Newsgroups: comp.robotics
Path: brunix!news.Brown.EDU!noc.near.net!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!hobbes.physics.uiowa.edu!news.uiowa.edu!herky.cs.uiowa.edu!kearney
From: kearney@herky.cs.uiowa.edu (Joe Kearney)
Subject: Visiting Faculty Position at U. of Iowa
Message-ID: <1993Jul9.222443.9396@news.uiowa.edu>
Sender: news@news.uiowa.edu (News)
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1993 22:24:43 GMT
Reply-To: kearney@herky.cs.uiowa.edu (Joe Kearney)
Nntp-Posting-Host: herky.cs.uiowa.edu
Organization: U of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Lines: 84






            VISITING POSITION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA

       The Department of Computer Science is seeking an  energetic
  researcher  to  join an active and growing laboratory conducting
  research in ANIMATION,  PHYSICAL  SYSTEM  SIMULATION,  REAL-TIME
  SIMULATION,  VIRTUAL  ENVIRONMENTS,  ROBOTICS,  COMPUTER VISION,
  GRAPHICS and GEOMETRIC MODELING and the  interconnections  among
  these  areas.   The  appointment  would be for one academic year
  beginning in August 1993 or January 1994.  Current  funding  and
  approval is at the level of a visiting Assistant Professor, how-
  ever we would attempt to obtain approval and salary  for  excep-
  tional senior candidates.

       The position would include  teaching  responsibilities  and
  substantial  opportunities  to  participate in research.  We are
  especially interested in  individuals  who  will  interact  with
  ongoing activities.  Current projects include:

   -   Simulator synthesis

   -   Scenario control for real-time,  virtual  driving  environ-
       ments

   -   Control of articulated, high  degree-of-freedom  mechanisms
       in simulation

   -   Physically-based animation of robot locomotion

   -   Integration of geometry, dynamics, and control in  mechani-
       cal simulation

   -   Design of robust,  low-level  vision  algorithms  including
       texture analysis, stereo, and color constancy

   -   Methods for recognizing 3-D objects from 2-D outlines using
       invariance

   -   Integration of images taken from multiple viewpoints  using
       a robot controlled stereo head

  Laboratory members have strong connections with the  Center  for
  Computer Aided Design and the Iowa Driving Simulator (IDS).  The
  IDS is a high-fidelity virtual driving environment  that  imple-
  ments  real-time  multibody  vehicle  dynamics computations in a
  heterogeneous and highly parallel  computing  environment.   The
  driver  sits  in  a  real  vehicle mounted on a motion base sur-
  rounded by high-resolution, textured graphic images.  The IDS is
  a  rich  source of research problems in large spatial databases,
  geometric modeling, and the  control  of  dynamic,  interactive,
  virtual environments.

  REQUIREMENTS:  A Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related field.

  TO APPLY:  Please email a resume and names of references to
                     kearney@caesar.cs.uiowa.edu

  Questions  or  preliminary  inquiries   may   be   directed   to
  J.Kearney, (319) 335-0741,




  WHY IOWA        We are .....a  major  research  university  with
  29,000  students  ...campus  of 100 buildings on 900 acres along
  the Iowa  River  resources  ....a  world  class  medical  center
  ....120  restaurants  ...numerous  concerts  and  other cultural
  activities   ...lakes,   outdoor    recreation    areas,    fine
  sports/exercise  facilities  ....Big  Ten  football,  basketball
  ....a national leader in  womens'  sports....first  U.S.  public
  university  to  admit  men  and women on an equal basis ....a 10
  minute bicycle

       Women and minority candidates especially  urged  to  apply.
  University  welcomes employment of highly qualified professional
  couples, even sharing of  a  single  appointment.   Applications
  will be considered as received, and until position filled.

       The University of Iowa is an  Equal Opportunity /  Affirma-
  tive Action Employer.
