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<td>[Ieee_vis_open_positions] Open Permanent VISUALIZATION
SCIENTIST Position at KAUST Visualization Core Lab</td>
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<td>Thu, 10 Dec 2015 13:12:48 +0300</td>
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<td>Daniel Acevedo <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:daniel.acevedo@kaust.edu.sa"><daniel.acevedo@kaust.edu.sa></a></td>
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ieee_vis_open_positions@listserv.uni-tuebingen.de">ieee_vis_open_positions@listserv.uni-tuebingen.de</a></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Helvetica
Neue';color:black">PERMANENT</span></b><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Helvetica
Neue';color:black">Â STAFF POSITION AT THEÂ <b>KAUSTÂ VISUALIZATION
LABORATORY</b> SPECIALIZING IN <b>VISUAL ANALYTICS</b> and <b>DATA-DRIVEN
DECISION MAKING.</b></span><b><span
style="font-size:3pt;font-family:'Helvetica
Neue';color:black">Â </span></b><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Helvetica
Neue';color:black">EXCITING CAREER-ENHANCING OPPORTUNITY,
WITH COMPETITIVEÂ <b>TAX FREE PACKAGE</b>.</span></p>
<br>
<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.kaust.edu.sa/"
target="_blank"><b><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">KAUST</span></b></a></span><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Helvetica
Neue';color:black"> is an <b>international graduate-level,
merit-based research university</b>Â dedicated to advancing
science and technology through innovative and collaborative
research and to addressing challenges of regional and global
significance. </span><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://discovery.kaust.edu.sa/en" target="_blank"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">KAUST
is constantly pushing the boundaries of research,
development and education in the Middle East.</span></a></span>Â
  <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Helvetica
Neue';color:black">Located on the beautiful <b>Red Sea
coast of Saudi Arabia</b>, KAUSTÂ </span><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://vimeo.com/109448099"
target="_blank"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">sets
exceptional standards in residences and recreational
facilities</span></a><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Helvetica
Neue';color:black">Â and boasts a truly multicultural
environment which can be enjoyed by all. Itâs the
perfect setting to live and work for all employees and
their families while also offering internationally
competitive tax free salaries and outstanding benefits to
entice top talent from around the world.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Helvetica
Neue';color:black">Â </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Helvetica
Neue';color:black">The </span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://kvl.kaust.edu.sa/Pages/Home.aspx"
target="_blank"><b><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">Visualization
Core Laboratory</span></b></a><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Helvetica
Neue';color:black"> at KAUST is a <b>state-of-the-art
facility</b>Â that offers a unique opportunity to
utilize one-of-a-kind visualization, sonification, and
computational resources for the exploration and
presentation of scientific data. Featuring, among others,
a six-sided CAVE virtual environment and several
high-resolution tiled display walls, the lab partners with
KAUST faculty and researchers to analyze data in new ways.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Helvetica
Neue';color:black">Â </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'"><font
color="#000000">The role of the <b>Visualization
Scientist</b> is to develop <b>rich and</b> <b>interactive
visualization workflows</b>Â that enable the effective
exploration of large scientific datasets and facilitate
the understanding of the complex phenomena that produce
them. You would serve as an expert in information
visualization techniques, visual analytics dashboard
design, infographic interactive displays and information
delivery best practices using large tile displays and
virtual reality environments.</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'"><font
color="#000000"><br>
</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><b><i><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'"><font
color="#000000">Areas of Expertise</font></span></i></b></p>
<p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:0.25in"><font
color="#000000"><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span
style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times
New Roman'">Â Â Â </span></span><i><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">Data-driven
decision making</span></i></font></p>
<p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:0.25in"><font
color="#000000"><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span
style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times
New Roman'">Â Â Â </span></span><i><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">Multi-dimensional
Visualization</span></i></font></p>
<p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:0.45in"><font
color="#000000"><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New'">o<span
style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times
New Roman'">Â </span></span><i><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">Clustering
Analysis</span></i></font></p>
<p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:0.45in"><font
color="#000000"><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New'">o<span
style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times
New Roman'">Â </span></span><i><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">Projections,
Dimensionality Reduction</span></i></font></p>
<p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:0.45in"><font
color="#000000"><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New'">o<span
style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times
New Roman'">Â </span></span><i><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">Interaction
and Exploration Techniques</span></i></font></p>
<p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:0.25in"><font
color="#000000"><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span
style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times
New Roman'">Â Â Â </span></span><i><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">Visual
Analytics</span></i></font></p>
<p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:0.45in"><font
color="#000000"><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New'">o<span
style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times
New Roman'">Â </span></span><i><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">Graph-based
data analysis</span></i></font></p>
