[vtkusers] Vacancy for a Scientific Programmer at UvA

[Robert Belleman]

Dear all,

We have a vacancy for a scientific programmer in Scientific
Visualization and Virtual Reality at the University of Amsterdam:


The Faculty of Science of the UvA is one of Europe's foremost
institutions for higher education and research in its area of
expertise. It participates in international science networks and
collaborates with both universities and industry. The Faculty has
approximately 2,000 students and 1,500 employees spread over four
departments and ten research institutes. Each institute has its own
research programme, a substantial part of which is externally
financed by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research
(NWO), the Dutch government, the EU, various private enterprises
and the Foundation for Applied Sciences (STW).

Within the next year the Faculty will complete its move to the
Science Park Amsterdam.  To facilitate this move, ambitious
building projects are being carried out; they are due for completion
in the summer of 2010. The Faculty's move will make the Science Park
one of the largest centres for academic research in the Netherlands.

The Informatics Institute has a vacancy for a:

Scientific Programmer in Scientific Visualization and Virtual Reality

Full-time (38 hours per week), for 1 year, vacancy number 09-1047

The Scientific Visualization and Virtual Reality (SVVR) group as
part of the Computational Science research group is responsible for
education and research in subjects such as Scientific Visualization,
Virtual Environments, Visualization Applications and Interactive
Graphics Devices. Through a close collaboration with SARA Computing
and Networking Services, the SVVR group has access to a broad range
of VR and interactive visualization devices, including a fully-
immersive CAVE and several in-house developed devices.

Tasks

The SVVR research group has a job opening for a scientific programmer
for a period of 1 year, starting as soon as possible. The appointee
will work with our researchers in the design, implementation and
maintenance of interactive visualization applications.  Amongst
others, the appointee will work in collaboration with partners in the
ACGT project on the interactive visual analysis of in-silico tumour
simulations. The developed framework will be applied to other ongoing
research projects within the Computational Science research group as
well as in relevant courses organized by the group.

Requirements
- MSc degree in computer science, or equivalent;
- Experienced in C/C++ and scripting languages;
- Experienced in computer graphics, visualization and/or Virtual
   Reality;
- Experienced in Windows and Linux;
- Fluent in oral and written English;
- Strong interest in scientific visualization and Virtual Reality.

More Information

Further information about this position may be obtained from Dr.
Robert Belleman, Informatics Institute, Universiteit van Amsterdam,
Science Park 107, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands,
tel. +31 20 525 7272, email: R.G.Belleman at uva.nl.
For additional information about the SVVR research group, see:
http://www.science.uva.nl/research/scs/visualization/

Appointment

This will be a full-time appointment (38 hours per week) for a period
of one year, starting as soon as possible. The gross monthly salary
will be in accordance with the University regulations for academic
personnel, and will range from EUR 2379,-- up to a maximum of EUR
3755,-- (salary scale 10) based on a full-time appointment depending
on qualifications and on the number of years of professional
experience. The collective employment agreement of Dutch universities
is applicable.

Job application

Applications, only by electronic mail must be sent to
application-science at uva.nl addressed to University of Amsterdam,
Faculty of Science, Personnel Dept., attn. J.C.  Knaap-Cabi, should
include a one-page letter of motivation and curriculum vitae.  To
process your application immediately, please quote the "vacancy
number" in the subject line.

Closing date: 11 September 2009


-- 
Robert Belleman, PhD, Informatics Institute, Faculty of Science
Universiteit van Amsterdam, Science Park 107, 1098 XG Amsterdam
The Netherlands.    T: +31 20 525 7272/7462  F: +31 20 525 7419
W: http://www.science.uva.nl/~robbel/    E: R.G.Belleman at uva.nl