2 PhD Positions in Visualization at the University of Bergen, Norway

The visualization research group (http://www.ii.UiB.no/vis/) at the Department of Informatics of the University of Bergen, Norway (UiB), is seeking motivated and capable new PhD students who wish to pursue cutting-edge visualization research in a stimulating and dynamic environment.

Currently there are two vacancies in the context of the MetaVis project funded by the Research Council of Norway. The project aims to study the space of visualizations itself and how it can be efficiently and effectively navigated. The goal is to develop interactive visual methods to enable users in choosing appropriate visualization techniques for particular types of data and tasks. The topic for the PhD can be chosen within this broad range to suit the strengths and interests of the PhD candidate.

Further information & online application:

http://www.ii.uib.no/vis/about/jobs.html

*) Application Deadlines: June 8, 2016 and July 8, 2016

*) Yearly salary approx. NOK 430K (~ EUR 46K)

*) Leaflet: http://www.ii.uib.no/vis/about/_pdf2016-05-18--PhD_Leaflet.pdf

Please direct any questions to Prof. Stefan Bruckner (Stefan.Bruckner@UiB.no).

Postdoctoral positions in Virtual and Augmented Reality @ University of Arkansas

The Emerging Analytics Center (EAC) at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) has two (2) 3-year funded Postdoctoral Research Associate positions in the areas of virtual and augmented reality and interactive technologies.
We are seeking highly creative and motivated individuals that would like to start their research career in VR/AR at the EAC. Candidates need to have a strong background in interactive computer graphics or related fields (Gaming, HCI, virtual reality); good programming skills and experience in C++, Python, OpenGL; and, familiarity with visualization tools and game engines (ranging from tools such as Paraview, VMD, ArcGIS, to Unity and Unreal Engine). Candidates must have a strong level of spoken and written English and must be able to work both independently and in a team in a multidisciplinary environment. The positions have a great deal of flexibility for candidates to pursue research in areas of their interest. Candidates will also have the opportunity to define technology acquisitions at EAC in order to support research activities. There could be a possibility of transferring
to a tenure-track faculty position at the completion of the postdoctoral work.
Candidates will work under the direction of Dr. Carolina Cruz-Neira and Dr. Dirk Reiners in a variety of applied research projects in virtual reality, augmented reality, visual analytics, modeling and simulation, and training. One of the primary expectations for candidates is their ability to generate publishable papers from the research projects under their responsibility.

Application: please email a cover letter, CV, and at least two reference contacts to Dr. Carolina Cruz-
Neira, cxcruz@ualr.edu

PhD Student positions in Virtual and Augmented Reality @ University of Arkansas

PhD Student positions in Virtual and Augmented Reality and Interactive Technologies Emerging Analytics Center
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
The Emerging Analytics Center (EAC) at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) has multiple 3- and 4-year fully funded PhD student positions in the areas of virtual and augmented reality and interactive technologies.
We are seeking highly creative and motivated individuals that would like to pursue a PhD degree in our center. These candidates need to have a strong background in interactive computer graphics or related fields (Gaming, HCI, virtual reality); good programming skills and experience in C++, Python, OpenGL; and, familiarity with visualization tools and game engines (ranging from tools such as Paraview, VMD, ArcGIS, to Unity and Unreal Engine). Candidates must have a strong level of spoken and written English and must be able to work both independently and in a team in a multidisciplinary environment. The positions have a great deal of flexibility for candidates to pursue research in areas of their interest. Candidates will also have the opportunity to define technology acquisitions at EAC in order to support research activities.
Academically these positions are under the department of Information Sciences, although based on the candidate’s background it could be possible to place the positions under other academic departments Candidates will work under the direction of Dr. Carolina Cruz-Neira and Dr. Dirk Reiners in a variety of applied research projects in virtual reality, augmented reality, visual analytics, modeling and simulation, and training.

