Seeking candidates for Ph.D research position:

Job Title: Graphics PhD

Context and Mission:

We are looking for a student to pursue a PhD degree in the areas of Computer Graphics and Visualization.
The student will join a collaboration project between the Atomic and Electronic Protein Modeling (EAPM, http://www.bsc.es/life-sciences/electronic-and-atomic-protein-modelling) group at the BSC and the Modeling, Visualization, Interaction, and Virtual Reality (ViRVIG (MOVING), http://www.virvig.eu/) group at the UPC.
This collaborative project aims to develop biomolecules visualization (interactive) techniques.

Main Responsibilities:

• Design and development of new algorithms for the visualization of large models of molecules using GPU capabilities.
• Design and development of new algorithms for expressive visualization of molecular simulations.

Skills required and/or beneficial

• Background experience in graphics programming, including GPU programming.
• Additionally, knowledge of HCI and mobile development is a plus.
• Conversational technical English is required.

Qualifications & Experience (as example)

• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science.
• Capacity to interact and build strong relations with a diverse team.

Call closes: Saturday, October 19, 2013.
Applications: through BSC's website: http://www.bsc.es/about-bsc/employment/vacancies/phdstgv
Further information: contact directly Pere-Pau Vázquez or Àlvar Vinacua.