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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear colleague,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Could you help me publish the following job opening to this mailing list? Many thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="Default" align="center" style="margin-top:6.0pt;mso-para-margin-top:.5gd;text-align:center">
<b>Open Position - Visualization Researchers, Postdoctoral Researchers, and Interns
<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="Default" align="center" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-para-margin-bottom:1.0gd;text-align:center">
<b> (Microsoft Research Asia, Beijing, China)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="CM3" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:9.0pt;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:13.8pt">
<span style="color:black">The Internet Graphics group at Microsoft Research Asia (Beijing) is seeking applicants for associate researchers, researchers, and interns. The Internet Graphics group just initiated research in the general area of information visualization,
intelligent user interaction, and visual analytics. In particular, we are interested in designing and developing novel visual metaphors and interactive visualization algorithms and technologies that help average users or business users easily consume huge
amounts of complex data/information to discover patterns and derive insights. Our group is multi-disciplinary, with members from fields ranging from information visualization, intelligent user interaction, and computer graphics. We also closely collaborated
with the Machine Learning and Data Mining groups at MSRA. The complimentary nature of our skills creates an exciting environment for research and exploration.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="CM3" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:29.9pt;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:13.8pt">
<span style="color:black">We are currently seeking qualified researchers and interns whose research interests overlap with our efforts in the following areas:
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="CM3" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:13.8pt">
<b><span style="color:black">Interactive, visual text analytics: </span></b><span style="color:black">research and develop interactive visual metaphors and tools to transform text collections into a visual representation that helps reveal thematic patterns
and locate interesting information: 1) design novel visual metaphors and interaction techniques to convey complex text analytic results and make them consumable by average users or business users; 2) interaction techniques that help users examine text from
multiple perspectives to help compensate the deficiencies of text analysis technologies; 3) seamlessly marry interactive visualization with text analytics techniques to drive a full visual text analysis life cycle and tailor the analysis process to a person’s
tasks and situations. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="CM3" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:13.8pt">
<b><span style="color:black">Interactive, visual social media analysis</span></b><span style="color:black">: research and develop interactive visual metaphors and tools to aid in fast social media exploration and understanding: 1) design and develop interactive
visualization metaphors and interaction techniques to visually illustrate, summarize, and explain large information diffusion patterns and various dynamic network updates; 2) design and develop highly interactive, novel graph-based metaphors and algorithms
for visualizing time-sensitive social communities and their evolutions; and 3) tightly integrate the state-of-the-art social media analysis technologies with interactive visualization to support a full life-cycle of interactive social media analysis.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="CM1" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><b>Qualifications </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="CM3" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:4.9pt;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:13.8pt">
We are looking for candidates with research interests and a proven research track record in information visualization or scientific visualization. Candidates for this position must have:
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-left:21.0pt;text-indent:-21.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:windowtext">Proved strong research capabilities in the above areas
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-left:21.0pt;text-indent:-21.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:windowtext">Strong programming skills in C++/C#/Java
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-left:21.0pt;text-indent:-21.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:windowtext">Great team player <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:21.0pt;text-indent:-21.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:windowtext">Excellent oral and written English skills
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="CM1" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><b>Desired Experience </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span style="color:windowtext">Extensive knowledge and research experience in information or scientific visualization. Additional research experience in the areas of intelligent user interfaces and human-computer
interaction would be a plus. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-left:21.0pt;text-indent:-21.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:windowtext">Extensive experience in designing and developing interactive, large object-oriented software systems
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-left:21.0pt;text-indent:-21.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:windowtext">Knowledge of the following one or more areas preferred: machine learning, data mining, text analytics, and network analysis techniques
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:windowtext">A strong background in mathematics also preferred
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="CM1" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><b>Educational level </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="CM4" style="margin-right:23.75pt;line-height:12.8pt">Ph.D. in Computer Science or relevant fields is required for associate researchers and researchers. Preference will be given t<span style="font-size:11.0pt">o candidates who have experience in conducting
or willing to engage in interdisciplinary and collaborative research. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="CM1"><b>Job type: Regular/Intern <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="CM1"><b>For more information, or to apply, please contact us at: shliu@microsoft.com
</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Shixia<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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