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            <th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">Subject:
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            <td>PhD Fellowships in Visualization (up to 2 positions) at
              the University of Bergen, Norway</td>
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            <th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">Date: </th>
            <td>Thu, 11 May 2017 16:31:14 +0200</td>
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            <th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">From: </th>
            <td>Stefan Bruckner <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:stefan.bruckner@uib.no"><stefan.bruckner@uib.no></a></td>
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            <th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">To: </th>
            <td>Eduard Gröller <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:groeller@cg.tuwien.ac.at"><groeller@cg.tuwien.ac.at></a>, Ivan
              Viola <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:viola@cg.tuwien.ac.at"><viola@cg.tuwien.ac.at></a>, Werner Purgathofer
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:wp@cg.tuwien.ac.at"><wp@cg.tuwien.ac.at></a>, Michael Wimmer
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:wimmer@cg.tuwien.ac.at"><wimmer@cg.tuwien.ac.at></a></td>
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      <div dir="ltr">Dear colleagues,
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        <div>could you please distribute the following job positing to
          potentially interested candidates and maybe also put up the
          leaflet ( <a moz-do-not-send="true"
            href="http://www.ii.uib.no/vis/about/_pdf/2016-05-18--PhD_Leaflet.pdf">http://www.ii.uib.no/vis/about/_pdf/2016-05-18--PhD_Leaflet.pdf</a>
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        <div>Thanks and best regards,</div>
        <div>Stefan</div>
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        <div>--</div>
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          <div>== PhD Fellowships in Visualization (up to two positions)
            at the University of Bergen, Norway == </div>
          <div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="http://www.ii.uib.no/vis/about/jobs.html">http://www.ii.uib.no/vis/about/jobs.html</a></div>
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          <div>The visualization research group (<a
              moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.ii.UiB.no/vis/">http://www.ii.UiB.no/vis/</a>)
            at the Department of Informatics of the University of
            Bergen, Norway (UiB), is seeking motivated and capable new
            PhD students who wish to pursue cutting-edge visualization
            research in a stimulating and dynamic international
            environment.</div>
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          <div>Currently there are vacancies for PhD fellowships (up to
            two positions) in the MetaVis project led by Prof. Stefan
            Bruckner (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="http://www.ii.uib.no/vis/team/bruckner">http://www.ii.uib.no/vis/team/bruckner</a>)
            and funded by the Research Council of Norway. The project
            aims to study the space of visualizations itself and how it
            can be efficiently and effectively navigated. The goal is to
            develop interactive visual methods to enable users in
            choosing appropriate visualization techniques for particular
            types of data and tasks. The topic for the thesis can be
            chosen within this broad range to suit the strengths and
            interests of the PhD candidate.</div>
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          <div>We are looking for motivated and skilled individuals with
            a strong interest in data visualization to join the project
            team. Suitable candidates should:</div>
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          <div>- have completed (or be close to finishing) their
            master's degree in visualization, computer graphics, or
            human-computer interaction</div>
          <div>- have excellent programming skills (very good GPU
            programming skills, in particular, are a plus)</div>
          <div>- have very good written and oral English communication
            skills</div>
          <div>- be able to work independently and in a structured
            manner</div>
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          <div>We offer:</div>
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          <div>- an international and professionally challenging working
            environment </div>
          <div>- opportunities for research exchanges with collaborating
            labs</div>
          <div>- full health and welfare benefits including enrolment in
            the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund</div>
          <div>- a 4-year contract, with a yearly starting salary of NOK
            435K (approx. EUR 47K / USD 51K)</div>
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          <div>*) Online application (deadline: June 18, 2017)</div>
          <div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/138313/phd-position-in-visualization-up-to-two-positions">https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/138313/phd-position-in-visualization-up-to-two-positions</a></div>
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          <div>*) Leaflet</div>
          <div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="http://www.ii.uib.no/vis/about/_pdf/2016-05-18--PhD_Leaflet.pdf">http://www.ii.uib.no/vis/about/_pdf/2016-05-18--PhD_Leaflet.pdf</a></div>
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          <div>Please direct any questions to Prof. Stefan Bruckner
            (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Stefan.Bruckner@UiB.no">Stefan.Bruckner@UiB.no</a>).</div>
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          <div>// Dr. Stefan Bruckner, Professor in Visualization<br>
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                <div class="gmail_signature">// Department of
                  Informatics<br>
                  // University of Bergen, Norway<br>
                  // <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="http://www.ii.uib.no/vis/team/bruckner"
                    target="_blank">http://www.ii.uib.no/vis/team/bruckner</a></div>
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