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e-mail: r.s.laramee "at" swansea.ac.uk

NEW: PhD Student(s) in Visualization: We are looking for a student(s) interested in undertaking leading research work in the field of data visualization. Data visualization, a vibrant, exciting and rapidly expanding sub-field of computer science, is concerned with the use of computers and their graphics capabilities in order to generate meaningful imagery that provides insight into data from various sources.

PhD studentships are available in Computer Science at Swansea University, with funding of up to 13,290 GBP stipend plus fees. UK candidates are eligible to apply for all studentships. Overseas and EU candidates ARE eligible for some of the studentships. Potential candidates should preferably have a first-class Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a cognate discipline, or an equivalent qualification. To ensure consideration for an award, please apply to the University for admission as a PhD student in Computer Science: Here is the page to apply. The Application deadline: 23 April 2010. Please let me know if you have questions or would like to talk about applying.

NEW: information on MRes Bursaries for the 2010-2011 academic year has been announced. Come talk to me if you'd like help with your application. There are some Great reasons to write an MRes in Visual Computing degree. Application deadline: 28 May 2009. Also, let me know if you are interested in applying for a KESS scholarship. These scholarships fund both Masters and PhD degrees. This program is also running in conjunction with Swansea University.

Research: Bob's main research interests lie in data visualization with an emphasis on scientific visualzation. Other interests include computer graphics and human-computer interaction. The fastest, easiest, and most enjoyable way to get an idea of the research we have done is to simply watch our visualization research videos. These are the only research videos of their kind in the entire United Kingdom.

Wanted: Students interested in writing a PhD or an MRes in Visual Computing. Have you ever thought about writing a masters or PhD degree with a focus on data visualization? Well, if so, come talk to me. (link to the visual computing page). And yes, there are funding opportunities in the form of scholarships, bursaries, and other sources of financial aid for those wishing to take up postgraduate study at Swansea University. Click here for more information. See also: Great reasons to write an MRes in Visual Computing degree.

PhD Candidates

Short Bio: Robert S. Laramee received a bachelors degree in physics, cum laude, from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (ZooMass) in 1997. In 2000, he received a masters degree in computer science from the University of New Hampshire, Durham. He was awarded a PhD from the Vienna University of Technology (Gruess Gott TUWien), Austria at the Institute of Computer Graphics and Algorithms in 2005. His research interests are in the areas of scientific visualization, computer graphics, and human-computer interaction. He has contributed research papers to IEEE Visualization, the Joint EUROGRAPHICS-IEEE TVCG Symposium on Visualization, EUROGRAPHICS, and the CHI conference on Human-Computer Interaction as well as their respective journals. From 2001 to 2006 he was a researcher at the VRVis Research Center (www.vrvis.at) and a software engineer at AVL (www.avl.com) in the department of Advanced Simulation Technologies. Currently he is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at the Swansea University (Prifysgol Cymru Abertawe), Wales in the Department of Computer Science (Adran Gwyddor Cyfrifiadur).

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