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<td>Funded Master or PhD student position in 3D environments
and HCI</td>
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<td>Thu, 7 Apr 2016 19:57:59 -0300</td>
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<th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">From: </th>
<td>Anderson Maciel <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:amaciel@INF.UFRGS.BR"><amaciel@INF.UFRGS.BR></a></td>
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<td>Anderson Maciel <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:amaciel@INF.UFRGS.BR"><amaciel@INF.UFRGS.BR></a></td>
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:IEEEVRLIST@LISTSERV.UNCC.EDU">IEEEVRLIST@LISTSERV.UNCC.EDU</a></td>
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id="docs-internal-guid-35afb415-f2ef-4f44-6785-460b0951988c"><span
style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">Please
disseminate this call. </span></p>
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id="docs-internal-guid-35afb415-f2ef-4f44-6785-460b0951988c"><span
style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">(Apologies
for multiple copies)</span></p>
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id="docs-internal-guid-35afb415-f2ef-4f44-6785-460b0951988c"><span
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id="docs-internal-guid-35afb415-f2ef-4f44-6785-460b0951988c"><span
style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">A
fully funded graduate (</span><span
style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Master
or PhD) student</span><span
style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">
</span><span
style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">position</span><span
style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">
on Visualization, Human-Computer Interaction and
Teleoperation in the Graduate Program of Computer Science at
the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">Appointment:
34 months (with possible upgrade from Master to PhD and
extension)</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">Monthly
scholarship: R$ 3.065,00</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">Please
note that the scholarship value for this project is far
above the regular CNPq and CAPES values.</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">Requirements:
to present a bachelor or master diploma in Computer Science
or related area</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">An
ideal candidate for this position has excellent programming
skills, including experience with engines such as Unity3D
and must have experience in at least two of these topics:</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">(i)
human-computer interfaces,</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">(ii)
3D environments modeling and simulation,</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">(iii)
computer vision, image processing and other sensor data
applications.</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">The
project goal is to develop, demonstrate and evaluate new
interfaces for monitoring and controlling an in development
robotic system for the oil industry in partnership with a
large oil company (Petrobras). Sensor fusion data analytics
and safe interface approaches will be considered. This is a
three years research project in collaboration with several
partners: SENAI-SC, SENAI-RS, UFRGS-Faculty of Engineering,
UFRGS-Institute of Informatics.</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">Excellent
candidates must submit a presentation letter, CV and contact
information of at least two professional references (e.g.
former advisor, employer, supervisor).</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">Start:
immediate</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">Location:
Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">For
further information please contact:</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">Prof.
Anderson Maciel (</span><span
style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:amaciel@inf.ufrgs.br"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:amaciel@inf.ufrgs.br">amaciel@inf.ufrgs.br</a></a></span><span
style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">)</span></p>
<span
style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">Prof.
Luciana Nedel (</span><span
style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:nedel@inf.ufrgs.br"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:nedel@inf.ufrgs.br">nedel@inf.ufrgs.br</a></a></span><span
style="font-size:13.333333333333332px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">)</span><br>
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Prof. Anderson Maciel<br>
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)<br>
Institute of Informatics - Caixa Postal 15064<br>
91501-970 - Porto Alegre - RS - Brazil<br>
Phone: +55(51)3308.6845 Fax: +55(51)3308.7308<br>
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href="http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/%7Eamaciel" target="_blank">http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/~amaciel</a><br>
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