To share with potentially interested applicants: !! Up to three (3!) PhD student positions in Bergen, Norway: !! Visual Data Science and Medical Visualization Application deadline: Aug. 1st, 2018 (via jobbnorge.no, see the link [1] below) For cutting-edge research in medical visualization / visual data science [2], we hire up to three (3!) new PhD candidates (for 3+1 years each), starting this autumn (applications until Aug. 1st)---see http://tinyurl.com/MedVisPhDinBergen2018 for more details. [1] http://tinyurl.com/MedVisPhDinBergen2018 [2] https://mmiv.no/visualdatascience/ The visualization research group [3] at the Department of Informatics (University of Bergen, Norway) seeks candidates for up to three PhD student positions in medical visualization / visual data science, who are interested in pushing the limits of currently known solutions for the interactive visual discovery of new medical imaging biomarkers (or other related topics in medical visualization). Up to two of these new positions are available in a recently granted new research project on visual data science [2] that is tightly related to new research that is happening at a new interdisciplinary research center, the Mohn Medical Imaging and Visualization Center [4]. [3] https://vis.uib.no/ [4] https://mmiv.no/ We seek candidates, who have -- done your Master thesis (or a comparable education) in medical visualization, visualization, visual data science, or any other closely related field (finished your Master's education or doing so until the end of 2018), -- acquired good to very good programming skills (ideally also in GPU programming), -- gained good to very good language skills in (technical) English, and -- developed an interest in visualization, visual analytics, and/or visual data science. We offer -- an international, professional, and socially enjoyable working environment, -- guidance and help from experienced and successful colleagues, -- a comparably good salary (>47k€) -- full health and welfare benefits Questions can be directed to -- Helwig Hauser (Helwig.Hauser@UiB.no) -- Noeska Smit (Noeska.Smit@UiB.no) Apply until Aug. 1st, 2018, via jobbnorge.no: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/154928/phd-positions-up-to-3-... -- Dr. Helwig Hauser, professor in visualization Helwig.Hauser@UiB.no, callto:+47/55584380, http://www.ii.UiB.no/vis/ Høyteknologisenteret, Thormøhlensg. 55, data blokk, etasje 3, rom 311O2 Mailing address: Helwig Hauser, Dept. of Informatics, Univ. of Bergen, Postboks 7803, N-5020 Bergen, Norway FAX:+47/55584199 (''c/o Hauser'')