[Jobinfo] Fwd: [Members] [General] New PhD Student Position

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Subject: 	[Members] [General] New PhD Student Position
Date: 	Tue, 21 Mar 2017 15:25:06 +0100
From: 	eurographics@eg.org
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Dear colleagues,

we are looking for highly motivated candidates for an open PhD position 
in the National Centre for Computer Animation (NCCA), Faculty of Media 
and Communication, Bournemouth University, UK. This is a fully-funded 
3-year PhD studentship which includes a stipend of £14,000 each year to 
support living costs.

This project "Interactive Hybrid Modelling of Heterogeneous Volumetric 
Objects" involves the research, design and development of a generic 
interactive modelling software system oriented to hybrid modelling of 
heterogeneous volumetric objects. The overall project involves the 
research and development of new mathematical techniques and algorithms, 
and the development of novel software tools, possibly including an 
Application Programming Interface (API), a scripting language and a 
Graphical User Interface (GUI). An orientation towards the digital 
fabrication (3D printing) of the produced geometric models is an 
additional aspect of this research project. The exact scope of the 
project will be defined taking into account a particular PhD student's 
interests and skills.

This is project relevant to several application areas such 
Computer-Aided Design (CAD), computer simulation and animation, additive 
manufacturing, computer art and cultural heritage preservation. A 
variety of research problems are to be addressed.

Fundamental research concerned with geometric and topological 
representations of multi-material heterogeneous objects will benefit 
from new mathematical models and their mapping to data structures and 
operations. Applied research will benefit from the development of new 
efficient algorithms for realising and transforming both the geometry 
and physical properties of volume objects, especially multi-material 
ones, devising the specialist high-level language, rendering and 
fabrication algorithms, and system architecture design.

The beneficiaries of this project will be CAD and animation system 
developers, 3D printers production companies, art and design 
communities, and education. The output of the research in the form of 
the innovative modelling system will open up new application areas that 
are impossible to achieve using existing CAD and animation systems. 
Designers and animators will get easier available tools fine-tuned to 
their specific styles and facilitating the production of advanced 
multi-material volume models. Teachers and students will hopefully use 
the developed tools for learning and exploring mathematical and physical 
dynamic phenomena.

Candidates must demonstrate outstanding academic potential with 
preferably a 1st class honours degree and/or a Master’s degree with 
distinction or equivalent Grade Point Average. An IELTs (Academic) score 
of 6.5 minimum (with a minimum 5.5 in each component) is essential for 
candidates for whom English is not their first language.

The direct link to the project description is 
https://www1.bournemouth.ac.uk/study/courses/phd-studentship-interactive-hybrid-modelling-heterogeneous-volumetric-objects. 
For further questions and informal discussion please get in touch with 
Prof Alexander Pasko (apasko@bournemouth.ac.uk 
<mailto:apasko@bournemouth.ac.uk>) and/or Dr Valery Adzhiev 
(vadzhiev@bournemouth.ac.uk <mailto:vadzhiev@bournemouth.ac.uk>).

The closing date for applications is Friday 14 April 2017.

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