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<p style="background:white"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">The KAUST Visualization Core Lab (KVL) is seeking a highly motivated and collaborative scientist with experience working in virtual and augmented reality</span></i><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">(VR and AR) to build cutting-edge interactive</span></i><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">immersive visualization workflows.</span></i><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">The scientist also develops solutions for the effective visualization and exploration</span></i><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">of large scientific datasets on a variety of ultra-high resolution tiled-displays and</span></i><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">VR environments such as CAVE, semi-immersive display walls, head mounted displays, and AR devices.
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<p style="background:white"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">KVL advances the KAUST mission by providing cutting-edge visualization and data science services; collaborating with domain researchers to accelerate discoveries
through large-data visualization, machine learning and data science; and supporting the needs of KAUST and in-Kingdom entities by providing access to and training on state-of-the-art visualization hardware and software for scientific discovery.
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<p style="background:white"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">As a member of the KAUST Core Labs, the scientist will work in close collaboration with multiple labs and other stakeholders. They will provide training and
support for students and researchers on VR/AR software and hardware facilities in the lab, participate in and organize training seminars and workshops, and provide student mentoring and support in collaboration with KAUST faculty, as appropriate.
</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">Major Responsibilities
</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">Design immersive visualization workflows resulting from data produced by various facilities at KAUST,</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">e.g., from simulations</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">done at the KAUST supercomputing facilities, image stacks and 3D volumes produced by microscopes</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">(SEM/cryo/TEM/confocal) and other imaging facilities (CT/micro-CT), ocean and environment data collected by ships and</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">AUV’s, etc.
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">Propose, evaluate, design, deploy/implement, and test new immersive solutions, pipelines, software and hardware
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">Provide support and expertise in 3D scientific visualization, image segmentation & 3D reconstruction, and AR/VR</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">solutions to research endeavors across campus.
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">Set up custom immersive visualization hardware and software systems based on project requirements
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">Work collaboratively with the team and external vendors to maintain and upgrade existing VR systems
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">Qualifications & Competencies
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">Ph.D. degree in computer science or related field with demonstrated relevant expertise
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">Familiarity and experience with advanced tools, such as Unity3D/UNREAL Engine, AVIZO, Paraview, MeshLab,</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">ilastik/FIJI, etc.; 3D authoring tools such as Maya/Blender; and large-scale VR systems, like CAVE, immersive</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">display walls, and HMD-based VR systems
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">Strong background in programming languages like C/C++/C# and JavaScript, Linux-based operating systems, and</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">interactive graphics, e.g., 2D/3D graphics, image processing, and advanced rendering techniques
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">Experience in designing reinforcement learning solutions on VR platforms, VR/AR application design, image</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">segmentation, 3D volume visualization, 3D geometry conversion, mesh simplification, and 3D reconstruction
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">Excellent oral and written communication in English
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">Proven ability to work with minimal supervision in a multidisciplinary environment
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">Some experience in information visualization and visual analytics is an advantage
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="background:white"><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">E-mail</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black">
</span></b><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:jysoo.lee@kaust.edu.sa">jysoo.lee@kaust.edu.sa</a> &
<a href="mailto:anton.oltar@kaust.edu.sa">anton.oltar@kaust.edu.sa</a></span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif;color:black"> or
<a href="https://careers.kaust.edu.sa/job/Visualization-Core-Lab-Visualization-Staff-Scientist-3DVR/712472001/?locale=en_US">
Apply Now</a></span></i></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Mulish",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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