScience include geographic information visualization/geovisual analytics, GIScience & spatial cognition, quantitative (empirical) research methods, or related areas.

A strong background in quantitative data analysis (i.e., statistics) would be an advantage. A completed PhD in Geography or a closely related discipline (e.g., Cognitive Science/Psychology, Computer Science, etc.) is required. Applications from women and under represented groups are highly encouraged.

Apply with a statement of interest, a current curriculum vitae, including a list of publications, a maximum of three sample reprints/preprints (as PDFs), and the names and contact information for at least three references. For more background information about this position, please visit us on the Web at http://www.geo.uzh.ch/giva or direct any informal inquiries about this position to the address below.

Apply to: Dr. Sara I. Fabrikant, Geographic Information Visualization & Analysis, Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstr. 190
CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland, Email: sara@geo.uzh.ch (subject: Senior Lecturer),
phone: +41-44-635-5150, fax: +41-44-635-6848. Review of applications will begin September 15, 2011 and will continue until the position is filled.


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P O S I T I O N 2:

Doctoral Research Assistant Position

Project: animated visual analytics of movement (AniMOVE)

The Geographic Information Visualization and Analysis group at the University of Zurich invites applications for a doctoral research assistant position in Geographic Information Science/Geovisualization to work on a 3-year research project funded by the Swiss National Science Fund. The highly motivated successful applicant will be asked to develop dynamic and animated graphical displays of movement data and empirically evaluate how coordinated spatio-temporal events are perceived and understood by humans.

Applicants are required to have successfully completed a Masters degree in a relevant area, e.g., Geography, Geoinformatics, Computer Science or Psychology/Cognitive Science. You are interested in empirical geovisualization research and have solid knowledge of quantitative and qualitative methodologies for interactive display design and empirical data collection and analysis. You have programming skills and are confident in, for example, writing scripts to perform multiple analyses. You have a proven ability to work independently on guided projects, and are interested in presenting your results orally and in writing to a larger scientific audience. You have a good standard of written and spoken English and knowledge of German, whilst not required, would be an advantage.

The position, housed in the UZH Geography Department and its Graduate School of Geography, and associated with its internationally reputed GIScience Center, will start on November 1 2011, or as soon as possible thereafter. For more background information about the research group, please visit us on the Web at http://www.geo.uzh.ch/giva or direct any informal enquiries about the position to the address below.

Apply to: Dr. Sara Irina Fabrikant, Geographic Information Visualization & Analysis, Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstr. 190
CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland, Email: sara@geo.uzh.ch (subject: Ph.D.), phone:
+41-44-635-5150, fax: +41-44-635-6848. Review of applications will begin
September 15, 2011 and will continue until the position is filled.

Oferta de trabajo en empresa de videojuegos

Desde la empresa de videojuegos Nerlaska de la Vall d'Uxó, solicitan:

Programadores en prácticas con conocimientos y experiencia de programación en alguno de estos lenguajes: C/C++, PHP, ActionScript

Con ganas de trabajar en equipo y motivado para trabajar en distintos proyectos, en un continuo aprendizaje y superando nuevos retos.

Para más información, contactar con Ramón Mollá: rmolla@dsic.upv.es

Postdoctoral position in 3D User Interfaces in Canada

Postdoctoral position in 3D User Interfaces
Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, York University
Toronto, Canada

We are seeking outstanding candidates with a background in three-dimensional (3D) User Interfaces to contribute to an ongoing project on pointing, targeting and manipulation on 3D displays. Knowledge in the area of human perception and motor control is an asset.

Stereo and 3D display systems are becoming more and more commonplace. Pointing at, tracking, targeting, and manipulation of objects in 3D displays are fundamental actions in many virtual environments and interactive simulations, including computer games. While these activities are understood fairly well in desktop systems and performance can be predicted reasonably accurately (e.g. via Fitts' law), the relevant findings and models do not generalize directly to large scale screens, stereo displays, touch screens, and combinations thereof. This research project investigates human performance for 3D pointing, tracking, targeting, and manipulation on 3D display systems. The work will be informed from 3D user interfaces& virtual reality, human-computer interaction, as well as human perception and motor control research.

