[Infovis] Call for 3 PhD students and 3 Post-doctoral scientists at TU Wien [DL: Sep. 28, 2017]

[Miksch Silvia]

Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien):
Research Cluster "Smart Communities and Technologies" (Smart CT) at TU Wien
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Vice Rectorate for Research and Innovation is seeking for 3 highly 
motivated PhD candidates and Post-doctoral scientists in the field of 
(a) Cyber-Physical-Human Ecosystem, (b) Model Building and Visual 
Analytics, (c) 3D Spatialization in Research Cluster "Smart Communities 
and Technologies" (Smart CT) at Vienna University of Technology (TU 
Wien) [1], Vienna, Austria


The Research Cluster "Smart Communities and Technologies" (Smart CT) at 
TU Wien will provide the scientific underpinnings for next-generation 
complex smart city and communities infrastructures. Cities are 
ever-evolving, complex cyber physical systems of systems covering a 
magnitude of different areas. The initial concept of smart cities and 
communities started with cities utilizing communication technologies to 
deliver services to their citizens and evolved to using information 
technology to be smarter and more efficient about the utilization of 
their resources. In recent years however, information technology has 
changed significantly, and with it the resources and areas addressable 
by a smart city have broadened considerably. They now cover areas like 
smart buildings, smart products and production, smart traffic systems 
and roads, autonomous driving, smart grids for managing energy hubs and 
electric car utilization or urban environmental systems research.

Initially, we have openings for one full-time post-doc university 
assistant (40 hours/week) for three years and for one part-time 
university assistant (25 hours) PhD position for three years in each of 
the following three areas: Cyber-Physical-Human Ecosystem, Model 
Building and Visual Analytics, 3D Spatialization

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(a) Cyber-Physical-Human Ecosystem:
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Smart cities exchanging their capabilities in an organic elastic manner, 
being able to address whatever challenge and opportunity they face with 
the expertise, data, and knowledge of a global network of expert 
stakeholders form the basis of our vision for an Internet of Cities. 
Here the central focus is to create the scientific underpinnings for a 
future Internet of Cities infrastructure. We will create a comprehensive 
set of methodologies, models, and tools for design, development, 
management, and evolution of next-generation smart city applications.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS and SKILLS
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- Knowledge and interest in one or more of the following: Distributed 
Systems, Edge/Fog Computing with Internet of Things technologies, Cloud 
Computing
- Strong analytical skills and good skills in programming (preferably 
Java, C++, or similar)
- Abilities to work as an independent and flexible researcher in 
interdisciplinary teams
- Good knowledge of English in speaking and writing

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS and SKILLS
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- Knowledge or interest in one or more of the following: Middleware, 
technologies, Software Engineering methods and technologies for 
Distributed Systems, Simulation of Systems of Systems
- (for international applicants) Basic proficiency in German or 
willingness to learn

WE OFFER:
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- A creative environment in one of the most livable cities in the world
- A young and international team of researchers
- A work environment that is well equipped with the newest hardware and 
software technology
- Continuing personal and professional education
- The possibility to present your research results at international top 
conferences

DATES & DETAILS:
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- The estimated starting date is 01.10.2017.

- Entry level salary as a postdoctoral researcher is covered by level B1 
of the Austrian Collective Agreement for university staff, and receives 
a minimum of currently EUR 3.590,70 EUR/month gross, 14 times/year.

- For the PhD position the minimum salary is EUR 1.685,30- pre-tax, 14x 
per year.


For informal questions please contact: dustdar at dsg.tuwien.ac.at

The application should include motivation letter, CV, certificates, list 
of publications and thesis copy as a PDF or ZIP archive containing PDFs.

Period for application: from 03.08.- 28.09.2017 (date of stamp)

The TU Wien is committed to increasing female employment in leading 
scientific positions. Female applicants are explicitly encouraged to 
apply. Preference will be given when equally qualified. Furthermore 
desirable is competence in career advancement of young scientists and 
women and competence in gender mainstreaming.

Applications in digital form (pdf) should be sent to the personal 
department of the TU Wien, Karlsplatz 13, 1040 Wien. Online-application 
by E-Mail to thomas.prager at tuwien.ac.at

Applicants are not entitled to claim reimbursement of traveling expenses 
and/or other costs caused by the application procedures.

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(b) Model Building and Visual Analytics:
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Visual Analytics (VA) is "the science of analytical reasoning 
facilitated by interactive visual interfaces" and aims at making complex 
information structures more comprehensible, facilitating new insights, 
and enabling knowledge discovery. VA methods focus on the information 
discovery process, exploiting both the computational power of computers 
and the human's visual information processing capabilities. It aims to 
enable the exploration and the understanding of large and complex data 
sets (such as available in smart city's environments) by intertwining 
interactive visualization, data analysis, human-computer interaction, 
and cognitive and perceptual science.


REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS and SKILLS
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- Knowledge or interest in one or more of the following: Visual 
Analytics, Information Visualization, Human-Computer Interaction, Data 
Mining
- Strong analytical skills and good skills in programming (preferably 
Java, JavaScript, C++, or similar)
- Abilities to work as an independent and flexible researcher in 
interdisciplinary teams
- Good knowledge of English in speaking and writing


DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS and SKILLS
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- Knowledge or interest in one or more of the following: (dynamic) 
network analyses and visualization, visual process mining, temporal 
uncertainty, data quality, and time-oriented data
- (for international applicants) Basic proficiency in German or 
willingness to learn


WE OFFER:
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- A creative environment in one of the most livable cities in the world
- A young and international team of researchers
- A work environment that is well equipped with the newest hardware and 
software technology
- Continuing personal and professional education
- The possibility to present your research results at international top 
conferences

DATES & DETAILS:
----------------
- The estimated starting date is 01.10.2017.

- Entry level salary as a postdoctoral researcher is covered by level B1 
of the Austrian Collective Agreement for university staff, and receives 
a minimum of currently EUR 3.590,70 EUR/month gross, 14 times/year. For 
the PhD position the minimum salary is EUR 1.685,30- pre-tax, 14x per year.

- For informal questions please contact: miksch at ifs.tuwien.ac.at


The application should include motivation letter, CV, certificates, list 
of publications and thesis copy as a PDF or ZIP archive containing PDFs.

Period for application: from 03.08.-28.09.2017 (date of stamp)

The TU Wien is committed to increasing female employment in leading 
scientific positions. Female applicants are explicitly encouraged to 
apply. Preference will be given when equally qualified. Furthermore 
desirable is competence in career advancement of young scientists and 
women and competence in gender mainstreaming.

Applications in digital form (pdf) should be sent to the personal 
department of the TU Wien, Karlsplatz 13, 1040 Wien. Online-application 
by E-Mail to thomas.prager at tuwien.ac.at

Applicants are not entitled to claim reimbursement of traveling expenses 
and/or other costs caused by the application procedures.

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(c) 3D Spatialization:
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3D spatialization creates the link between the internet of cities 
infrastructure and the actual 3D world in which a city is embedded in 
order to perform advanced computation and visualization tasks. Sensors, 
actuators and users are embedded in a complex 3D environment that is 
constantly changing. Acquiring, modeling and visualizing this dynamic 3D 
environment are the challenges we need to face using methods from Visual 
Computing and Computer Graphics. 3D Spatialization aims to make a city 
aware of its 3D environment, allowing it to perform spatial reasoning to 
solve problems like visibility, accessibility, lighting, and energy 
efficiency.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS and SKILLS
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- Knowledge or interest in one or more of the following: Computer 
Graphics, 3D Reconstruction, 3D Modeling, Rendering
- Strong analytical skills and good skills in programming (preferably 
C++, OpenGL, CUDA, Matlab or similar)
- Abilities to work as an independent and flexible researcher in 
interdisciplinary teams
- Good knowledge of English in speaking and writing


DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS and SKILLS
----------------------------------
- Knowledge or interest in one or more of the following: point-based 
graphics, global illumination, real-time rendering,
- Good background in optimization methods
- (for international applicants) Basic proficiency in German or 
willingness to learn


WE OFFER:
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- A creative environment in one of the most livable cities in the world
- A young and international team of researchers
- A work environment that is well equipped with the newest hardware and 
software technology
- Continuing personal and professional education
- The possibility to present your research results at international top 
conferences

DATES & DETAILS:
----------------
- The estimated starting date is 01.10.2017.

- Entry level salary as a postdoctoral researcher is covered by level B1 
of the Austrian Collective Agreement for university staff, and receives 
a minimum of currently EUR 3.590,70 EUR/month gross, 14 times/year.

- For the PhD position the minimum salary is EUR 1.685,30- pre-tax, 14x 
per year.

For informal questions please contact: wimmer at cg.tuwien.ac.at

The application should include motivation letter, CV, certificates, list 
of publications and thesis copy as a PDF or ZIP archive containing PDFs.

Period for application: from 03.08.-28.09.2017 (date of stamp)

The TU Wien is committed to increasing female employment in leading 
scientific positions. Female applicants are explicitly encouraged to 
apply. Preference will be given when equally qualified. Furthermore 
desirable is competence in career advancement of young scientists and 
women and competence in gender mainstreaming.

Applications in digital form (pdf) should be sent to the personal 
department of the TU Wien, Karlsplatz 13, 1040 Wien. Online-application 
by E-Mail to thomas.prager at tuwien.ac.at

Applicants are not entitled to claim reimbursement of traveling expenses 
and/or other costs caused by the application procedures.



MORE INFO

[1] Vienna University of Technology: http://www.tuwien.ac.at/




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Univ.-Prof. SILVIA MIKSCH, Ph.D
Vienna University of Technology
Faculty of Informatics Institute of Software Technology and Interactive 
Systems (ISIS)
Head of Centre for Visual Analytics Science and Technology (CVAST)
Favoritenstrasse 9-11 / 188
A-1040 Vienna, Austria, Europe
email: miksch at ifs.tuwien.ac.at
url: www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/~silvia
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