Institute of Computer Graphics and Knowledge Visualization, Graz: post-doctoral researcher

A female post-doctoral researcher is being sought to join the Institute of Computer Graphics and Knowledge Visualization (see http://www.cgv.tugraz.at for details of the group) at the Graz University of Technology. The position is open to women only in order to increase the percentage of female scientific staff at the Faculty of Computer Technology and Biomedical Engineering.

Position Number: 7110/14/011. The full-time position is restricted to 6 years with the possibility to gain tenure if agreed qualifications have been met. Gross salary: € 48.766 p.a. Expected starting date: 1. July.

Requirements: A PhD in technical sciences (information technology or mathematics). The applicant has excellent written and spoken English and German language skills, and experience in acquisition and management of scientific projects.

The Institute of Computer Graphics and Knowledge Visualization conducts applied research at the interface of computer graphics, simulation science and digital libraries. In the coming years we intent to focus our research on defining an efficient and reduced representation for freeform surfaces. Parallel to this is the question on how to efficiently analyse and simulate the behavior of freeform structures.

We are seeking a highly motivated researcher interested in the field of geometry processing and computer aided geometric design, with an expertise in subdivision surfaces. Experience with isogeometric analysis based on subdivision surfaces is a plus.

The work of a successful candidate will include the scientific development of the above described area of research, acquisition and coordination of scientific projects, teaching and developing courses, and supervision of Bachelor and Master Theses.

For details and requirements see the official announcement: http://www.cgv.tugraz.at/CGV/Home/News

The interested applicant should send documents, including application letter, curriculum vitae, and number of reference of open position to Graz Technical University, the dean of the Faculty of Information Technology and Biomedical Engineering, Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Franz Wotawa, Inffeldgasse 10/II, A-8010 Graz (informatik@tugraz.at). Application deadline: 9. April 2014.

Post-doc Position at UCL

Applications are invited for a postdoctoral Research Associate post on an EPSRC-funded grant in the Graphics and Vision group at the Department of Computer Science at University College London (UCL). We seek a candidate with a track record of expertise in some combination of computer graphics, machine learning, and computer vision, to work under the supervision of Tim Weyrich.

The post is for a researcher who will get involved in our diverse graphics, vision and special-effects projects, but with primary focus on and responsibility for the funded project Acquiring Complete and Editable Outdoor Models from Video and Images. This project aims to develop interactive computer graphics and vision technology on smart capture, synthesis and editing of real-world landscapes for special-effects and games industries. The project is in close collaboration with the University of Bath and involves a total of six investigators and six post-docs, as well as an industrial advisory panel of world-leading special-effects and games companies.

Key Requirements

Candidates should hold a PhD in a relevant subject, or will shortly be assessed for a PhD level qualification. Candidates should also have previous experience in 3D or appearance capture, procedural modelling, or texture synthesis. Publications in relevant leading peer reviewed conferences and/or journals are essential (SIGGRAPH, CVPR, PAMI, ICML, etc).

Salary (inclusive of London allowance):  £32,699 - £37,427 per annum

The post is funded until 16 October 2016 in the first instance. 

Closing Date (has been extended to):  23 Mar 2014

Further Details can be found at http://tim.weyri.ch/.

Senior Lectureship position available in Games Technology/Games Programming at Bournemouth University, UK

A Senior Lecturer position in the area of game design/programming has become available in the Department of Creative Technology in the Faculty of Science and Technology at Bournemouth University. A doctoral qualification or equivalent and expertise in key aspects of modern game design such as level design are essential.

You will be expected to have a strong understanding of areas including contemporary game engines such as Unreal, CryEngine or Unity, game modification, scripting within engines, content/asset creation for games and, finally, game design concepts and theory. Knowledge and experience in C++ programming is essential. Industry experience in the form of published game titles would be advantageous. A strong research profile in a related area, evidence of successful bids for funding and experience in supervising postgraduate students would be desirable.



http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/jobs/vacancies/academic/advert/fst5.html



The role is not due to commence until 1 August 2014.



Closing date for applications is midnight Wednesday 9 April 2014.

Post-Doctoral Position Opening, University of Innsbruck

Post-Doctoral Position Opening in Computer Graphics

The newly founded Interactive Graphics and Simulation Lab at the
University of Innsbruck invites applications for the position of
a full-time post-doctoral researcher in computer graphics, with
a focus on physically-based simulation.

A motivated candidate with a PhD degree in Computer Science or
related fields is sought, showing enthusiasm for leading-edge
research, team spirit, and capability for independent problem-
solving. The intended starting date is on or after March 1st, 2014.
The position is offered on the level of non-permanent university
research staff, for up to four years.

Candidates should send their application electronically as PDF to:
.