The postdoctoral fellow will contribute to the implementation and design of user studies of 3D interaction. The candidate will also participate in the development and testing of new 3D pointing, tracking, targeting, and manipulation techniques. As applicable, the candidate will also be expected to learn about human perception and motor control. The fellow will also help supervise and coordinate graduate students.

The ideal applicant should be qualified at the PhD level (or equivalent) and must have excellent interpersonal, English writing and research skills, strong time management and organizational skills, the ability to prioritize and meet deadlines, and work both independently and as a member of the multidisciplinary research team.

The successful applicant will join world-class Human-Computer Interaction, 3D User Interface, and Human Perception communities at York University: the Interactive Systems Research Group (ISRG) and the Centre of Vision Research (CVR) . The candidate will be co-supervised by Wolfgang Stuerzlinger and another faculty member, as appropriate for the research project(s). The research performed by the postdoctoral fellow will be part of the following larger initiatives: GRAND NCE - Graphics, Animation and New Media Network of Centres of Excellence and CAN-ACT - NSERC CREATE Program in Computational Approaches in Neuroscience - Action, Control& Transformations .

Timescale of Appointment: 1 year, extendable contingent on funding.

Review of applicants begins August 15, 2011 until the position is filled.

Target start date: As soon as possible. Exact start date is negotiable.

Salary: CAN$ 50K/year

Submit curriculum vita, statement of research interests, and three letters of reference to . Informal inquiries are welcome, and may be made to Dr. Wolfgang Stuerzlinger

Software engineers in Austria

We are looking for software engineers who are willing to develop in SAP,
Java or .NET. Specially for SAP and also Java they will have a specific
training in the beginning.

What we need is at least good knowledge of the
English-language (reading,listening,writing).
It would be perfect if some of them have some German as well.
Working place will be Hagenberg in Upper Austria.

Applications should be sent to Mrs. Ingrid Siegl,
siegl@hagenberg-software.at ,


SAP®-Development (m/f)
Ref.Nr.110301
Your main tasks
* Product development of our SAP® based solutions and services for Government, Insurance- and Healthcare Industry
* Covering the complete value chain for our customer developments
* Support actively our team in our national and international client projects

Our requirements
* University degree of applied sciences or business informatics
* Ideally knowledge of SAP Netweaver® – (especially ABAP/ABAP OO)
* Programming experience within OO-development of technical or commercial
application systems
* Foreign languages: English, ideally also some German knowledge

.NET Development (m/f)
Ref.Nr. 110302
Your main tasks
* Software development with innovative Microsoft Technologies
* Product development and cooperation within certain (customers) projects
* Assume project responsibility and communicate with the customer
* Face up with new technologies and software architectures

Our requirements
* Specific education (University of applied science), ideally working experience
* Experience in development of object oriented programming languages
* Knowledge with at least one of the following Microsoft products: .NET 3.5/4.0, SharePoint, SQL Server, IIS, Silverlight, WPF, BizTalk
* Foreign languages: English, ideally also some German knowledge

Our incentives
Alternation instead of daily routine, teamspirit instead of stiff hierarchy, interesting and responsible tasks, attractive career opportunities in international projects. Performance-linked wages within a strong alliance of msg systems and Hagenberg Software.

Your application
Please send according to the ref. number to recruiting@hagenberg-software.at

MSc and PhD Student Recruitment, University of Manitoba, Canada

This is a call for applications to PhD and MSc positions at the Human-Computer Interaction Lab, University of Manitoba, Canada. http://hci.cs.umanitoba.ca/. Competitive funding is available.

The HCI lab is directed by three faculty members, Dr. Pourang Irani, Dr. Andrea Bunt, and Dr. James Young, and conducts research in a wide range of areas:
- information visualization
- tabletop and large displays
- novel input devices
- intelligent interactive systems
- user modelling
- human-robot interaction
- tangible interfaces


Application process:
- review the group website and the websites of the three faculty
- send CV, potential project ideas, motivation letter, or other related documents.

PhD Scholarships at University of South Australia

The University of South Australia currently offers very interesting PhD scholarships for the timeframe: 2012 - 2015
The big challenge is that the application deadline is in 2 weeks already (24 June).
If you are interested, please contact me as soon as possible (Christian Sandor chris.sandor@GMAIL.COM).

