Job Information
- Organisation/Company
- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)- BarcelonaTECH
- Department
- Computer Science
- Research Field
- Computer science
- Researcher Profile
- Recognised Researcher (R2)Established Researcher (R3)
- Country
- Spain
- Application Deadline
- Type of Contract
- Temporary
- Job Status
- Full-time
- Hours Per Week
- 37,5
- Offer Starting Date
- Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
- European Union / Next Generation EU
- Reference Number
- 150-723-138
- Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
- No
Offer Description
The Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC) in Barcelona is looking for postdocs to work in a project dealing with the simulation of virtual crowds in outdoor scenes and their impact on hiking paths and terrain degradation, through computer graphics and VR solutions. This project is coordinated by the ViRVIG group http://www.virvig.eu/.
The project involves a large range of topics such as: procedural modeling (automatic generation of hiking networks with semantic information and navigation meshes for complex uneven terrain), pathfinding and navigation in such terrains (pathfinding and route selection adapted to agents' abilities, planning of navigation in difficult sections, Reinforcement Learning for individual route selection), analysis of collections of trajectories (real or simulated), and simulation and rendering of anthropogenic degradation effects (trail erosion, litter, and other traces of passage). More information about the project can be found here:
https://www.virvig.eu/senda/senda.html
We are offering one postdoc positions to work on either:
(1) virtual human path finding in natural terrains.
(2) modeling of terrain degradation due to human activities
We are looking for candidates with experience on some of the following topics: reinforcement learning, crowd simulation, path finding, geometric algorithms, procedural modeling, simulation of natural phenomena, virtual reality, and computer graphics.
Candidates should hold a PhD in computer science, physics, mathematics, or some engineering discipline.
Candidates should have a track record of publications in computer graphics, virtual reality, and/or animation.
The following skills will be valued:
-. Good programming skills in C++, C#, or Python.
-. Computer graphics
-. Experience with Unity and VR is a plus.
Do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.
Best regards,
Nuria Pelechano (nuria.pelechano@upc.edu)
Oscar Argudo (oscar.argudo@upc.edu)
Requirements
- Research Field
- Computer science
- Education Level
- PhD or equivalent
- Research Field
- Mathematics
- Education Level
- PhD or equivalent
- Research Field
- Physics
- Education Level
- PhD or equivalent
- Research Field
- Engineering
- Education Level
- PhD or equivalent
PhD in computer Science, mathematics, physics or engeenering.
Candidates should have a track record of publications in computer graphics, virtual reality, and/or animation.
The following skills will be valued:
-. Good programming skills in C++, C#, or Python.
-. Computer graphics
-. Experience with Unity and VR is a plus.
We are looking for candidates with experience on some of the following topics:
reinforcement learning, crowd simulation, path finding, geometric algorithms, procedural modeling, simulation of natural phenomena, virtual reality, and computer graphics.
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Level
- Excellent
- Research Field
- Computer science
- Years of Research Experience
- 1 - 4
Additional Information
Between €22,244 and €30,387 per year based on experience and contract modality (for full time)
We offer an exciting work environment in the VR research lab ViRVIG (virvig.eu) with large experience in the field of computer graphics and virtual reality. The center is located in Barcelona, very well connected to center city with public transportation, so you will have the opportunity to enjoy living in one of the most exciting cities in Europe.
We offer a nice work environment with a strong team culture. You will be surrounded by many phd students and professors to collaborate with during your postdoc.
Flexible working hours with the possibility to work remotely a few days per week
A spanish contract with 30 days of paid leave
The CVs will be assessed according the following general criteria (being 10 points the maximum score):
- 1 point for PhD within the required list.
- 2 points for academic training
- 2 points for technic abilities (e.g programming, procedural modelling, RL, pathfinding, ...).
- 3 point for publication list.
- 1 points for professional experience.
- 1 point for any aspect of the candidate’s professional profile to be determined as specially relevant by the Selection committee.
Candidates will be prioritized based on the above score and then we will carry out interviews in order of score.
After assigning the scores, we will carry out interviews to make the final decision.
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available
- 1
- Company/Institute
- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)- BarcelonaTECH
- Country
- Spain
- City
- Barcelona
- Postal Code
- 08034
- Street
- C. Jordi Girona, 31
- Geofield
Where to apply
- nuria.pelechano@upc.edu
Contact
- City
- Barcelona
- Website
- Street
- C. Jordi Girona, 31
- Postal Code
- 08034
- nuria.pelechano@upc.edu