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<td>[Ieee_vis_open_positions] 3-year PhD position @ Aarhus
University on Map-like Visualization</td>
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<td>Thu, 14 Jun 2018 10:30:05 +0000</td>
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<td>Hans-Jörg Schulz via ieee_vis_open_positions
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<td>Hans-Jörg Schulz <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:hjschulz@cs.au.dk"><hjschulz@cs.au.dk></a></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please distribute this call for a 3-year,
fully funded PhD position at Aarhus University, Denmark
starting November 2018 to prospective candidates.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">== DataMaps: Map-like Visualization for
Non-spatial Data ==<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Are you ready to step onto uncharted
territory and to map the unmappable? Maps are powerful tools
for viewing, navigating, and communicating spatial
information. By mapping geospace onto screen space, maps
provide a spatial frame of reference using a commonly
understood set of visual elements. This concept comes so
natural and is so compelling that we even apply it to
information that does not necessarily have a geospatial
reference – for example, Site Maps for website structures or
Mind Maps for thoughts and ideas.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This PhD project sets out to bring map-like
space-filling visual representations to non-spatial
multi-variate data in general, such as biomedical data or
financial data. For data like these, different ways of turning
them into a map are possible – leading to different meanings
of a data item’s position, of the distance between two data
items, and of the area spanned by multiple data items. It will
be your task to research such meaningful “DataMaps” that bring
added value to the visual analysis of multi-variate data.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Research questions to pursue in this
project are:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->What characteristics
and elements make a map a map? Which of them must be present
to recognize and use a visual display as a map-like graphic?
How to employ them to turn a “mere” chart or diagram into a
map?<o:p></o:p></p>
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style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->What could a generic
map-like visualization for numerical multi-variate data look
like? Which modes of interaction should it support? How can it
be extended to cope with time-varying, textual, or network
data?<o:p></o:p></p>
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style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Which stages of a data
analysis benefit from map-like visualizations and how? How
does a map for providing an overview of the raw data differ
from a map for showing the outcome of a computational
operation, like a clustering? And why?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Work on this PhD topic will be conducted in
close collaboration with the DABAI project (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://dabai.dk">https://dabai.dk</a>),
which provides the datasets and analysis scenarios on which
the developed visualizations are tested. In addition, this
research topic is embedded in a larger ongoing research effort
to develop a visual analytics method and system that will
center on the map-like visualizations. These will provide the
basis for interactive manipulation and augmentation, for
example through smart lenses or locally inserted “in situ
visualizations”.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For more information please refer to
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://talent.au.dk/phd/scienceandtechnology/opencalls/calls-on-specific-projects/august-2018/datamaps-map-like-visualization-for-non-spatial-data/">http://talent.au.dk/phd/scienceandtechnology/opencalls/calls-on-specific-projects/august-2018/datamaps-map-like-visualization-for-non-spatial-data/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Application deadline is 1 August 2018 at
11.59 PM MET.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">---<span lang="DA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Assoc. Prof. Hans-Jörg Schulz<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Department of Computer Science<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Aarhus University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Åbogade 34<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">8200 Aarhus N, Denmark<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">eMail: <a href="mailto:hjschulz@cs.au.dk"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:#0563C1">hjschulz@cs.au.dk</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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