UCL's EngD Centre for Virtual Environments: two vacancies

Applications are now invited for two fully funded doctoral studentships at UCL's EngD Centre for Virtual Environments, Imaging and Visualisation. Studentships will start in January 2014. Suitable
candidates are strongly encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

These two unique and exciting EngD studentships are sponsored by (1) Microsoft Research and (2) Imaginations Technologies:

1. MSR are sponsoring an EngD project to engineer and test novel methods in augmented reality, gaming and novel display technologies. There is scope to work with MS technologies such as Kinect and Surface, while the candidate would develop entirely new technologies. Technologies include 3D computer graphics, Computer vision, Electronics, Applied optics

2. Imagination Technologies is looking for a creative graphically oriented engineer to pioneer and explore new ways that low-level technologies can benefit end-user applications. This will involve
hands-on prototyping and experimentation, to discover the capabilities and strengths of the underlying technologies as well as the preferences and inclinations of users.

Applicants are required to have
- A bachelor degree (1st or 2.1 honours)
- Good knowledge of computer graphics and mathematics
- Strong programming skills, including in graphics
- Good communication and presentation skills

Applications must be made via this link: http://www.prism.ucl.ac.uk/pgadmissions/register

VEIV is the leading centre for doctoral training in its field.
For more information about VEIV visit our website:
http://engdveiv.cs.ucl.ac.uk
Download our e-book: http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1409265/

Informal enquiries on the project can be made to Prof Anthony Steed, a.steed@cs.ucl.ac.uk or contact the EngD Centre Manager Dr Jamie O'Brien, jamie.o'brien@ucl.ac.uk

Fixed term Lectureship available in Games Programming at Bournemouth University, UK

A 6 month fixed term lecturer position in the area of games programming has become available in the Creative Technology Group in the School of Design, Engineering & Computing at Bournemouth University. A doctoral qualification or equivalent and expertise in games programming are essential.

You will be expected to have a strong understanding of C++ and C# programming (plus related paradigms such as object oriented programming) and also APIs such as OpenGL or DirectX/XNA. In addition to this, you will be expected to have familiarity with applied maths and physics as used in games development. Industry experience in the form of published game titles would be advantageous.

http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/jobs/vacancies/academic/advert/dec316.html

Max Planck Institute for Informatics: Junior Research Groups Leaders

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 Groups 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 01 Jan 2014. The final deadline is 31 Jan 2014. Applicants should submit their CV, copies of their school and university reports, list of publications, reprints of five selected publications, names of 3-5 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 E 1 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.org

Technical University Munich: post-doctoral researcher and Ph.D. position

One post-doctoral researcher and one Ph.D. position are available at the Technical University Munich in the area of uncertainty and ensemble visualization.

The Technical University of Munich currently has a research focus on uncertainty visualization via an ERC advanced grant of R. Westermann on this subject. A particular emphasis lies on the efficient handling and visual exploration of high resolution scalar and vector valued ensemble fields, resulting from numerical simulations or measurements. It is an area that has found wide spread use in other research domains such as fluid mechanics, meteorology, stochastical mechanics, geophysics and mathematics.

Research areas include, but are not limited to, visual mapping of uncertainty, brushing and linking for uncertainty visualization, uncertain features in scalar and vector field, uncertain topology, visualization systems for ensemble data, uncertainty propagation in numerical simulations.

If you are interested in applying, you should have a background in 3D data visualization and graphics – and in particular in the underlying math – , have experience implementing C/C++ algorithms (and possibly using graphics APIs such as OpenGL), and you should be excited to work on state-of-the-art research in the visualization area. Good English skills are also a plus. For the post-doctoral position, you should have a strong publication record in visualization, or a related discipline such as mechanics, applied physics or math.

This is a full time position, with payment and benefits according to the German public service employment levels (TV-L E13, 100%). To apply, please send your CV to the address below. Also, if you have questions, simply send a mail to:

Rüdiger Westermann
Email: westermann@tum.de
Phone: +49 (0)89 289 19456
http://wwwcg.in.tum.de/group/persons/westermann.html