[Infovis] Fully funded PhD studentship in Visualization, Newcastle University, UK

[Sara J Fernstad]

Dear everyone,



We are advertising a fully funded PhD studentship with focus on Interactive
Visualization of Heterogeneous Multi-Source Data at Newcastle University,
UK.

One of the most challenging and important tasks in data science today is to
extract informative and valuable knowledge from the constantly increasing
data deluge. There is a great need of efficient and usable analysis tools
that support gaining of insight and address data analysis challenges. Data
visualization utilize methods from HCI, computer graphics, data mining and
other data science areas to support knowledge generation and bridge the gap
between data and user.

A major challenge in big data analysis is the integrative analysis of
heterogeneous data that is gathered from multiple sources. These data may
be of different types, collected at different levels of detail and from
different application domains; and it is expected that the integrative
analysis across datasets may lead to greater insight. Such data is common
in areas such as climate and weather research, combining for instance
temperature data, pollution levels and demographical data, or bio-medical
domains where data as diverse as genome sequences and environmental data
may need to be combined.

Within this project you will develop and implement state-of-the-art
visualization methods to support analysis of diverse multi-source data. The
project may focus on one or several areas of relevance, including for
instance:

   - Visual representation of heterogeneous data (numerical, categorical,
   text, networks…)
   - Visual representation of correlation and other relationships across
   multiple heterogeneous datasets
   - Visual integration and coordination of data at different levels of
   detail
   - Visual representation and analysis of the uncertainty generated
   through the combination of diverse data from different sources
   - Visual analysis of diverse data on small display devices.





Further detail and information on how to apply is available at:
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/funding/sources/ukeustudents/cs063.html



Please note that the application deadline is 23 Nov.



For more information, please contact Dr Sara Johansson Fernstad:
sara.fernstad at ncl.ac.uk




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Sara Johansson Fernstad, PhD

Lecturer in Visualization



School of Computing

Newcastle University

Urban Sciences Building

1 Science Square

Newcastle-upon-Tyne

NE4 5TG



Office: 4.042

E-mail: sara.fernstad at newcastle.ac.uk

URL: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/people/profile/sarafernstad