Short-term Visual Analytics Postdoc Position Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN We invite applications for a short-term postdoctoral researcher in visual analytics, visualization, and big data analytics across a wide spectrum of application areas. The successful candidate will perform research in visual analytics projects, big data analytics projects, lead research activities within the group, and interface with renowned academic research groups in visual analytics around the world. We are the lead of the Visualization Sciences Center of Excellence funded by U.S. DHS with additional funding, from DOD, NSF, and other government agencies. We have 26 partner institutions across the world. We have many interesting projects working on real data and great challenging projects. VACCINE is working closely with collaborators including health and public safety departments, medical doctors, US Coast Guard, TSA, computational scientists, combustion engineers, soundscape ecologists, businesses, and researchers in science, engineering, and economics. The ideal candidate has a Ph.D. with strong research background in one of the following: visual analytics, geospatial and temporal analysis, statistics, visualization, cognitive science, human computer interaction, big data, computer graphics or a closely related field. Both beginning and senior postdoctoral candidates are encouraged to apply. Excellent oral and written communication skills are mandatory. Starting date is January/February 2017 and the length can be 6-9 months. Extension of the term of postdoc into 2018 depends on the availability of funding. Applications including a CV and a research statement should be sent to David Ebert (ebertd@purdue.edu <mailto:ebertd@purdeu.edu> ). Sincerely, David ----- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Dr. David S. Ebert, Silicon Valley Professor of ECE, Purdue University Director, Visual Analytics for Command, Control, and Interoperability Environments <http://www.visualanalytics-cci.org/> http://www.VisualAnalytics-CCI.org Director, Purdue Visualization and Analytics Center, <http://www.purvac.org/> www.purvac.org <mailto:ebertd@purdue.edu> ebertd@purdue.edu <http://www.ece.purdue.edu/~ebertd> http://www.ece.purdue.edu/~ebertd ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------