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<td>[Members] [General] Institute of Computer Graphics and
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<td>Thu, 19 Feb 2015 10:30:20 +0100</td>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:NimbusSanL-Bold"
lang="EN-US">Institute of Computer Graphics and Knowledge
Visualization,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:NimbusSanL-Bold"
lang="EN-US">Graz University of Technology<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:NimbusSanL-Bold"
lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span
style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:NimbusSanL-Bold"
lang="EN-US">Applications are invited for a PhD position<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-family:NimbusSanL-Regu" lang="EN-US">The
position is available in the field of geometric processing
at the Institute of Computer Graphics and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-family:NimbusSanL-Regu" lang="EN-US">Knowledge
Visualization at TU Graz (see <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.cgv.tugraz.at">http://www.cgv.tugraz.at</a> for
details of the group). The position<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-family:NimbusSanL-Regu" lang="EN-US">is for
three years and includes a one-year exchange with the
Nanyang Technical University in Singapore.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:NimbusSanL-Bold"
lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:NimbusSanL-Bold"
lang="EN-US">Description of the project:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-family:NimbusSanL-Regu" lang="EN-US">The goal of
the project is to make it easier to produce good coarse 3D
meshes from densely scanned<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-family:NimbusSanL-Regu" lang="EN-US">data.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-family:NimbusSanL-Regu" lang="EN-US">We have
methods for finding curvatures and features in a point cloud
or triangle mesh and, based on<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-family:NimbusSanL-Regu" lang="EN-US">those,
developed a software tool which aids the manual generation
of good subdivision control meshes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-family:NimbusSanL-Regu" lang="EN-US">from scan
data.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-family:NimbusSanL-Regu" lang="EN-US">You will
investigate methods to automatically reduce a point cloud or
triangle mesh to a good coarse<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-family:NimbusSanL-Regu" lang="EN-US">subdivision
base mesh. A good subdivision mesh is not only accurate and
coarse but also regular. The<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-family:NimbusSanL-Regu" lang="EN-US">method for
finding high quality quadrilateral representations should be
general and applicable to complex<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-family:NimbusSanL-Regu" lang="EN-US">meshes of
arbitrary topology.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:NimbusSanL-Bold"
lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:NimbusSanL-Bold"
lang="EN-US">Requirements:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-family:NimbusSanL-Regu" lang="EN-US">We are
seeking a highly motivated student interested in the field
of Computer Aided Geometric Design<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-family:NimbusSanL-Regu" lang="EN-US">and
Geometry Processing. The applicant ideally has a good
understanding of geometry modeling and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-family:NimbusSanL-Regu" lang="EN-US">analysis.
Due to the computational nature of the project, programming
skills are required.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-family:NimbusSanL-Regu" lang="EN-US">The
selected candidate is expected to join the team as soon as
possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:NimbusSanL-Bold"
lang="EN-US">Contact:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-family:NimbusSanL-Regu" lang="EN-US">Please mail
</span><span style="font-family:NimbusSanL-ReguItal"
lang="EN-US"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:u.augsdorfer@cgv.tugraz.at">u.augsdorfer@cgv.tugraz.at</a> </span><span
style="font-family:NimbusSanL-Regu" lang="EN-US">for further
details.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-family:NimbusSanL-Regu" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-family:NimbusSanL-Regu" lang="EN-US">To apply
send your CV and a motivational letter either electronically
or to<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-family:NimbusSanL-Regu" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-family:NimbusSanL-Regu" lang="EN-US">Institute
of Computer Graphics and Knowledge Visualization<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-family:NimbusSanL-Regu" lang="EN-US">Department
of Information Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-family:NimbusSanL-Regu" lang="EN-US">Graz
University of Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-family:NimbusSanL-Regu">Ass. Prof. Ursula H.
Augsdorfer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-family:NimbusSanL-Regu">Inffeldgasse 16c<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:NimbusSanL-Regu">A-8010
Graz</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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