*Visual** Computing **Post Doc**toral Position* *(starting Q3 2017. One to two years long)* *Profs. John Alexis Guerra-Gómez <ja.guerrag@uniandes.edu.co <ja.guerrag@uniandes.edu.co>>* *& José Tiberio HERNANDEZ <jhernand@uniandes.edu.co <jhernand@uniandes.edu.co>>* We are seeking for a highly motivated Post-doctoral scientist in the field of Visual Analytics, Information Visualization, Visual Data Mining and Interaction Design in IMAGINE (R&D+i in visual computing), which is established at the Systems & Computing Engineering department in the Engineering School of the University of Los Andes, Bogotá Colombia. Interested people should contact us by email with their CV and a short statement of purpose *RESPONSIBILITIES* The postdoc researcher will - perform interdisciplinary research and develop concepts in the field of Visual Analytics, Information Visualization, Visual Data Mining and Interaction Design together with leading experts from the Imagine group, and our scientific partners in Brain Imaging and City Planning. *The * *postdoc** will conduct research on image and Video **Analytics** applied to Brain and City planning data, and will produce interactive **visual* *analytics** prototypes to help field experts derive insights.* - write scientific publications - review scientific publications - participate in applied scientific and consulting projects - participate in writing research proposals - work within a creative, highly motivated, and international team - (to a smaller extent) participate in teaching and supervision of student projects and theses *REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS* - PhD in relevant field - Strong analytical skills and good skills in programming (preferably JavaScript, Python, R) - Knowledge or interest in one or more of the following: Visual Analytics, Human Centered computing,Cloud Computing, Image processing. - Abilities to work as an independent and flexible researcher in interdisciplinary teams. - Fluency in English (both speaking and writing). *DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS* *Knowledge or in*terest in one or more of the following: - Visual Analytics applied to relational, geospatial, temporal, and nominal textual data, (dynamic) network analysis and visualization, graph and clusters visualization, data quality, advanced interactive visualization techniques. - Spanish language John Alexis Guerra Gómez Assistant Professor, Los Andes University, Colombia Remote Lecturer, UC Berkeley, USA *ja.guerrag@uniandes.edu.co <ja.guerrag@uniandes.edu.co>* http://johnguerra.co José Tiberio Hernández Profesor Asociado, Los Andes University, Colombia Director IMAGINE (I+D+i en computación visual) *jhernand@uniandes.edu.co <jhernand@uniandes.edu.co>* -- --- John Alexis Guerra Gómez http <http://johnguerra.co/>:// <http://johnguerra.co/>johnguerra.co