We
are looking for highly motivated candidates for an open PhD position in
the National Centre for Computer Animation (NCCA), Faculty of Media and
Communication, Bournemouth University, UK. This is a fully-funded
3-year PhD studentship which includes a stipend of £14,000 each year to
support living costs.
This
project "Interactive Hybrid Modelling of Heterogeneous Volumetric
Objects" involves the research, design and development of a generic
interactive modelling software system oriented to hybrid modelling of
heterogeneous volumetric objects. The overall project involves the
research and development of new mathematical techniques and algorithms,
and the development of novel software tools, possibly including an
Application Programming Interface (API), a scripting language and a
Graphical User Interface (GUI). An orientation towards the digital
fabrication (3D printing) of the produced geometric models is an
additional aspect of this research project. The exact scope of the
project will be defined taking into account a particular PhD student's
interests and skills.
This
is project relevant to several application areas such Computer-Aided
Design (CAD), computer simulation and animation, additive manufacturing,
computer art and cultural heritage preservation. A variety of research
problems are to be addressed.
Fundamental
research concerned with geometric and topological representations of
multi-material heterogeneous objects will benefit from new mathematical
models and their mapping to data structures and operations. Applied
research will benefit from the development of new efficient algorithms
for realising and transforming both the geometry and physical properties
of volume objects, especially multi-material ones, devising the
specialist high-level language, rendering and fabrication algorithms,
and system architecture design.
The
beneficiaries of this project will be CAD and animation system
developers, 3D printers production companies, art and design
communities, and education. The output of the research in the form of
the innovative modelling system will open up new application areas that
are impossible to achieve using existing CAD and animation systems.
Designers and animators will get easier available tools fine-tuned to
their specific styles and facilitating the production of advanced
multi-material volume models. Teachers and students will hopefully use
the developed tools for learning and exploring mathematical and physical
dynamic phenomena.
Candidates
must demonstrate outstanding academic potential with preferably a 1st
class honours degree and/or a Master’s degree with distinction or
equivalent Grade Point Average. An IELTs (Academic) score of 6.5 minimum
(with a minimum 5.5 in each component) is essential for candidates for
whom English is not their first language.
The direct link to the project description is https://www1.bournemouth.ac.uk/study/courses/phd-studentship-interactive-hybrid-modelling-heterogeneous-volumetric-objects. For further questions and informal discussion please get in touch with Prof Alexander Pasko (apasko@bournemouth.ac.uk) and/or Dr Valery Adzhiev (vadzhiev@bournemouth.ac.uk).
The closing date for applications is Friday 14 April 2017.
