Ph.D. Student in extended reality visualization of neurosurgical procedures - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Project description

The aim of this doctoral project is to develop and test immersive visualizations of procedural knowledge for training neurosurgeons. The first step is to acquire the domain-specific knowledge through motion capture and eye-tracking studies with expert neurosurgeons. Second, the goal is to map the acquired knowledge to interactive visual structures in virtual and augmented reality. Third, the aim is to test these visualizations in their capacity to support resident training through task-centric user tests, producing learning curves of precision and accuracy in surgical procedures.

The student will also help with teaching courses in Visualization and Computer Graphics by being the main teaching assistant to Prof. Romero. This will take around 20% of the work time, and the remaining 80% are devoted to research.

Third-cycle subject: Computer Science

Supervision: Associate Professor Mario Romero 

What we offer

• The possibility to study in a dynamic and international research environment in collaboration with industries and prominent universities from all over the world.Read more
• A workplace with many employee benefits and monthly salary according to KTH’s Doctoral student salary agreement.
• A postgraduate education at an institution that is active and supportive in matters pertaining to working conditions, gender equality and diversity as well as study environment.
• Help to relocate and be settled in Sweden and at KTH.

Admission requirements

To be admitted to postgraduate education (Chapter 7, 39 § Swedish Higher Education Ordinance), the applicant must have basic eligibility in accordance with either of the following:

• passed a second cycle degree (for example a master's degree), or
• completed course requirements of at least 240 higher education credits, of which at least 60 second-cycle higher education credits, or
• acquired, in some other way within or outside the country, substantially equivalent knowledge

In addition to the above, there is also a mandatory requirement for English equivalent to English B/6, read more here

Selection

In order to succeed as a doctoral student at KTH you need to be goal oriented and persevering in your work. During the selection process, candidates will be assessed upon their ability to:

• independently pursue his or her work
• collaborate with others,
• have a professional approach and
• analyse and work with complex issues.

During the selection process, candidates will be assessed upon further abilities within :

• programming experience (C#, OOP),
• working in integrated development environments: Unity Engine, MR SDKs (SteamVR), AR development and testing (HUDs, Magic Leap, mobile-based AR), registration (Vuforia, ARCore, ARKit),
• applying software engineering principles, including proper code documentation,
• applying principles of human-computer interaction (HCI),
• writing academic English at publishable-quality level,
• reading and critically analyzing state-of-the-art research papers,
• developing and testing of interactive computer graphics with immersion,
• conducting user studies: study design and execution, analysis of results,
• performing research practices: literature reviews, experimental design, analysis and synthesis of results, formal documentation and
• performing project management and communication diligently. 

After the qualification requirements, great emphasis will be placed on personal competency. 

Target degree: Doctoral degree

Information regarding admission and employment

Only those admitted to postgraduate education may be employed as a doctoral student. The total length of employment may not be longer than what corresponds to full-time doctoral education in four years ' time. An employed doctoral student can, to a limited extent (maximum 20%), perform certain tasks within their role, e.g. training and administration. A new position as a doctoral student is for a maximum of one year, and then the employment may be renewed for a maximum of two years at a time.

Union representatives

Contact information KTH's website.

Doctoral section (Students’ union on KTH Royal Institute of Technology)

Contact information section's website.

Application

Apply for the position and admission through KTH's recruitment system. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that the application is complete in accordance with the instructions in the advertisement.

Applications must be received at the last closing date at midnight, CET/CEST (Central European Time/Central European Summer Time).

Applications must include:

• CV including your relevant professional experience and knowledge.
• Application letter with a brief description of why you want to pursue research studies, about what your academic interests are and how they relate to your previous studies and future goals. (Maximum 2 pages long)
• Copies of diplomas and grades from previous university studies and certificates of fulfilled language requirements (see above). Translations into English or Swedish if the original document is not issued in one of these languages.Copies of originals must be certified.
• Representative publications or technical reports. For longer documents, please provide a summary (abstract) and a web link to the full text.

Other information

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