Benefits:
- Work in a rapidly growing and internationally renowned research team with strong links to industry and focus on applied research.
- University of South Australia is a young and innovative university with a vibrant student community from all over the world. Over 13,000 of the 36,000 students are international students from over 70 different countries.
- Adelaide is a beautiful place to live at (see http://www.international.adelaide.edu.au/whyadelaide/location.html)

Mandatory requirements:
- You must be qualified to start your PhD studies in 2012
- You must study at at Tier-1 university[1]
- Interest in Augmented Reality

[1]
The definition of ‘Tier 1’ Institutions is based on the QS World University Rankings 2009 (http://www.topuniversities.com/):

Top 150 in the overall rankings or Top 100 in a Discipline ranking.
For example, University of Cambridge is ranked 2 in the overall rankings = Tier 1 Institution.
The University of Western Ontario is ranked 151 in the overall rankings, however, it is ranked 95 in the Discipline of Social Sciences = Tier 1 Institution.
Another example of this is Chalmers University of Technology which is ranked 198 in the overall rankings, however it is ranked 56 in the Discipline of Engineering & IT and 80 in the Discipline of Natural Sciences = Tier 1 Institution

Lectureship in HCI at the University of Bristol

We are currently advertising for a lectureship in HCI at the
University of Bristol (equivalent of assistant professor).

Applicants who can complement our existing research expertise in
human-hardware interaction, novel interactive devices, tangible user
interfaces and electronic interaction design are particularly welcome.

You will have substantial academic experience, an emerging
international reputation and a proven track record for innovation and
research leadership. A solid track record of collaboration with
researchers and practitioners in the arts, humanities and social
sciences would be welcome to complement our work across the University
and the wider Bristol community in creative technologies.

The Bristol Interaction and Graphics research group
(http://big.cs.bris.ac.uk) have a deep commitment to interdisciplinary
research, and in particular rethinking computing devices and designs
drawing on ethnographic and experimental research.

The University of Bristol offers an excellent research environment for
Human-Computer Interaction, as it gathers internationally acknowledged
leaders in the field, with computer scientists collaborating with
designers, social scientists and artists. Within the University and
across the region, Bristol is home to an ecosystem of centres of
excellence engaged in creative technologies and has one of the largest
concentrations of creative and microelectronics industries in Europe.

You will help the group develop its emerging international reputation
for research. The passion to impact on the world research stage and
drive the field of Human-Computer Interaction in novel directions will
be important. You will also be an enthusiastic lecturer and contribute
to teaching our excellent postgraduate and undergraduate students in
Computer Science.

Informal enquiries should be made to Dr Mike Fraser (email:
Mike.Fraser@bristol.ac.uk) as Head of research group, Dr Neill
Campbell (email: Neill.Campbell@bristol.ac.uk) as Head of Department
or Professor Nishan Canagarajah as Head of School (email:
Nishan.Canagarajah@bristol.ac.uk)

Further details are available at
http://www.bris.ac.uk/boris/jobs/feeds/ads?ID=96691

Post-doctoral position in VR/HCI at the University of Florida

This is to announce a postdoctoral researcher position opening at the Virtual Environments Research Group (verg.cise.ufl.edu) at the University of Florida (Gainesville, FL, USA)

Timeframe:
- Positions are part of a NIH-funded project running June 1, 2010 - September 31, 2015
- Applications are expected to participate for a minimum 1 year full-time with the position renewable for up 4 years.
- Deadlines:
Open until filled (please apply by June 15th to ensure consideration)
Our goal is to have a decision by July 1st, 2011

Tasks:
- Develop interactive virtual human applications in medicine (see http://www.virtualpatientsgroup.com)
- Lead undergraduate and graduate student research in the Virtual Experiences Research Group (significant opportunity for leading students, developing leadership skills, developing networking skills, teaching, and creating new projects based on your experience)
- Lead grant proposal writing and submission

Requirements:
- Mandatory:
- Previously completed or about to complete a doctoral degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
- Fluent in English (frequent meetings with medical collaborators and students makes good communication skills critical)
- Research focus includes at least one of the following areas:
- Virtual or Augmented Reality
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Computer Graphics
- Information Visualization
- Record of research results at an international level