Detailed information is available in the attached PDF or on the
group webpage: http://informatik.uibk.ac.at/igs -> Open Positions. 

Informáticos, industriales, físicos, matemáticos y otros para el CERN

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Post-doctoral researcher @ the Graz University of Technology

A post-doctoral researcher is being sought to join the Institute of Computer Graphics and Knowledge Visualisation at the Graz University of Technology (see http://www.cgv.tugraz.at for details of the group).

Duration: 1 year fixed-term, with the option to extend.
Salary: Starting from 48766.20 Euro per annum (3483.30 Euro gross per month, 14x per year).
Start date: May 2014

Description of the project:
The goal of the project is to make it easier to produce computerised models from captured data. We have methods for finding curvatures and features in a point cloud or triangle mesh and, based on those, developed a software tool which aids the manual generation of good subdivision meshes from scan data.
Your work will be to investigate methods that automatically reduce a point cloud or triangle mesh to a good coarse subdivision mesh. A good subdivision mesh is not only accurate and coarse but also regular. The method for finding high quality quadrilateral representations should be general and applicable to complex meshes of arbitrary topology.

Requirements:
We are seeking a highly motivated researcher interested in the field of Geometry Processing. The ap- plicant ideally has a good understanding of geometric modeling and mesh generation. Experience in surface reconstruction will be highly desirable. Due to the computational nature of the project, program- ming skills are also required. You would be expected to hold, or be close to completion of, a PhD in computer graphics or geometry processing.

Contact:
Informal enquiries can be made to Dr. Ursula Augsdorfer on u.augsdorfer@cgv.tugraz.at

To apply please email me your CV with details about your background and experience

Dr. Ursula Augsdorfer
Institute of Computer Graphics and Knowledge Visualization Graz University of Technology Inffeldgasse 16c
8010 Graz, Austria
T: +43 316 8735414
E: u.augsdorfer@cgv.tugraz.at

16 PhD-Fellowships and 4 PostDoc Positions: Digital Heritage Research Training Project

The “Initial Training Network for Digital Cultural Heritage: Projecting our Past to the Future” with acronym ITN-DCH (www.itn-dch.eu), is the first and one of the largest Marie Curie fellowship projects in the area of the e-documentation / e-preservation and Cultural Heritage (CH) protection funded by the European Union under the FP7 PEOPLE research framework (http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/ ). The Project started on the 1st of October 2013 and it is a consortium comprising of 14 full partners and 9 associate members covering the entire spectrum of European CH actors, ranging from academia, research institutions, industry, museums, archives and libraries. The project aims to train 20 fellows (16 Early Stage Researchers and 4 Experienced Researchers – 500 person months) in the area of CH digital documentation, preservation and protection in order to create for them a strong academic profile and market oriented skills which will significantly contribute to their career prospects. The consortium and the fellows training programme will be supported by a prestigious advisory board.

ITN-DCH aims -for the first time worldwide- to analyze, design, research, develop and validate an innovative multidisciplinary and inter-sectorial research training framework that covers the entire lifecycle of digital CH research for a cost– effective preservation, documentation, protection and presentation of cultural heritage. CH is an integral element of Europe and vital for the creation of a common European identity and one of the greatest assets for steering Europe’s social, economic development and job creation. However, the current research training activities in CH are fragmented and mostly design to be of a single discipline, failing to cover the whole lifecycle of Digital Cultural Heritage (DCH) research, which is by nature a multi-disciplinary and inter-sectorial research agenda. ITN-DCH targets all aspects of CH ranging from tangible (books, newspapers, images, drawings, manuscripts, uniforms, maps, artefacts, archaeological sites, monuments) to intangible content (e.g., music, performing arts, folklore, theatrical performances) and their inter-relationships. The project aims to boost the added value of CH assets by re-using them in real application environments (protection of CH, education, tourism industry, advertising, fashion, films, music, publishing, video games and TV) through research on (i) new personalized, interactive, mixed and augmented reality enabled e-services, (ii) new recommendations in data acquisition, (iii) new forms of representations (3D/4D) of both tangible /intangible assets and (iv) interoperable metadata forms that allow easy data exchange and  archiving.

The ITN-DCH project is seeking highly motivated and valuable researchers for PhD positions in the entire field of Digital Heritage, such as: Data Acquisition (Photogrammetry, Terrestrial laser scanning, GIS) and Computer Vision data processing, 3D reconstruction and modeling, symbolic, semantic and ontology representation, metadata, mixed and augmented reality technologies, CH e-services. All the fellows are supposed to travel between the project partners and attend a series of complementary training courses, scientific workshops and summer schools.

The call for fellows is available on the ITN-DCH website: www.itn-dch.eu