Open Positions at KAUST – Geometric Modeling and Scientific Visualization Center (Saudi Arabia)

I just returned from Eurovis 2012 and while a more detailed write-up of that will be posted soon, I wanted to let you know about several open positions over at KAUST in Saudi Arabia in the meantime.

An example of the research done at GMSV 'Fused Multi-Volume DVR using Binary Space Partitioning'

The newly formed Geometric Modeling and Scientific Visualization Center (GMSV) is looking for 5-10 post-docs, MS and PhD students as well as short term visitors (2-3 months). A overview of their scivis work so far can be seen here. Contact them by sending an email to gmsvfaculty(a)kaust.edu.sa.

Two Medical Visualisation Ph.D. Vacancies at VRVis in Vienna (Austria)

Katja Bühler’s group at VRVis in Vienna currently has two medical visualisation Ph.D. vacancies. They are looking for two highly motivated young scientists preferably from European Countries interested in medical visualization and in the development of cutting edge solutions for radiotherapy planning.

More details and the description for these jobs can be found here
The lucky person that gets the first position can start right away and the second position will be available from August onwards.

Visualisation professorship at the University of Bergen (Norway)

The Department of Informatics at the University of Bergen has the opportunity to hire a new professor (a full, i.e., tenured professor) into the visualization research group 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, together with a short description of the environment and the plans with regard to the new professor (see also the attached PDF). The application deadline is set to Dec. 22nd, 2011.

Visualisation Ph.D. vacancy at the University of Bergen (Norway)

The Department of Informatics at the University of Bergen is hiring a PhD candidate in informatics (but can be visualisation, according to Helwig Hauser). Don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity to become a legendary Visualisation Ninja at one of the best visualization places in the world.

Multi-Aspect Visualization: Going from Linked Views to Integrated Views

An example of work done by the Bergen VisGroup

More details and the job description can be found here. The deadline for applying is the 15th of December.

MedVis Ph.D. vacancy at the TU Delft

The Medical Visualisation group at the TU Delft currently has a fully funded 4-year Ph.D. vacancy. The successful candidate will work together with another Ph.D. student from the LUMC Departments of Anatomy and Surgery on building the Virtual Surgical Pelvis, a next generation surgical model, in silico, of the human pelvis, based on extremely high resolution histological sections. For more details on the project and the vacancy, see this webpage.

The deadline for applying is May 15, so you better hurry up!