- Desirable:
- Experience with C#, PHP, C++, OpenGL, Ogre, conducting user studies, interdisciplinary collaboration
- An interest in a future academic position

Benefits
- Work in an internationally recognized VR/HCI research team with strong links to medicine and simulation. Our group has a specific focus on application-based research in the emerging field of virtual humans.
- Develop leadership skills (this postdoc is more than just a work-on-a-specific project position, but will significantly involve working on skills to be successful at the assistant professor position at a research university). This includes focusing on grant writing, project and student leadership, teaching, and networking.
- University of Florida is the sixth largest university in the United States (50,000+ students). Gainesville is an affordable and vibrant larger-than-college-town town (110,000+) with significant cultural, sports, and entertainment opportunities. The CISE department is a Top 40 Computer Science graduate school.
- Job could begin any time after July 1st, 2011. Flexibility in starting date.

How to apply
Send your detailed CV (including list of publications and name of referees) to Benjamin Lok (lok@cise.ufl.edu)

PhD project: Determinants and measurement of presence during advanced driver assistance systems simulator testing

Objective
The aim of the PhD project is to define a theoretical framework and to identify the factors influencing the subjective sensation of presence in a virtual environment. It should result in the validation of a method to achieve the driver's presence in a driving simulator, in order to reach qualitatively high levels of representativity (of the real driving situation) behaviors in simulation conditions. The focus will be directed toward the concept of presence, which can be defined as the cognitive and psychological realism, or the “credibility/plausibility" of the situation.



Background

Virtual and mixed reality is more and more used to design experimental scenarios, aiming at evaluating cognitive and sensorimotor aspects of human-environment interactions.

For car makers, the driving simulator, dynamic or static, is a major tool to design and evaluate Advanced Driving Assistance Systems (ADAS) and Human-Machine Interactions (HMI).

Many Human Factors studies emphasize important issues related to the validity of behaviors observed in virtual environments, considering the absence of objective and physical risk.

In that respect, the subjective sensation of presence appears as a promising concept, as it depends both on the capacity of the driving simulator to reproduce the psycho-physical realism of a driving task (at the sensory and perceptive levels) and on the psychological state of the driver (motivations and intentions), which influences behavior.

Indeed, the absence of objective risk and the technical limitations of the virtual environment (even if it is highly realistic) influence this psychological state, and consequently the degree of presence.

The aim of the PhD thesis is to define and validate ways to increase the level of presence, notably by manipulating the experimental protocol (context and scenario) and by taking into account the subjects' characteristics (personality traits).





DURATION

36 months, starting date between October 1, 2011 and January 1, 2012



FUNDING

French public funding ANRT, PSA



REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICANTS

- Master's degree in cognitive sciences (cognitive psychology, cognitive ergonomics,)

- Good notions of human cognition - perception/action modeling- and metacognition

- Interest in human cognition, HMI, virtual reality, driving and cars (transports)

- Methods and tools in general and particularly experimental psychology methodology (quantitative and qualitative methods).

- No motion sickness



Contact

Daniel MESTRE

Institut des Sciences du Mouvement - UMR 6233

163 avenue de Luminy, CP 910, 13288 Marseille cedex 09.
daniel.mestre@univmed.fr .

Tél : +33 (0)4 91 17 04 38

VR Lab Manager Position at NIH

MS / MA / MPH Researcher - Behavioral science - NIH - Bethesda, Maryland

Kelly Government Solutions is a strategic supplier and business partner to the federal government and its key suppliers. Through our partnership with the National Institutes of Health, Kelly Government Solutions offers administrative, IT, engineering, scientific, and healthcare professionals the opportunity to work with one of the most prestigious research organizations in the world. We are currently seeking a Researcher with psychology or behavioral degree and research experience to work onsite with the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. Bethesda is in the Washington DC metro area.

