[Infovis] Research Scientist in Visual Analytics open position

[John Stasko]

     FODAVA:  Seeking a Research Scientist

The FODAVA (Foundations of Data Analysis and Visual Analytics) Center
at Georgia Tech is seeking a Research Scientist to join our team.

Enormous amounts of data are being generated every day in health care,
computational biology, homeland security, commerce, and many other
areas. Analyzing these massive and complex data sets is essential to
achieve new discoveries, but is extremely difficult. An emerging
research field known as data and visual analytics is concerned with
synthesizing information and deriving insight from massive, dynamic,
ambiguous and possibly conflicting digital data for increased
understanding and effective decision making.

The FODAVA research initiative is dedicated to both defining the
foundations of the data and visual analytics fields and advancing the
state-of-the-art. Established in 2008, the FODAVA initiative is a
collaborative effort funded jointly by the National Science Foundation
(NSF) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).  For further
information about the Center, please see http://fodava.gatech.edu/.

We are seeking a Research Scientist (RS) to join our group and assist
with ongoing research.  The position will involve work on two main
projects.  First, the RS will contribute to the Jigsaw project
(http://www.gvu.gatech.edu/ii/jigsaw).  Specifically, the RS will lead
an effort into modifying the architecture of the system and creating a
new API that will allow other software systems to better interact with
it.  Second, the RS will help build a visual analytics system for
document discovery based on the fundamental data analytic theory and
methods we have developed. The system will allow users to find and
become aware of documents of interest among a sea of incoming
documents such as research papers obtained with a crawler from across
the internet.

In addition to these two projects, there will be opportunities for the
RS to collaborate on other ongoing research as well as to initiate new
projects.  Georgia Tech faculty are dedicated to working with the
successful applicant in mentoring and career growth.

The ideal candidate should have at least an MS in a related discipline
or a BS with equivalent experience.  Prior work in areas such as
visual analytics, data analysis, data mining, machine learning, and/or
HCI will be extremely useful.  Candidates also should have strong
software engineering and programming skills (knowledge of Java and
Swing is a must) and good verbal, writing, and communication skills.
This is a 2-year position, beginning Fall 2011.  To apply, please send
a brief cover letter describing your background and interests, as well
as a your current CV, to Ms. Lometa Mitchell (lometa at cc.gatech.edu).
Please direct informal questions about the position to Prof. Haesun
Park (hpark at cc.gatech.edu) and/or Prof. John Stasko
(stasko at cc.gatech.edu).  We will review applications on an ongoing
basis until the position is filled.