<p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:0.45in"><font
color="#000000"><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New'">o<span
style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times
New Roman'">Â </span></span><i><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">Temporal
Data</span></i></font></p>
<p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:0.45in"><font
color="#000000"><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New'">o<span
style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times
New Roman'">Â </span></span><i><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">Ensembles,
Uncertainity</span></i></font></p>
<p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:0.45in"><font
color="#000000"><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New'">o<span
style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times
New Roman'">Â </span></span><i><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">Geo-referenced
Datasets</span></i></font></p>
<p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:0.45in"><font
color="#000000"><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New'">o<span
style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times
New Roman'">Â </span></span><i><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">Comparision,
Correlation</span></i></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><b><i><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'"><font
color="#000000">Core Skills</font></span></i></b></p>
<p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:0.25in"><font
color="#000000"><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span
style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times
New Roman'">Â Â Â </span></span><i><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">Programming
(5 years experience, at least): Javascript, C/C++,
Python, R</span></i></font></p>
<p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:0.25in"><font
color="#000000"><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span
style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times
New Roman'">Â Â Â </span></span><i><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">Interactive
3D Graphics: HTML5, WebGL, OpenGL/Direct3D</span></i></font></p>
<p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:0.25in"><font
color="#000000"><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span
style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times
New Roman'">Â Â Â </span></span><i><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">Data
Visualization: Tableau/SpotFire, D3js (or other JS
charting libraries), Paraview/VISIT, Processing</span></i></font></p>
<p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:0.25in"><font
color="#000000"><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span
style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times
New Roman'">Â Â Â </span></span><i><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">GIS/Databases:
ArcGIS, PostGIS, CartoDB, MongoDB.</span></i></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><i><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'"><font
color="#000000">Â </font></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><b><i><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'"><font
color="#000000">Desired Skills</font></span></i></b></p>
<p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:0.25in"><font
color="#000000"><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span
style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times
New Roman'">Â Â Â </span></span><i><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">(Big)
Data Mining Tools: Apache Spark, Weka, RStudio</span></i></font></p>
<p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:0.25in"><font
color="#000000"><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span
style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times
New Roman'">Â Â Â </span></span><i><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">Demonstrated
hands-on experience in interactive graphics, data
visualization, data mining and analysis.</span></i></font></p>
<p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:0.25in"><font
color="#000000"><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span
style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times
New Roman'">Â Â Â </span></span><i><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">Understanding
of color theory and visual perception.</span></i></font></p>
<font style="font-size:12.8px" color="#000000"><b><i><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">PhD</span></i></b><i><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">Â in
Computer Science or a related area preferred, with 3-5
years of experience in some of the areas detailed above.
Candidates with <b>MSc</b> degree and exceptional
experience will also be considered. <br>
<br>
</span></i></font>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'"><font
color="#000000">Interested candidates may send their
applications to either of the following individuals:</font></span></p>
<p style="font-size:12.8px"><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span
style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times
New Roman'">Â Â Â Â Â Â Â </span></span><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica
Neue';color:black">Daniel Acevedo-Feliz, KAUST
Visualization Core Laboratory Director, at </span><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:daniel.acevedo@kaust.edu.sa" target="_blank"><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:daniel.acevedo@kaust.edu.sa">daniel.acevedo@kaust.edu.sa</a></span></a><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica
Neue';color:black"></span></p>
<p style="font-size:12.8px"><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span
style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times
New Roman'">Â Â Â Â Â Â Â </span></span><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica
Neue';color:black">Madhu Srinivasan, Scientific Lead,
KAUST Visualization Core Lab, at </span><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:madhu.srinivasan@kaust.edu.sa"
target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:madhu.srinivasan@kaust.edu.sa">madhu.srinivasan@kaust.edu.sa</a></a></span><i><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica
Neue';color:black"></span></i></p>
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funding, as well as employment of personnel in all
University departments and offices, are made on the basis of
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Daniel Acevedo-Feliz, PhD<br>
Visualization Core Lab Director<br>
Supercomputing Core Lab Director (Acting)<br>
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology<br>
Building #1, Office #3419<br>
Thuwal 23955-6900<br>
Saudi Arabia<br>
Tel. +966 544 700334<br>
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