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<td>[Members] [General] Institute of Computer Graphics and
Knowledge Visualisation, Graz University of Technology: 3
year PhD position</td>
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<td>Tue, 23 Jan 2018 10:57:05 +0100</td>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:.3pt"><b><span
style="font-size:14.0pt" lang="EN-US">Institute of
Computer Graphics and Knowledge Visualisation, Graz
University of Technology<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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style="font-size:13.0pt" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h1 style="margin-top:5.5pt"><span lang="EN-US">Applications are
invited for a 3 year PhD position<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoBodyText"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:13.35pt;margin-right:5.55pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:5.65pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:105%"><span
lang="EN-US">The Institute <span
style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">for </span><a
href="http://www.cgv.tugraz.at/" moz-do-not-send="true">Computer
Graphics and Knowledge Visualization </a>at <a
href="https://www.tugraz.at/home/" moz-do-not-send="true">Graz
University of<span style="letter-spacing:-2.15pt"> </span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">Technology </span></a>(TU
Graz), Austria participates since 2012 in a <a
href="https://www.tugraz.at/studium/studienangebot/doktoratsstudien/joint-doctoral-programme-visual-computing-zusammen-mit-nanyang-technological-university-singapore/"
moz-do-not-send="true">joint PhD programme </a>with the <a
href="http://scse.ntu.edu.sg/" moz-do-not-send="true">School
of Computer Science</a> <a href="http://scse.ntu.edu.sg/"
moz-do-not-send="true">and Engineering </a>at <a
href="http://www.ntu.edu.sg/" moz-do-not-send="true">Nanyang
<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">Technological </span>University
</a>(NTU),<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>Singapore.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:.4pt"><span
style="font-size:11.5pt" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:5.55pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:5.65pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:16.9pt;line-height:105%"><span
style="letter-spacing:-.15pt" lang="EN-US">Currently, </span><span
lang="EN-US">we offer a 3 year <b>PhD
Position </b>on this joint program at the
Institute <span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">for</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>Computer<span
style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>Graphics<span
style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>and<span
style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>Knowledge<span
style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>Visualisation,<span
style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>with<span
style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>a<span
style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>focus<span
style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>on<span
style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>research<span
style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>in<span
style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>Geometric<span
style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>Modeling,<span
style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>3D<span
style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>Computer Graphics
and Novel Applications in Visual Computing. The PhD includes
a one year stay at NTU in Singapore in the second <span
style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">year, </span>while year one
and three will be spend at TU Graz, Austria. The PhD will be
dual degree, that is the degree will be both, from TU Graz
and<span style="letter-spacing:-1.55pt"> </span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">NTU.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:.4pt"><span
style="font-size:11.5pt" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:22.6pt"><span
lang="EN-US">The application deadline is: <b>March 1st,
2018</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:13.0pt"
lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:.55pt"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h2><span lang="EN-US">Topic<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoBodyText"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:9.25pt;margin-right:5.55pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:5.65pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:105%"><span
lang="EN-US">Computer-aided design (CAD) is the use of
computer systems to aid in the creation, modification,<span
style="letter-spacing:-1.75pt"> </span>anal- ysis, or
optimization of a design. Most CAD software is traditionally
based on NURBS spline surfaces. In recent years subdivision
surfaces are becoming increasingly important <span
style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">for </span>the development
of high quality surfaces <span
style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">involved </span>in <span
style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">CAD. </span>Since the first
time they were used in Pixars movie Geris game, they had<span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>great<span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>success<span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>in<span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>the<span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>entertainment<span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>industry<span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>and<span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>they<span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>are<span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>now<span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>widely<span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>supported<span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>in<span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>nearly<span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>all<span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>modern modeling
programs <span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">for </span>graphic
applications. Their flexibility and the fact that some
subdivision<span style="letter-spacing:-1.6pt"> </span>surfaces
represent<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>a<span
style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>superset<span
style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>of<span
style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>the<span
style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>standard<span
style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>Non-Uniform<span
style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>Rational<span
style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>B-Spline<span
style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>(NURBS)<span
style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>representation<span
style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>(see,<span
style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>e.g., <a
href="#_bookmark6" moz-do-not-send="true">[7, </a><a
href="#_bookmark3" moz-do-not-send="true">4]) </a>easily
suggests that they can be the future description form of all
geometric<span style="letter-spacing:-1.95pt"> </span>data.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:.1pt;margin-right:5.55pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:5.65pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:16.9pt;line-height:105%"><span
lang="EN-US">A subdivision surface is a method of
representing a smooth surface via a specification of a
coarser piecewise<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>linear<span
style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>polygon<span
style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>mesh,<span
style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>the<span
style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>control<span
style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>mesh.<span
style="letter-spacing:.15pt"> </span>A<span
