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PhD Studentship, University of Glasgow
Aug 29 04
Source: BCS-HCI
PhD studentship at the University of Glasgow
DEADLINE 15th September
E-Science Visualisation for Functional Genomics and Drug Target Discovery
This studentship will develop new metaphors for large-scale data visualisation in functional genomics. The student will identify the best ways of presenting and interacting with data, and define a software architecture to support the construction of enhanced scientific visualisations. At the same time, algorithms will be developed to enable flexible data navigation, based on data reduction techniques. The work would first involve an in-depth user study of current tools, a comparison with visualisation research in other domains, and the development of a deeper understanding of the system features that enhance biomedical research. It would then propose a classification of known visualisation techniques in this area and draw conclusions about the most effective visualisations. The student would then focus on data reduction algorithms used in the selected types of visualisations, and produce a design and a prototype a complex application combining various types of visualisation, which uses the GRID infrastructure. This system would be tested with the users, and evaluated with regard to functionality and usability.
This studentship can only be offered to EU citizens. The stipend will be £10,500 in the first year, and is expected to increase in the following years. The studentship will start on 1st October 2004 or soon thereafter.
More general information on the Department of Computing Science is available at www.dcs.gla.ac.uk, and information on the Bioinformatics Research Centre is at www.brc.dcs.gla.ac.uk.
Please address enquiries to the supervisors, Ela Hunt
INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPLICANTS:
Please study all the material available on the departmental web pages for prospective PhD students.
Fill in the application form, write a research plan, enclose your CV, and get two letters from the referees plus the referee forms. Send all materials electronically to pg-research@dcs.gla.ac.uk and the paper copies to:
Research Student Admissions
Department of Computing Science,
University of Glasgow,
Glasgow, UK, G12 8QQ
Skills required:
- undergraduate degree (first class or 2.1 for UK students, or strong good grades for other applicants)
- programming in Java
- interest in HCI and good communication skills
- willingness to learn about biological data and biomedical research
- interest in doing research
Writing a research plan:
- summarise your experience and point out the parts that are relevant to the project
- propose how to do the research, point out any research techniques you are familiar with
- describe research techniques you want to become expert in
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