About the Emerging Analytics Center
The EAC at UALR is a new research center focused on applied research in visualization for a wide range of disciplines. The center has a strong multi-disciplinary base of faculty, researchers and students addressing a diversity of challenges through the application of virtual reality, mixed reality and visualization. One of the unique aspects of EAC is that it acts as a “knowledge-broker” between faculty expertise and industry and government R&D needs. EAC has a core group of members, but it also draws faculty from the entire campus as needed for each project opportunity. As a consequence, another unique aspect of EAC is its ability to perform highly multi-disciplinary research towards the design, development, and deployment of applied research products to be utilized outside the research community and integrated into industry workflows. EAC is a focus of expertise as well as a focus of technology transfer. Research results are disseminated through traditional venues such as publications, patents, and spin-offs as well as through Open Source products and an expertly-trained workforce targeting specific industry segments.

Application: please email a cover letter, CV, and at least two reference contacts to Dr. Carolina Cruz-
Neira, cxcruz@ualr.edu

PhD Position at University of South Australia

PhD Scholarships (3 to 3.5 years)

Expressions of Interest

Visualisation, Visual Analytics and Story Telling Visualisation

Established with a grant of $25 million in July 2014, the Data to Decisions CRC (D2D CRC) is part of the Cooperative Research Centre's Program where, with funding from the Australian Government, researchers and industry are brought together to be a leading provider of Big Data capability resulting in a safer and more secure nation and a sustainable Big Data workforce for Australia.

The D2D CRC will develop new PhD trained data scientists and socio-legal policy specialists to meet the Big Data challenge for Australian Industry and Government and be industry job ready at their completion.

Students in the Analytics and Decision Support Program will undertake leading-edge research projects that enable analysts and users in the Australian defence and national security community to better:

• Narrate visualisations for novel display technologies

• Narrate techniques for storytelling visualisations

• Visualise and manipulate large, diverse data sets

• Use semi-automatic tools for the creation of a Data Videos

Scholarships

• Full scholarships at the value of $26,288 per annum living allowance + tuition waver (tax free stipend)*

• Tenable for 3 years, with possible additional six months of funding*

• Opportunities to work with world class researchers and leading industry and government partners

• International exchange program

Eligibility

Domestic and international candidates may apply. Applicants must fulfil the PhD admission criteria for the relevant University, including English language requirements, and demonstrate excellent capacity and potential for research.

Requirements*

Computer Science Background in Visualisation, Visual Analytics or Advanced user interaction. Masters or First Class Honours degree or equivalent and should be eligible for an Australian Postgraduate Award, International Postgraduate Research Scholarships or equivalent.

Contact

Professor Bruce Thomas

Project Lead - Immersive Information Pod: an Interactive Visualisation Environment for Analysts

University of South Australia

E: Bruce.Thomas@unisa.edu.au

Open Teaching Positions in VR & Gaming at WPI (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)

WPI have some open positions for VR a Gaming Teaching Faculty.

Here are the links:

https://careers.wpi.edu/postings/3516
https://careers.wpi.edu/postings/3517

One is more art focused, and one more tech. WPI is a great place to work, and the IMGD program even more so. (imgd.wpi.edu)

Disney R&D VR Developer

More info here

Computer Graphics Lab at Braunschweig University of Technology: Vacancies

The Computer Graphics Lab at Braunschweig University of Technology, Germany, is seeking applications for one PhD and one postdoctoral Research Associate position to strengthen our research team for the DFG Project "Immersive Digital Reality"

(http://graphics.tu-bs.de/projects/immersive-digital-reality/).

Interested candidates should have finished their Master's/PhD degree with very good grades, have a strong mathematical background and excellent programming skills in C/C++, CUDA and/or Python. You should have experience in computer vision, computer graphics and/or image processing. Very good verbal as well as writing skills in German and English are essential.

Convincing applications including cover letter, CV, diploma copies incl.

grades should be sent to: sekretariat@cg.cs.tu-bs.de

Application deadline is May 31, 2016.

For the full text of the job advertisement please see:

http://www.cg.cs.tu-bs.de/vacancies.html