PhD position at Groningen University

[Gert Vegter]

PhD position: Visibility amidst Curved Obstacles in Three Space


Applications are invited for a PhD Research position for the project

     Visibility amidst Curved Obstacles in Three Space 

at the Institute of Mathematics and Computing Science, University of
Groningen, The Netherlands.
This position is funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific
Research (NWO). Principal investigator and supervisor is Dr. G. Vegter.

Topics of research.
The goal of the project is the development of fast algorithms and suitable
data structures to deal with visibility and rendering problems related to
scenes consisting of smooth, possibly moving objects. These objects may be
represented as spline surfaces, implicit surfaces, or subdivision surfaces.
Visualization of such scenes will benefit from a good understanding of the
combinatorial structure of the configuration of objects (technically, of the
visibility complex), and of the visual mapping and its singularities. Basic
results from computational geometry, Morse theory, the theory of
singularities, and the numerical approach of bifurcation problems will be
used here. 

Type and level of the position.
This is a temporary research position for a period of maximally four years.
In this period the person appointed has to prepare and defend a PhD thesis.
The position is funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific
Research (NWO). It is embedded in the research group High Performance
Computing and Imaging, consisting of five permanent scientific staff members
and ten PhD students.
You may download a more detailed description of the project from
     http://www.cs.rug.nl/~gert/vacancies/phd-visibility.ps.gz
The position will be open until a suitable candidate is found. 

Your qualifications.
You are a university graduate (at the Diploma or Master of Science level) in
Computer Science, Mathematics or Physics. You are expected to have an
excellent academic record (list of from your university study) and to
be interested in research in Geometric Computing, Visualization and
Computer Graphics. Experience in one of the latter fields will be
considered an advantage.
You should be able to write scientific articles and reports (to be
proven by your graduation thesis or another comparable report) and be
fluent in English.

How to apply.
Send your application, including a curriculum vitae and a description
of your ideas for research in the specified area to 

   Dr. Gert Vegter
   Department of Mathematics and Computing Science
   Groningen University
   P.O. Box 800
   9700 AV  Groningen
   The Netherlands
   e-mail: gert at cs.rug.nl    

Applicants are also requested to ask that two letters of
recommendation be sent to this address.


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+        Gert Vegter                            +
+        Dept. of Math. and Comp. Science       +
+        University of Groningen                +
+        P.O. Box 800                           +
+        9700 AV  Groningen                     +
+        The Netherlands                        +
+        Phone: +31 50 363 3930 (3939)          +
+        Fax:   +31 50 363 3800                 +
+        URL:   http://www.cs.rug.nl/~gert      +
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