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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Dear colleagues, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">We have a senior visualisation scientist vacancy available at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the UK. The lab locates in Oxfordshire, close to Oxford and
Reading, 45 mins train ride to London. This is a good opportunity for someone with a research background in computer science and visualisation to develop and apply their expertise in the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC -
<a href="http://www.stfc.ac.uk/">http://www.stfc.ac.uk/</a>) of the UK, one of the biggest multidisciplinary research organisations in Europe, delivering strategically important national science capabilities to the UK.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Please feel free to forward it to researchers who might be interested. For an informal discussion of the role, please feel free to email -
<a href="mailto:erica.yang@stfc.ac.uk">erica.yang@stfc.ac.uk</a> (Head of Visualisation) or phone 0044-(0) 1235 446423<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Thanks, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">====================</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Dr Erica Yang</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Head of Visualisation</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">0044-(0)-1235 446423 (office)/0044-07598-260848 (mobile)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Technology Division, Scientific Computing Department, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">We are recruiting! </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Vacancy -
<a href="http://www.topcareer.jobs/Vacancy/irc231790_6763.aspx">http://www.topcareer.jobs/Vacancy/irc231790_6763.aspx</a></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h1 style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#505050">Visualisation Scientist<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h3 style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#343C3F">STFC - The Science and Technology Facilities Council<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<p class="MsoNormal">£31,100 to £43,164 (depending on expertise)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">2-year fixed term Contract <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Placed on:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">3rd October 2016<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">30th October 2016<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">IRC231790<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;word-wrap: break-word"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1C5656">Background</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#505050"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;word-wrap: break-word"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#505050">The Scientific Computing Department (SCD) of the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) develops software, systems,
and infrastructure to enable scientific breakthroughs in sciences and technologies of national importance to the UK, including energy, healthcare, environment, security, and urban living.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;word-wrap: break-word"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1C5656">About the role</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#505050"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;word-wrap: break-word"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#505050">The Visualisation Group, with more than a decade track record in visualization software and system engineering, and an ambitious
growth plan for the next three years, is seeking a highly motivated and experienced research scientist to commit to the development of user driven software tools for visualisation and image analysis codes supported by the Group.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;word-wrap: break-word"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#505050">The Group provides practical software development expertise and knowledge to two major UK based tomographic imaging Collaborative
Computational Projects (CCPs) and has a fast growing range of activities in visual analytics where data mining, machine learning techniques are increasingly used to complement visualisation to improve human understandings and perceptions in complex relationship
exploration and process optimization.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;word-wrap: break-word"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#505050">The Group has built up an extensive portfolio in the development and/or operation of high fidelity visualization facilities.
Currently, we mainly operate the Atlas Visualisation Facility (AVF) at the Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire. We have also developed and/or supported the maintenance of visualisation facilities at STFC Daresbury Laboratory and the Innovate UK Satellite Application
Catapult.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;word-wrap: break-word"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#505050">You will be based at the STFC Rutherford Appleton laboratory in Oxfordshire and the appointment will depend on your qualifications
and experience. The work environment will be highly multidisciplinary with a mixed team of software developers, mathematician, image analysis expert, and visualisation expert, experimental and computational scientists from other disciplines.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;word-wrap: break-word"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1C5656">About you</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#505050"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#505050">You will have a good degree in science or engineering, e.g. computer science, mathematics, physics, or biology (or with equivalent professional expertise),
show proven ability to involve in the delivery of complex software and/or R&D projects and have good experience in modern programming languages, e.g. Python or C++.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#505050">You will have a good track record in dealing with diverse user groups, from science and/or industry, in software development projects as well as showing
experience in implementing complex software or systems, both of which will be essential for a band E appointment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#505050"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#505050">It will be desirable to have a MSc or PhD in computer science, physics, or mathematics, a good knowledge or experience in VTK, paraview, or Avizo and
show experience in developing image analysis or visualisation software using Python or C++.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#505050">Knowledge or experience in data mining or machine learning algorithms, e.g. Bayes classifier, SVM, and tools, e.g. TensorFlow,MLLib, NLTK, R packages
(igraph, RWeka etc.) would also be desirable.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;word-wrap: break-word"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1C5656">Benefits: </span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#505050">In
addition to the competitive salary, an excellent index linked pension scheme and generous leave allowance are offered. Full details of offered benefits can be found on STFC’s careers pages.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;word-wrap: break-word"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1C5656">How to apply: </span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#505050">Online
applications only, please submit a covering letter and CV to, <a href="http://www.topcareer.jobs/Vacancy/irc231790_6763.aspx"><span style="color:#339999">http://www.topcareer.jobs/Vacancy/irc231790_6763.aspx</span></a> ensuring that the IRC reference is included
in the file name description of each document uploaded. No Agencies.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;word-wrap: break-word"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#505050">The interview/assessment date for this vacancy is to be confirmed and will be held at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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