[Ieee_vis_open_positions] PhD position in Visualization/HCI, University of Vienna

[Michael Sedlmair]

PhD position: Visual Analysis in Data-driven Journalism
University of Vienna

We invite applicants for a PhD position in Visualization/
Human-Computer Interaction within the Visualization and Data Analysis
group at the University of Vienna. The successful applicant will join a
larger interdisciplinary research group with backgrounds in computing,
design, and journalism.

Like many other organizations, publishing houses and the news industry
are facing tremendous challenges making sense of the ever-growing amount
of information. A trend towards data-centric journalism aiming to deal
with these challenges has recently become popular under the term
“Data-driven Journalism” and is vividly discussed in discourses about
the future of journalism.

The successful applicant will explore how visual analysis methods
can support Data-driven Journalism. This will include working with a
diverse range of users to better understand how data is currently used
in journalism, and to design and evaluate novel visual analysis
solutions for Data-driven Journalism.

Review of applications will begin on November 21, 2014, and continue
until the position is filled.

Applicants should submit a CV, a two-page motivation statement, two
references, copies of university certificates, and a transcript to
Monika Gregor monika.gregor at univie.ac.at

Informal enquiries can be directed to Dr. Michael Sedlmair
michael.sedlmair at univie.ac.at

Further details are available here: http://goo.gl/q7uQDm

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Dr. Michael Sedlmair
University of Vienna
ph: +43 1 42 77 79020
http://homepage.univie.ac.at/michael.sedlmair/

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