style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>subdivision<span
style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>scheme<span
style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>is<span
style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>an<span
style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>iterative<span
style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>refinement<span
style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>which generates a
sequence of finer and finer nets which converge to a smooth
surface. Despite its simple iterative approach, the analysis
of subdivision surfaces is hard and it has taken the last 40
years to understand exactly what characteristics a
subdivision surface has in the limit. <span
style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">We </span>now know that most
reasonable schemes will <span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">have
</span>continuous tangent plane everywhere, and that it is
possible to choose the coefficients so that the curvature
remains bounded, though not quite constant in any region
around irregular points <a href="#_bookmark2"
moz-do-not-send="true">[3, </a><a href="#_bookmark1"
moz-do-not-send="true">2,<span
style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span></a><a
href="#_bookmark0" moz-do-not-send="true">1].</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:.15pt;margin-right:5.55pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:5.65pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:16.9pt;line-height:105%"><span
lang="EN-US">The successful applicant will be working on
aspects of geometry processing in order to improve the
usability of subdivision surfaces.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:.5pt"><span
style="font-size:14.5pt" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h2><span lang="EN-US">Description of the project:<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoBodyText"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:9.25pt;margin-right:5.55pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:5.65pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:105%"><span
lang="EN-US">We are looking into improving the creation of
subdivision control meshes from point clouds to apply
subdivision surfaces in CAD and analysis.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.05pt;margin-right:5.55pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:5.65pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:16.9pt;line-height:105%"><span
lang="EN-US">The evolution of 3D scanning devices and
innovation in computer processing power and storage capacity
has sparked a revolution in producing big point-cloud
datasets. The big point-cloud datasets <span
style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">have</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-1.05pt"> </span>caused<span
style="letter-spacing:-1.05pt"> </span>complexity<span
style="letter-spacing:-1.05pt"> </span>in<span
style="letter-spacing:-1.05pt"> </span>handling<span
style="letter-spacing:-1.05pt"> </span>surface<span
style="letter-spacing:-1.05pt"> </span>reconstruction<span
style="letter-spacing:-1.05pt"> </span>and<span
style="letter-spacing:-1.05pt"> </span>visualization<span
style="letter-spacing:-1.05pt"> </span>since<span
style="letter-spacing:-1.05pt"> </span>existing<span
style="letter-spacing:-1.05pt"> </span>algorithms<span
style="letter-spacing:-1.05pt"> </span>are not<span
style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>readily<span
style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>available.<span
style="letter-spacing:.25pt"> </span>In<span
style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>this<span
style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>project<span
style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>we<span
style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>aim<span
style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>to<span
style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>solve<span
style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>problems<span
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style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>3D scanning<span
style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>devices<span
style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span><span
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style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>converting<span
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style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>data<span
style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>to<span
style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>a<span
style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>mathematical<span
style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>representation,<span
style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>namely<span
style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>subdivision<span
style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>surfaces. This
research can take a range of directions. One path we like to
explore is applying deep learning to obtain good control
meshes. What defines a ”good” control mesh depends on the
context in which the mesh<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>will<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>be<span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>used.<span
style="letter-spacing:.25pt"> </span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">We</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>are<span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>investigating<span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">ways</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>in<span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>which<span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>surface<span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>geometry<span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">for</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>design<span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>and<span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>analysis<span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>can<span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>be modelled in the
same framework based on subdivision surfaces <a
href="#_bookmark4" moz-do-not-send="true">[5,<span
style="letter-spacing:-1.05pt"> </span></a><a
href="#_bookmark5" moz-do-not-send="true">6].</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:.15pt;margin-right:2.2pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:5.65pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:16.9pt;line-height:105%"><span
lang="EN-US">The research has multidisciplinary aspects
drawing from computer science, mathematics, engineering and
physics.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:.2pt"><span
style="font-size:15.5pt" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h2><span lang="EN-US">Requirements:<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoBodyText"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:9.25pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:5.65pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%"><span
lang="EN-US">We are seeking an excellent and highly
motivated PhD student interested in the fields of Computer
Graphics, Geometry Processing, Computer Aided Design (CAD),
Simulation and Analysis.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:.35pt"><span
style="font-size:11.5pt" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:5.55pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:5.65pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:16.9pt;line-height:105%"><span
lang="EN-US">A master degree in applied/computational
mathematics or a closely related field is required with<span
style="letter-spacing:-.95pt"> </span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">ex</span>cellent grades. The
applicant ideally has a good understanding of geometric
modelling and<span style="letter-spacing:-1.3pt"> </span>processing,
and/or finite element methods. Due to the computational
nature of the project, programming skills (in
Fortran/C++/Matlab)<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>are<span
style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>also<span
style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>required.
