Open PhD position in Visualization
<http://www.jobbnorge.no/job.aspx?jobid=88348>
http://www.jobbnorge.no/job.aspx?jobid=88348
At the Department of Informatics ( <http://www.uib.no/ii/en>
http://www.uib.no/ii/en) one 4-year position as research fellow is available
within the field of informatics. This position is part of an
interdisciplinary research project Physioillustration, which is funded by
the Norwegian Research Council. The main goal of the project is to advance
visualization technology that communicates complex biological processes and
machineries in an understandable way, conveyed along the lines of
traditional craft of illustration and 3D animation. The central research
question is: "How can a complex system of processes be visually communicated
to a human in a clear and intuitive way?". We base our investigation on data
available nowadays in computational biology, as this scientific discipline
generates data that matches very well with the central goal of the project.
The research team will consist of visualization researchers, as the central
discipline and of an illustrator and a researcher in bioinformatics as
complementary disciplines.
For further information about the position please contact
<mailto:Helwig.Hauser@uib.no> Helwig.Hauser(a)uib.no (or
<mailto:Ivan.Viola@uib.no> Ivan.Viola(a)uib.no).
Starting salary on grade 50 (code 1017/pay framework 20.8) in the Civil
Service pay grade table; currently NOK 416 600 gross p.a.; following
ordinary meriting regulations.
Closing date for applications: 10 December 2012
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