[Jobinfo] Fwd: [Members] [General] Funded PhD Positions in Geometric Computing / Computer Graphics / Virtual Reality - Bremen

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Subject: 	[Members] [General] Funded PhD Positions in Geometric 
Computing / Computer Graphics / Virtual Reality - Bremen
Date: 	Thu, 14 Sep 2017 08:49:22 +0200
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Funded PhD Positions in

Geometric Computing / Computer Graphics / Virtual Reality

The work in this position will be carried out within the project "EASE – 
Everyday Activity Science and Engineering", which is to perform 
fundamental research to enable robots to perform human everyday 
activities, such as setting a table or loading a dish washer.

One strand of research of the CGVR lab in this endeavor is sub-project 
H01 ("Acquiring activity models by situating people in virtual 
environments"), where we will deal specifically with the challenge of 
grasping. Here, the task is to develop novel methods such that a human 
user can grasp virtual objects using a virtual hand with high simulation 
fidelity and high dexterity. The goal is to allow humans to interact 
with virtual objects just like in real live, and to study their grasping 
behaviors under a large variety of scenarios and parameters.

The other strand of research is sub-project R03 ("Embodied 
simulation-enabled reasoning"), where we are to develop algorithms that 
enable robots to "envision" the outcomes of their tentative plans by 
simulating the real world around them, before they actually follow 
through with their plan. This requires novel methods for 
faster-than-realtime physically-based simulation and the development of 
predicates in order to evaluate the outcomes.

The work will involve research on geometric real-time algorithms and 
physically-based simulation. In addition, it will involve computer 
graphics and virtual reality, in general. Also, while we don't prove 
theorems, you should be comfortable with mathematical thinking and 
applying maths.

More information can be found at: 
http://cgvr.informatik.uni-bremen.de/jobs.shtml

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