[Jobinfo] Fwd: Funded Master or PhD student position in 3D environments and HCI

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Subject: 	Funded Master or PhD student position in 3D environments and HCI
Date: 	Thu, 7 Apr 2016 19:57:59 -0300
From: 	Anderson Maciel <amaciel@INF.UFRGS.BR>
Reply-To: 	Anderson Maciel <amaciel@INF.UFRGS.BR>
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Please disseminate this call.

(Apologies for multiple copies)


A fully funded graduate (Master or PhD) studentpositionon Visualization, 
Human-Computer Interaction and Teleoperation in the Graduate Program of 
Computer Science at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)


Appointment: 34 months (with possible upgrade from Master to PhD and 
extension)

Monthly scholarship: R$ 3.065,00


Please note that the scholarship value for this project is far above the 
regular CNPq and CAPES values.


Requirements: to present a bachelor or master diploma in Computer 
Science or related area


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:

(i) human-computer interfaces,

(ii) 3D environments modeling and simulation,

(iii) computer vision, image processing and other sensor data applications.


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.


Excellent candidates must submit a presentation letter, CV and contact 
information of at least two professional references (e.g. former 
advisor, employer, supervisor).


Start: immediate

Location: Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil


For further information please contact:


Prof. Anderson Maciel (amaciel@inf.ufrgs.br <mailto:amaciel@inf.ufrgs.br>)

Prof. Luciana Nedel (nedel@inf.ufrgs.br <mailto:nedel@inf.ufrgs.br>)


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Prof. Anderson Maciel
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Institute of Informatics - Caixa Postal 15064
91501-970 - Porto Alegre - RS - Brazil
Phone: +55(51)3308.6845  Fax: +55(51)3308.7308
http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/~amaciel <http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/%7Eamaciel>
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