PhD candidate related to augmented reality applications for visualizing airborne infectious pathogens

The Operating toom of the future at St. Olavs University hospital/ Department of Computer Science at NTNU invite applicants for a PhD Fellowship related to mixed reality, to perform research in a project entitled “AR/VR based visualization of airborne infectious pathogens in the operating room during surgery”. The PhD is part of the HumanIC network which is composed by 8 universities, 2 hospitals and 9 companies/institutions) to train early stage engineers and scientists to enable a new approach to the human-centric indoor climate in Healthcare Environments. The research topic will be contextualized in WP3 of the HUMANIC Marie Curie project “Novel smart design, forecasting, monitoring and visualization tools”, funded by EU and being supervised by Associate Professor Gabriel Hanssen Kiss (NTNU/St. Olavs) and co-supervised by Professor Guangyu Cao (NTNU).

Follow the link for a description of the complete application process:

www.stolav.no/49c467/contentassets/6f7b7455721c4b2a972d8b8f44ae79d5/vr_humanic_v2.pdf

Duties of the position

• Conduct high quality research in the field of extended reality, digital twins, and artificial intelligence.
• Report regular research progress in agreement with the supervisors.
• Engage and communicate with both academic partners and public stakeholders within HumanIC to realize the overall aim of the project.
• Actively participate in the design, implementation, and evaluation of the overall technological framework of HumanIC.
• Contribute to the dissemination and outreach of the research outcomes through public media, conferences, and publications
• Submit an application for admission to the PhD-program at NTNU no later than 3 months after the employment
• Undertake the necessary courses (30 ECTS) as part of the PhD program
• Contribute to the academic environment at department, faculty and NTNU

Required selection criteria

• International mobility requirements: Applicants of any age and any nationality will be eligible as far as they fulfil the mobility requirement of the COFUND program, namely, the applicants must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the host organization (Norway) for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately before the call deadline of PERSEUS.
• Education requirements: 5 years of higher education (BSC and MSC) or education equal to (300 ECTS). The grade requirements are B or higher (based on NTNU’s grading scale). Master degree must be completed by the call deadline. Education will have to be documented by diploma supplement or equivalent documentation in English and include a description of the educational system. International Relations do require Chinese diplomas to be verified using CHSI. The NTNU Office of International Relations will evaluate degrees and diplomas.
• Language skill requirements: The applicants will be asked to provide evidence of good English language skills, written and spoken. The following certificates may be used as such evidence: TOEFL, IELTS or Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) or Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE).
• Export of Knowledge Control: The PhD candidates who, based on a comprehensive first-hand assessment, might come into conflict with legislation governing exports of knowledge, technology and services will not advance further from the first stage in the recruitment process. For further information, please refer to the Export Control Act.
• A master’s degree in computer science or equivalent with strong analytical skills.
• Relevant background with deployment in 3D environments and/or mixed reality.
• Relevant background and experience within modern computer vision
• Excellent programming skills and good knowledge of key programming languages and frameworks used for mixed reality.

Personal characteristics

• Be motivated and ambitious
• Ability to work independently as well as in cross disciplinary teams
• Ability to interact and collaborate with actors in academia, public sector and industry (e.g. Behave respectfully and value the inputs and opinions of others)
• Ability to thrive and contribute to the work environment
• Be self-motivated, focused and goal-oriented, be committed and keep deadlines, be flexible, reliable, and solution-orientated, be innovation driven, enthusiastic and ambitious
• Be scientifically curious and open to new research challenges, demonstrate persistence in addressing technical problems
• Good communication and dissemination skills.