Forwarded job announcement: The Geographic Information Visualization and Analysis group at the University of Zurich invites applications for three doctoral research assistant positions in Geographic Information Science/Geovisualization each funded for 3 years. The positions, housed in the GIScience Center of the Geography Department, will start in September 2008, or as soon as possible thereafter. We are looking for MSc graduates from areas, such as Computational Geography, Geographic Information Science/GIS, Geomatics, Maths, Physics, Psychology, Cognitive Science, or Computer Science. For more background information about the department please visit us on the Web at http://www.geo.uzh.ch/gia/aboutus/.
1) Context modelling and assessment of geographic relevance for mobile applications This project focuses on the development of methods for mobile context modelling informed by activity theory and assessing the geographic relevance of geospatial information. The objective is to formalise and implement these concepts in a prototype mobile application framework. This research requires experience in GIS, spatial data handling and quantitative spatio-temporal analysis methodologies as well as programming skills. http://www.geo.uzh.ch/gia/aboutus/openpositions/phd_relevance_assessment_ad.pdf Apply (CV, letter of motivation, transcripts, names and email contact of referees) electronically in a single PDF document to: Dr. Tumasch Reichenbacher, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (subject: PhD Relevance assessment) 2) Representation of geographic relevance in mobile applications This project focuses on the development of methods for representing geographic relevance, including relevance-based filtering of features in the context of mobile geoservices. The objective is to find appropriate representations and metaphors for the geographic relevance concept and design suitable tests for an evaluation of these developments. This research requires experience in GIS, spatial data representation and handling as well as quantitative spatio-temporal analysis methodologies. http://www.geo.uzh.ch/gia/aboutus/openpositions/snf_phd_georel_ad.pdf Apply (CV, letter of motivation, transcripts, names and email contact of referees) electronically in a single PDF document to: Dr. Tumasch Reichenbacher, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (subject: PhD Relevance representation) 3) Development and Implementation of Geofoveation (GeoF) This project focuses on the development of computational models and methods for improving level of detail management of geographic information displays by developing a concept we call geofoveation which is based on the principles of foveal vision. Bridging concepts between vision and visualization we will explore the potential of foveation in the geographic domain. The outcome of this project is expected to deliver a test-bed for evaluating the viewer response in a later project. To succeed in this position you must have some experience in image processing and computer graphics, and you should be a fluent programmer. http://www.geo.uzh.ch/gia/aboutus/openpositions/snf-geofoveation-ad.pdf Apply (CV, letter of motivation, transcripts, names and email contact of referees) electronically in a single PDF document to: Dr. Arzu Çöltekin, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (subject: PhD GeoF) -- Martin Tomko _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking
