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Cc: Kenneth Holmlund
Subject: Openings in Virtual Reality and Visual Simulation

Postdoc and visiting scientist openings in Virtual Reality and Visual
Simulation

VRlab, Umeå University, Sweden, hereby announces two open positions for
postdocs
and/or visiting scientists within the fields of virtual reality,
interactive visual simulation and
game technology. These openings are within a three-year project  "Visual
Interactive Simulation
- Tools and Applications"  (VISTA) - a research  project funded by the
European Union.

Applicants should have a background in one or several of the fields relevant
in VISTA:

o Natural behaviour, e.g. real-time simulation of human behvaiour.
o Methods for real-time simulation, e.g. real-time physics.
o Networked virtual environments, e.g. network algorithms and applications.
o Interaction technology, e.g. haptics, motion tracking, motion
platforms, vision, audio.
o Software design with focus on VR and advanced simulator systems.
o High-end real-time graphics. Scalable and parallel methods for
immersive VR.

Focus is on technology, methods and tools but the philosophy of the lab
is that such
research goes hand in hand with development of new applications and
prototypes.

VRlab is a center for multidisciplinary research in Virtual Reality,
where both basic
research and application development is conducted. Application areas
include e.g.,
entertainment, medical training and rehabilitation, psychology,
scientific computing and
visualization, urban design, industrial design, vechicle simulation and
driver training.
The environment is open and multi-disciplinary, involving researchers
from a broad
range of scientific domains and application areas.
For further information please see: http://www.vrlab.umu.se/ or contact:

Kenneth Holmlund
Director, VRlab
mailto:holmlund@hpc2n.umu.se
Phone: +46-(0)90-786 9956

Bo Kågström
Professor in Computing Science and Director of
High Performance Computing Center North
mailto:bo.kagstrom@cs.umu.se
Phone: +46-(0)90-786 5419

Lars-Erik Janlert
Professor in Computing Science and Director
of Umeå Center for Interaction Technology
mailto:lej@cs.umu.se
Phone:+46-(0)90-786 6131

Applications, a CV and letters of reference should be
submitted no later than November 9 2001 to:

Kenneth Holmlund
Director, VRlab
Umeå University
SE-901 87 UMEÅ
SWEDEN

or >>preferably<< by email to:
mailto:holmlund@hpc2n.umu.se