This is a full time, long term, indefinite contract which offers:
- Competitive salary with comprehensive benefit package
- Tremendous growth opportunity
- Opportunity to work at NIH, world's foremost medical research center
- Learn more about what Kelly can do for you at www.kellygovernmentsolutions.com

MS/MA/MPH Researcher - Behavioral science - NIH - Bethesda, Maryland
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
Division of Intramural Research
NIH

TASKS/SERVICES: The contractor shall:

1. Conduct and oversee operations in an immersive virtual environment research facility.
2. Conduct behavioral experiments with human participants using virtual reality technology and psychophysiological measurement tools.
3. Oversee participant recruitment and scheduling.
4. Maintain recruitment and participant databases.
5. Manage participant interface with NIH Clinical Center procedures.
6. Maintenance of virtual reality equipment, software, and general testing area facilities.
7. Perform literature searches; prepare summaries and reports.
8. Work with staff on data preparation.
9. Prepare and code experimental data for analysis.
10. Contribute to planning and executing plans for development of new virtual reality environments.
11. Act as a liaison with computer programmers for creation of virtual reality environments.
12. The scheduled hours are not conventionally M-F but rotated to accommodate human subject participants. The 40 hour work week includes weekdays, 2-3 evenings per week, and 2-3 weekend daytime hours per month.

REQUIREMENTS. The contractor must have:

1. Bachelor or Master degree in psychology, behavioral science, public health, human-computer interaction or related.
2. One+ years experience working on behavioral research with human subjects (school experience accepted).
3. Computer proficient in software applications, knowledge of computer hardware, and demonstrated ability to learn specialized scientific computer programs.
4. Computer programming experience or coursework is preferred.
5. Excellent analytical, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
6. Ability to multitask and be flexible in a variable working environment.
7. Strong oral and written communications skills.
8. Flexible work availability to accommodate human subjects' schedules.

PLEASE SEND RESUMES TO siscoro@kellyservices.com

Note that the phone number for our NIH branch is not listed. Due to the high volume of inquiries, we regret that we cannot accept phone calls or emails. All qualified candidates will be contacted.

Academic Employment Opportunities at the National Institute of Informatics

The National Institute of Informatics invites applications for the following research positions:

- Associate Professor or Assistant Professor.
- The term of employment of an Assistant Professor is five years.
- In special cases, a Professor appointment may be possible.

More information: http://www.nii.ac.jp/en/recruit/professor/

Becas del National Institute of Informatics de Tokio

Se anuncia la convocatoria de becas para el NII de Tokio dirigida a estudiantes de Master o Doctorado.

Información de la convocatoria en:

http://www.nii.ac.jp/Internship/Guidelines/1st_call_of_2011_internship_webpage.html

Tenéis más información sobre el proceso y sobre las áreas de investigación en la web del máster IARFID.

http://www.popinformatica.upv.es/becaNII_iarfid.html

Programador Java

Sistel (www.sistel.es) busca desarrolladores en Java para un proyecto para una conselleria. El proyecto es de dos años pero la oferta es para montar un equipo de desarrollo de Java estable en Valencia. Usarán Prince2+Agile con técnicas de eXtreme Programming.

Enviar currículum a Salvador Biot: sbiot@ono.com

Programa de Prácticas en Silicon Valley

La empresa StepOne busca a los mejores talentos para que participen en el programa de prácticas más ambicioso de España orientado a los jóvenes: prácticas laborales de 3 a 6 meses en las startups tecnológicas mas innovadoras de Silicon Valley.

El programa financia una beca valorada en un máximo de 18.000 euros. Además, te ayuda a conseguir el contrato con la empresa de destino, alojamiento, visado y seguro medico. También incluye actividades adicionales entre los participantes del programa junto a emprendedores reconocidos en Silicon Valley.

Requisitos:

* Estudiante de últimos cursos o recién graduado de Ingeniería
* (Informática o Telecomunicaciones) o Matemáticas
* Nivel fluido de Inglés escrito y hablado
* Experiencia en programación web
* Interés en tecnologías emergentes y emprender

Si crees que cumples con los requisitos, mandas un e-mail con tu CV en inglés a becas@stepone.com antes del 6 de Marzo y StepOne se pondrá en contacto contigo para incluirte en el proceso de selección.

El programa, que se encuentra dirigido por Bernardo Hernández (director mundial de productos emergentes de Google e inversor en Tuenti, Idealista y FloresFrescas), trata de crear una experiencia única que rompa con los estándares laborales establecidos en España fomentando el espíritu emprendedor.

Beca FPI-MICINN

Ofertamos una beca dentro del programa de Formación de Personal Investigador (FPI) para realizar la Tesis Doctoral. La beca está vinculada al proyecto de investigación financiado por el Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación "HITITA: Herramienta Interactiva para la Transcripción de Imágenes de Textos Antiguos (TIN2010-1958)". La fecha prevista de incorporación sería agosto o septiembre de 2011. El receptor de esta beca asumirá una parte de las tareas planteadas en el proyecto, directamente relacionadas con su Tesis Doctoral.

BENEFICIARIOS: Los solicitantes deberán acreditar estar en posesión del
título o superado los requisitos para acceder a las enseñanzas de tercer ciclo o a los estudios Oficiales de Posgrado. Fechas de finalización de estudios:
+ Posterior al 1 de enero de 2007, en el caso de licenciados,
ingenieros y arquitectos.
+ Posterior al 1 de enero de 2006, en el caso de diplomados,
ingenieros técnicos y arquitectos técnicos.

DOTACIÓN:
- 1.142 € mensuales brutos en la fase de beca
- 1.173 € brutos mensuales en la fase de contrato, con 14 mensualidades.
- Exención matrícula del master o período formativo del doctorado.
- Opción a ayudas para estancias breves en centros de investigación
nacionales o extranjeros.

DURACIÓN: 48 meses desde la fecha de incorporación al centro (24 meses
en régimen de beca y 24 en fase de contrato).

PLAZO DE PRESENTACIÓN DE SOLICITUDES: finaliza el 21 de febrero de 2011
(17 de febrero de 2011 en el CTT de la UPV).

Toda información sobre la convocatoria está en:
http://www.micinn.es/portal/site/MICINN/menuitem.dbc68b34d11ccbd5d52ffeb801432ea0/?vgnextoid=07ffe142b621d210VgnVCM1000001d04140aRCRD&lang_choosen=es

Más información del proyecto:
http://hitita.uji.es.

Contacto: mcastro@dsic.upv.es

INGENIERO/A DE PROYECTOS DE TECNOLOGÍAS DE LA INFORMACIÓN Y COMUNICACIONES

ainia centro tecnológico, precisa incorporar a su plantilla de profesionales para su departamento de Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación, en su central de Valencia:

INGENIERO/A DE PROYECTOS DE TECNOLOGÍAS DE LA INFORMACIÓN Y COMUNICACIONES

En dependencia del Jefe de Departamento, participará en el desarrollo y coordinación técnica de proyectos de I+D y de asistencia técnica en el área de las TIC. Asimismo, elaborará propuestas y memorias técnicas a nivel regional, nacional y europeo.

Buscamos un profesional con formación en Ingeniería de Telecomunicación, Ingeniería Informática o Licenciatura en Ciencias Físicas, con conocimientos en el campo de razonamiento y aprendizaje (inteligencia artificial) y web semántica.

Se requiere un nivel alto de inglés y conocimientos de plataformas de GWT y Java (sobre plataforma Eclipse). Se valorará la realización de estancias tanto académicas como profesionales en el extranjero.

La persona seleccionada deberá tener una elevada capacidad de comunicación hablada y escrita, estar acostumbrada al trabajo en equipo, poseer afán de superación y mejora, y estar orientada al cliente y al servicio.

Los interesados deberán remitir su curriculum vitae indicando sus expectativas económicas, antes del lunes 7 de febrero, a la dirección de correo electrónico rrhh@ainia.es con la referencia TIC0111

PhD candidate to work on remote sensing

Northern Research Institute (Norut), http://www.norut.no/, is a Norwegian research group with a multidisciplinary approach to technology and social sciences. Norut conducts research funded by the public sector and private companies as well as international organisations. Norut currently has 120 employees.

Norut Tromsø is located in Tromsø Science Park. A main activity at Norut Tromsø is Earth Observation (EO), with focus on satellite remote sensing using synthetic aperture radar (SAR).

The EO group is increasing its activities within remote sensing and monitoring of tropical forests in support of REDD (Reduced Emission of Deforestation and forest Degradation).