Additionally,<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>some<span
style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>background<span
style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>in<span
style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>mesh<span
style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>processing<span
style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>(and/or<span
style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>computer aided
geometry design) will be highly<span
style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>desirable.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:.4pt"><span
style="font-size:11.5pt" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:22.6pt"><span
lang="EN-US">The selected candidates are expected to join by
1st of April 2018 or as soon as possible thereafter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:.5pt"><span
style="font-size:16.0pt" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h2><span lang="EN-US">Opportunities:<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoBodyText"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:9.25pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:5.65pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
lang="EN-US">What we offer in exchange:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:9.9pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:32.95pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-10.9pt;mso-list:l0
level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
lang="EN-US">A<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>creative<span
style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>environment<span
style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>in<span
style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>Graz,<span
style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>one<span
style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>of<span
style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>the<span
style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>most<span
style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>beautiful<span
style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>and<span
style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>lively<span
style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>cities<span
style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>in<span
style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>Austria.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:9.85pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:32.95pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-10.9pt;mso-list:l0
level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
lang="EN-US">A young and international team of researchers
with an excellent working<span
style="letter-spacing:-1.85pt"> </span>atmosphere.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:9.85pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:32.95pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-10.9pt;mso-list:l0
level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
lang="EN-US">A work environment that is equipped with the
newest hardware and software<span
style="letter-spacing:-2.2pt"> </span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">technology.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:9.9pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:32.95pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-10.9pt;mso-list:l0
level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
lang="EN-US">The possibility to present your research
results at international top<span
style="letter-spacing:-1.4pt"> </span>conferences.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:5.55pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:32.95pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:105%"><span
lang="EN-US">Entry level salary as a PhD researcher is
currently 2.731,55 Euro gross, which is paid 14x per annum.
As a PhD researcher at TU Graz you are also entitled to full
social benefits.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:5.55pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:32.95pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:105%"><span
lang="EN-US">Freedom to explore your scientific interests in
the course of your work (within the scope of the project
goals).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:32.95pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-10.9pt;mso-list:l0
level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
lang="EN-US">Continuing personal and professional<span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>education.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:5.55pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:32.95pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:105%"><span
lang="EN-US">The position includes one year stay at Nanyang
<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">Technological </span>University
(NTU), where you will continue your work under excellent
local supervision. NTU is an autonomous institution based in
Singapore.<span style="letter-spacing:.15pt"> </span>It<span
style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>has<span
style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>been<span
style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>ranked<span
style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>the<span
style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>best<span
style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>university<span
style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>in<span
style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>the<span
style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>world<span
style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>under<span
style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>fifty<span
style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>years<span
style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>of<span
style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>age,<span
style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>according<span
style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>to <a
href="https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/top-50-under-50/2016"
moz-do-not-send="true">QS<span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">Top</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>50<span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>Under<span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>50<span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>2016-2017<span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span></a>and<span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>is<span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>also<span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>11th<span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>in<span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>the<span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>world<span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>in<span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>the<span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span><a
href="https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2018"
moz-do-not-send="true">QS<span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>World<span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>University<span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>Rankings</a> <a
href="https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2018"
moz-do-not-send="true">2018 </a>and third in the <a
href="https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/asian-university-rankings/2016"
moz-do-not-send="true">QS University Rankings: Asia<span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>2016.</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:9.05pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:32.95pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-10.9pt;mso-list:l0
level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="letter-spacing:-.55pt" lang="EN-US">You </span><span
lang="EN-US">will receive a dual degree from TU Graz and NTU<span
style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>Singapore.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2 style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">Contact:<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:13.0pt"
lang="EN-US">To apply send all necessary documents to<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:13.0pt"
