[Jobinfo] Fwd: [Ieee_vis_open_positions] PhD position in data visualization and analytics for the Sagalassos archaeology project

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Subject: 	[Ieee_vis_open_positions] PhD position in data visualization 
and analytics for the Sagalassos archaeology project
Date: 	Tue, 29 Aug 2017 21:43:03 +0000
From: 	Jan Aerts via ieee_vis_open_positions 
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Reply-To: 	Jan Aerts <jan.aerts@kuleuven.be>
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The Visual Data Analysis Lab and Research[x]Design Lab at the KU Leuven 
(Belgium) have a joint open *PhD position in the field of data science 
and visualization / interaction design*. The candidate will be part of a 
multidisciplinary team of researchers around the Sagalassos 
Archaeological Research Project, covering the domains of *archaeology, 
geography, ecology and spatial planning*.

== The project ==
We seek to unravel the interdisciplinary understanding of change and its 
space/time dimensions within already existing and future data sources of 
the Sagalassos project (running since 1986), which investigates an 
archaeological site in Turkey and studies its uninterrupted occupation 
over nearly 2,000 years in all its aspects, from daily life, diet, 
religious beliefs, to architecture, production, trade and its 
mechanisms, as well as natural resources and environmental conditions of 
the past.

This is a joint project between research groups of archaeology, ecology, 
geography, architecture and data analysis/visualization (STADIUS and 
RxD). The candidate will be supervised by Profs Aerts and Vande Moere at 
STADIUS and RxD, respectively, in close collaborations with the other 
partners in the project.

Links:
* Research[x]Design: http://rxd.architectuur.kuleuven.be/
* Visual Data Analysis Lab: http://vda-lab.be
* Sagalassos Archaeological Research Project: http://www.sagalassos.be

== Profile ==
Candidates must have a *Master's degree or equivalent in computer 
science, computational design or a related field*, and have *very good 
knowledge of data visualization or data analytics, and human-computer 
interaction*, or demonstrate the ability to acquire sufficient skills in 
all of these areas. Solid programming skills and fluency in spoken and 
written English are required and could be evidenced by examples of 
working visualisations.

Tasks will include the *user-centered and iterative design of 
visualisations that are able to meaningfully combine inherently 
disparate data sources from different disciplines* (i.e. archaeology; 
geography; ecology; spatial planning) that are involved in the 
Sagalassos project, and the *evaluation of these visualisations in terms 
of (synchronous) cross-disciplinary and collaborative insight and 
hypothesis generation*.

As such, the candidate is expected to merge the expertise from the field 
of *human-computer interaction* (i.e. user studies, interaction design, 
prototyping, evaluation) with that of *visual analytics* (i.e. combining 
representation with machine learning; incl. clustering and 
dimensionality reduction). Depending on the potential interaction 
requirements, explorations towards promising emerging technologies such 
as augmented reality (AR) and/or physicalisation are possible.

Please note short-listed candidates might be asked to fulfil concise 
assignments to test their proficiency.

== Offer ==
We offer:
* Full-time employment starting January 1st 2018 for a period of four 
years, with the aim of obtaining a PhD degree
* A competitive salary
* A stimulating scientific working environment, within one of Europe's 
leading research universities

== Contact ==
For more information please contact Prof. dr. ir. Jan Aerts, tel.: +32 
16 32 10 53, mail: jan.aerts@kuleuven.be or Prof. dr. Andrew Vande 
Moere, tel.: +32 16 32 13 62, mail: andrew.vandemoere@kuleuven.be.

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Prof Jan Aerts
* Visual Data Analysis Lab (vda-lab.be)
* Data Visualization Lab (datavislab.org)
* Bioinformatics - ESAT/STADIUS, Faculty of Engineering 
(www.kuleuven.be/bioinformatics)
* IMEC Smart Applications

KU Leuven - University of Leuven
Kasteelpark Arenberg 10 bus 2446
3001 Leuven-Heverlee
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6416-2717
Tel: +32 16 321053
Fax: +32 16 321970
VAT BE 0419 052173
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