Accordingly, we are looking for a PhD candidate to work on remote sensing of tropical forest developing new methods for automatic monitoring with emphasis on the use of SAR.

You should have a masters degree (or equivalent) in physics, geophysics, remote sensing, signal analysis, applied mathematics, or eventually biology with experience in remote sensing. We appreciate curiosity, initiative, cooperativeness and willingness to travel internationally, specifically to tropical regions. Previous experience with remote sensing and tropical forests is highly appreciated. Female candidates are particularly encouraged to apply.

We offer a 3 year PhD research position with a competitive salary in a positive, open and internationally minded working environment with great possibilities for professional development. Norut has also a good pension and insurance system.

Working language is Norwegian or English.

If you want to know more, contact Senior Scientist Jörg Haarpaintner, joergh@norut.no, +47 92483065, or Research Director Kjell Arild Høgda, kjella@norut.no, +47 934 18 859.

If tempted, send a short application with CV as soon as possible to Norut, P.O. Box 6434, N-9294 Tromsø, Norway or by email to joergh@norut.no or kjella@norut.no .

Deadline for application: March 1, 2011.

Possible starting date: April 1, 2011 or as soon as possible.

Postdoc on "Pseudo-Haptics and 2D/3D Web Content" at INRIA Rennes (France)

Post-doctoral position:
“Pseudo-Haptic Interactive Techniques with 2D or 3D Web Content”

1-year post-doctoral position is open at INRIA (National Institute of Research in Computer Science and Control), Rennes, France (salary=2606,80 Euros/month before taxes), under the supervision of Dr. Anatole Lécuyer.

The project is in the areas of Interactive Techniques, Human-Computer Interaction(HCI), Haptic and Pseudo-Haptic Interfaces. It is meant to improve interaction with web content and Internet 2D or 3D applications. It is in the frame of a 2-year collaborative French project involving French SMEs and academic partners. Regular meetings and exchanges with external partners are therefore expected for the postdoctoral candidate.

The postdoctoral program aims at designing and testing novel interactive techniques with web content inspired by pseudo-haptic concept. Pseudo-haptic feedback is a technique meant to simulate haptic sensations using visual feedback and properties of human visuo-haptic perception (on-line demonstrations here at: http://www.irisa.fr/tactiles/). Pseudo-haptic feedback uses vision to distort haptic perception and verges on haptic illusions. Pseudo-haptic feedback has been used to simulate various haptic properties such as the stiffness of a virtual spring, the texture of an image, or the mass of a virtual object (see bibliography section).

In this postdoctoral work, the candidate will investigate the adaptation of the pseudo-haptic scheme in the field of internet navigation. It is expected that pseudo-haptic effects will bring novel tactile sensations when browsing 2D or 3D web content. A series of experiments with participants will be conducted to evaluate the various proposed techniques.

The candidate must have a PhD and excellent background in either: HCI, 3D user interfaces, haptic interfaces or other relevant topics. Knowledge in designing and conducting experimental studies is a prerequisite.

Interested candidates should send CV, selected publications and names and addresses of three references to Dr. Anatole Lécuyer (contact information bellow).

On-Line demos of Pseudo-haptics : http://www.irisa.fr/tactiles/

Bibliography :

* A. Lécuyer, “Simulating Haptic Feedback using Vision: a Survey of Research and Applications of Pseudo-Haptic Feedback”, Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, MIT Press, Vol. 18, Issue 1, pp. 39-53, 2009
* A. Lécuyer, J.M. Burkhardt, L. Etienne, "Feeling Bumps and Holes without a Haptic Interface: the Perception of Pseudo-Haptic Textures", ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (ACM CHI), Vienna, Austria, 2004
* A. Lécuyer, S. Coquillart, A. Kheddar, P. Richard and P. Coiffet, "Pseudo-Haptic Feedback : Can Isometric Input Devices Simulate Force Feedback?", IEEE International Conference on Virtual Reality (IEEE VR), New Brunswick, US, 2000

Contact :

Dr. Anatole Lécuyer
INRIA Rennes
Email: anatole.lecuyer@inria.fr

Post-doctoral position. IBISC/University of Evry/FRANCE

Post-doctoral position
(FP7-European project: DigitalOcean RSME 2011-2012)

Multimodal human robot interaction in mixed reality environments: application to DigitalOcean project.


