<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue';color:black">PERMANENT</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue';color:black"> STAFF POSITION AT THE <b>KAUST VISUALIZATION LABORATORY</b> SPECIALIZING IN <b>VISUAL ANALYTICS</b> and <b>DATA-DRIVEN DECISION MAKING.</b></span><b><span style="font-size:3pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue';color:black"> </span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue';color:black">EXCITING CAREER-ENHANCING OPPORTUNITY, WITH COMPETITIVE <b>TAX FREE PACKAGE</b>.</span></p><br><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><a href="http://www.kaust.edu.sa/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">KAUST</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue';color:black"> is an <b>international graduate-level, merit-based research university</b> dedicated to advancing science and technology through innovative and collaborative research and to addressing challenges of regional and global significance. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><a href="http://discovery.kaust.edu.sa/en" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">KAUST is constantly pushing the boundaries of research, development and education in the Middle East.</span></a></span>    <br><br><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue';color:black">Located on the beautiful <b>Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia</b>, KAUST </span><a href="https://vimeo.com/109448099" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">sets exceptional standards in residences and recreational facilities</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue';color:black"> and boasts a truly multicultural environment which can be enjoyed by all. It’s the perfect setting to live and work for all employees and their families while also offering internationally competitive tax free salaries and outstanding benefits to entice top talent from around the world.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue';color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue';color:black">The </span><a href="https://kvl.kaust.edu.sa/Pages/Home.aspx" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">Visualization Core Laboratory</span></b></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue';color:black"> at KAUST is a <b>state-of-the-art facility</b> that offers a unique opportunity to utilize one-of-a-kind visualization, sonification, and computational resources for the exploration and presentation of scientific data. Featuring, among others, a six-sided CAVE virtual environment and several high-resolution tiled display walls, the lab partners with KAUST faculty and researchers to analyze data in new ways.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue';color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'"><font color="#000000">The role of the <b>Visualization Scientist</b> is to develop <b>rich and</b> <b>interactive visualization workflows</b> that enable the effective exploration of large scientific datasets and facilitate the understanding of the complex phenomena that produce them. You would serve as an expert in information visualization techniques, visual analytics dashboard design, infographic interactive displays and information delivery best practices using large tile displays and virtual reality environments.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'"><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'"><font color="#000000">Areas of Expertise</font></span></i></b></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:0.25in"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">   </span></span><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">Data-driven decision making</span></i></font></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:0.25in"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">   </span></span><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">Multi-dimensional Visualization</span></i></font></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:0.45in"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New'">o<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">Clustering Analysis</span></i></font></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:0.45in"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New'">o<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">Projections, Dimensionality Reduction</span></i></font></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:0.45in"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New'">o<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">Interaction and Exploration Techniques</span></i></font></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:0.25in"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">   </span></span><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">Visual Analytics</span></i></font></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:0.45in"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New'">o<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">Graph-based data analysis</span></i></font></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:0.45in"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New'">o<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">Temporal Data</span></i></font></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:0.45in"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New'">o<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">Ensembles, Uncertainity</span></i></font></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:0.45in"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New'">o<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">Geo-referenced Datasets</span></i></font></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:0.45in"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Courier New'">o<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">Comparision, Correlation</span></i></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'"><font color="#000000">Core Skills</font></span></i></b></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:0.25in"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">   </span></span><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">Programming (5 years experience, at least): Javascript, C/C++, Python, R</span></i></font></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:0.25in"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">   </span></span><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">Interactive 3D Graphics: HTML5, WebGL, OpenGL/Direct3D</span></i></font></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:0.25in"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">   </span></span><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">Data Visualization: Tableau/SpotFire, D3js (or other JS charting libraries), Paraview/VISIT, Processing</span></i></font></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:0.25in"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">   </span></span><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">GIS/Databases: ArcGIS, PostGIS, CartoDB, MongoDB.</span></i></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'"><font color="#000000">Desired Skills</font></span></i></b></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:0.25in"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">   </span></span><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">(Big) Data Mining Tools: Apache Spark, Weka, RStudio</span></i></font></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:0.25in"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">   </span></span><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">Demonstrated hands-on experience in interactive graphics, data visualization, data mining and analysis.</span></i></font></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-left:0.25in"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">   </span></span><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">Understanding of color theory and visual perception.</span></i></font></p><font color="#000000" style="font-size:12.8px"><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">PhD</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'"> in Computer Science or a related area preferred, with 3-5 years of experience in some of the areas detailed above. Candidates with <b>MSc</b> degree and exceptional experience will also be considered. <br><br></span></i></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'"><font color="#000000">Interested candidates may send their applications to either of the following individuals:</font></span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">       </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue';color:black">Daniel Acevedo-Feliz, KAUST Visualization Core Laboratory Director, at </span><a href="mailto:daniel.acevedo@kaust.edu.sa" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'">daniel.acevedo@kaust.edu.sa</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue';color:black"></span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">       </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue';color:black">Madhu Srinivasan, Scientific Lead, KAUST Visualization Core Lab, at </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue'"><a href="mailto:madhu.srinivasan@kaust.edu.sa" target="_blank">madhu.srinivasan@kaust.edu.sa</a></span><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Helvetica Neue';color:black"></span></i></p></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14.6667px">-----------------</span><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14.6667px">KAUST believes that a commitment to the principles of fairness and respect for all helps create a climate that is favorable to the free and open exchange of ideas, and the University seeks to reach out as widely as possible in order to attract and retain the best faculty, staff and students. For these reasons, decisions concerning the admission and evaluation of students, the granting of scholarships and research funding, as well as employment of personnel in all University departments and offices, are made on the basis of an individual’s qualifications and contributions to the University’s educational objectives and its institutional goals.</span><i><br></i></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14.6667px"><br></span></div><div><div class="gmail_signature">------------<br>Daniel Acevedo-Feliz, PhD<br>Visualization Core Lab Director<br>Supercomputing Core Lab Director (Acting)<br>King Abdullah University of Science and Technology<br>Building #1, Office #3419<br>Thuwal 23955-6900<br>Saudi Arabia<br>Tel. +966 544 700334<br><a href="http://kvl.kaust.edu.sa" target="_blank">http://kvl.kaust.edu.sa</a><br><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/daniel-acevedo-feliz/0/718/2aa" target="_blank">http://www.linkedin.com/pub/daniel-acevedo-feliz/0/718/2aa</a></div></div>
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