lang="EN-US">Institute of Computer Graphics and Knowledge
Visualization Department of Information Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:13.0pt"
lang="EN-US">Graz University of Technology Ass. Prof. Ursula
H. Augsdorfer <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:13.0pt"
lang="EN-US">Inffeldgasse 16c<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:13.0pt"
lang="EN-US">A-8010 Graz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:8.05pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:22.6pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span
lang="EN-US">Please mail <a
href="mailto:u.augsdorfer@cgv.tugraz.at"
moz-do-not-send="true"><i>u.augsdorfer@cgv.tugraz.at </i></a>for
further details.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:.55pt"><span
style="font-size:17.5pt" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h1><span lang="EN-US">References<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:11.6pt;mso-list:l1
level1 lfo2"><a name="_bookmark0" moz-do-not-send="true"></a><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:10.0pt" lang="EN-US"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">[1]<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.4pt" lang="EN-US">U</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt" lang="EN-US">.</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt" lang="EN-US">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt" lang="EN-US">H.</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt" lang="EN-US">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.3pt"
lang="EN-US">A</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"
lang="EN-US">ugsd<span style="letter-spacing:-4.45pt">o</span>¨</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-1.7pt" lang="EN-US">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt" lang="EN-US">r<span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">f</span>e<span
style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">r</span>,</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt" lang="EN-US">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt" lang="EN-US">N.</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt" lang="EN-US">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt" lang="EN-US">A.</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt" lang="EN-US">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt" lang="EN-US">Dodgson,</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt" lang="EN-US">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt" lang="EN-US">and</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt" lang="EN-US">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt" lang="EN-US">M.</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt" lang="EN-US">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt" lang="EN-US">A.</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt" lang="EN-US">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt" lang="EN-US">Sabin.</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.8pt" lang="EN-US"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt" lang="EN-US">Rem<span
style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">o</span>ving</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt" lang="EN-US">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt" lang="EN-US">polar</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt" lang="EN-US">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt" lang="EN-US">rende<span
style="letter-spacing:.05pt">r</span>ing</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt" lang="EN-US">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt" lang="EN-US">a<span
style="letter-spacing:.3pt">r</span>ti<span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">f</span>acts</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt" lang="EN-US">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt" lang="EN-US">in</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt" lang="EN-US">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt" lang="EN-US">subdivision</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt" lang="EN-US">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt" lang="EN-US">sur<span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">f</span>ace<span
style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">s</span>.</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:.45pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:22.2pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i><span
style="font-size:10.0pt" lang="EN-US">Journal of Graphics,
GPU, and Game Tools</span></i><span
style="font-size:10.0pt" lang="EN-US">, 14, 2009.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:5.55pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:22.2pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:102%;mso-list:l1
level1 lfo2"><a name="_bookmark1" moz-do-not-send="true"></a><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:102%" lang="EN-US"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">[2]<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:102%;letter-spacing:-.4pt"
lang="EN-US">U</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:102%" lang="EN-US">.H.</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:102%;letter-spacing:-.1pt"
lang="EN-US"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:102%;letter-spacing:-.3pt"
lang="EN-US">A</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:102%" lang="EN-US">ugsd<span
style="letter-spacing:-4.45pt">o</span>¨</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:102%;letter-spacing:-1.7pt"
lang="EN-US"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:102%" lang="EN-US">r<span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">f</span>e<span
style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">r</span>,</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:102%;letter-spacing:-.1pt"
lang="EN-US"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:102%;letter-spacing:-1.2pt"
lang="EN-US">T</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:102%" lang="EN-US">.<span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">J</span>.</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:102%;letter-spacing:-.1pt"
lang="EN-US"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:102%" lang="EN-US">Cashman,</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:102%;letter-spacing:-.1pt"
lang="EN-US"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:102%" lang="EN-US">N.A.</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:102%;letter-spacing:-.1pt"
lang="EN-US"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:102%" lang="EN-US">Dodgson,</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:102%;letter-spacing:-.1pt"
lang="EN-US"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:102%" lang="EN-US">and</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:102%;letter-spacing:-.1pt"
lang="EN-US"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:102%" lang="EN-US">M.A.</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:102%;letter-spacing:-.1pt"
lang="EN-US"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:102%" lang="EN-US">Sabin.</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:102%;letter-spacing:.8pt"
lang="EN-US"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:102%" lang="EN-US">Nume<span
style="letter-spacing:.05pt">r</span>ical</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:102%;letter-spacing:-.1pt"
lang="EN-US"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:102%" lang="EN-US">che<span
style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">c</span>king</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:102%;letter-spacing:-.1pt"
lang="EN-US"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:102%" lang="EN-US">of</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:102%;letter-spacing:-.1pt"
lang="EN-US"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:102%;letter-spacing:-.05pt"
lang="EN-US">C</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Bauhaus
93";position:relative;top:-3.5pt;mso-text-raise:3.5pt"
lang="EN-US">1</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Bauhaus
93";position:relative;top:-3.5pt;mso-text-raise:3.5pt"
lang="EN-US"> <span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:102%;letter-spacing:-.3pt"
lang="EN-US">f</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:102%" lang="EN-US">or</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:102%;letter-spacing:-.1pt"
lang="EN-US"> </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:102%" lang="EN-US">arbit<span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">r</span>a<span
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