The IBISC laboratory (University of Evry) is currently offering a post-doctoral researcher to work on an EC funded project entitled "DigitalOcean”. The research topics are:

- Virtual Reality, Augmented and Mixed Reality
- Telerobotics

Post-doctoral position available from 2011/03.

(Remuneration: 2100 ~2500 Euro NET/month).

Mission:
We interested to investigate: the combination of multimodal human robot interaction (audio, video and haptic) with mixed reality to teleoperate underwater robots (ROV or LAUV).

1) Mixed reality content:

This task is to study and develop a mixed reality (MR) module that allows mixing the actual images (sent by a camera on the ROV) with the virtual 3D model of the submarine site to explore. The main objective is therefore the visualization of the mixed reality contents. To do this we will in a first time study and propose algorithms for camera calibration and real-time registration (overlaying) virtual models and real images. Next, we will put forward a generic software architecture that will be used for both two types of demonstrators: WWW-based demonstrator (for the general public) and the multimodal teleoperation through a semi-immersive mixed reality platform.


2) Multimodal human-robot interface (a semi-immersive demonstrator)

The main objective of this task is to propose a more intuitive and multimodal Human-Robot Interface (audio, video and haptic). This multimodal interface will provide a way to interact with a remote robot (ROV) leveraging all of human sensory channels. A stereoscopic displaying (online 3D video) will provide a better visualisation of the remote real site. A virtual stereoscopic visualization (3D virtual model of the underwater site and virtual ROV) will allow learning, preparing exploration paths etc., to explore virtually a submarine environment before exploring the real environment with the real ROV.
A 3D interaction using haptic interfaces such as a SPIDAR (Space Interface Device for Artificial Reality) will allow user to feel the ROV during the exploration. The simulated audio feedback of ROV motors during the real exploration is other sensory information that can be used as a complementary feedback with the video and it is useful to enhance human presence during the tele-exploration missions. The proposed demonstrator will be a mixed reality mobile platform that can be transported during the presentations, meetings, conferences, etc.
It may be connected to an internet network from any place to perform real/virtual or mixed tele-exploration missions.

Candidates profile:
The candidate should have a Ph.D. in Computer Science /Robotics/Computer vision or
equivalent with a good experience in Human Computer Interaction or Human Robot
Interaction. He/She should be motivated by cooperation with our European partners.
Experience with haptic interaction is appreciated.


Contact:

For more information please contact me.

Send your CV and a motivation letter before February 15th, 2011 to:

Samir OTMANE
Samir.Otmane@ibisc.univ-evry.fr
Laboratoire IBISC, 40 rue du Pelvoux 91020 Evry, France
Phone : +33 1 69 47 75 92.

Postdoctoral Position in Full-Body Interaction for VR / Video Games

The USC Institute for Creative Technologies is looking to hire a post-doc in the areas of virtual reality / video games, specifically to work on a project developing software and techniques for full-body interaction using newly available depth sensing cameras (e.g. Microsoft Kinect). As a collaborative project between the Mixed Reality and Medical VR research groups, game-based rehabilitation will be an important focus of this work.

A more detailed job description, along with instructions to apply, are available at:

http://jobs.usc.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=57943

The University of Southern California values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity in employment.

Beca de investigación

He recibido una oferta de una beca de investigación a cargo de un proyecto del Ministerio relacionado con el tratamiento de datos de GPS. Necesitarían a alguien que supiera trabajar con perl (o JAVA). Gran parte del proyecto irá dedicada a la transmisión de datos en tiempo real a través de la estación permanente que tienen en el edificio del Departamento de Ingeniería Cartográfica, Geodesia y Fotogrametría, por lo que también deberá trabajar con transmisión de datos vía protocolos NTRIP.



La cuantía de la beca sería de unos 1300 euros al mes.



Los interesados se pueden dirigir a Ángel Martín Furonés (aemartin@upvnet.upv.es).

Postdoc position at INRA Avignon

Ray Tracing in GPUs for Remote Sensing applications.
To request further information, send an email to Frederic Baret (baret@avignon.inra.fr)