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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
<http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~ela> and Matthew Chalmers
<http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~matthew>. Please use the application forms
provided at <http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/phd/application.html>.
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 [log in to unmask] 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
Links
- Visualization
<http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/research/visualization.shtml>
- SyntenyVista video <http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~ela/Synteny>
- e-Science <http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=e-science&btnG=Google+Search>
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