Postdoc: Creative Computer Graphics

Open Faculty positions in Computer Graphics and Visualization

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Open PhD and Postdoc positions in Computer Graphics and Visualization

You will find concrete positions on this page.
Nonetheless, we are always looking for motivated PhDs and Postdocs in the areas of Computer Graphics and Visualization.
Precisely, we are interested in candidates from the areas of rendering, alternative representations, and visualization, geometric modelling.

For more information or questions, please contact Saskia Peters (secr-INSY-EWI@tudelft.nl).

Position requirements:
We are looking for a candidate who meets the following requirements:

  •  You are a talented and enthusiastic researcher.
  •  PhD Track: You have experience with or a strong background in computer graphics and image processing. Preferably you finished a master in the speciality of Computer Graphics in Computer Science, additionally, you might qualify with a diploma in (Applied) Mathematics, (Applied) Physics or Electrical Engineering if you have graphics experience.
  • PostDoc: You have a PhD in the domain of the position and/or strong experience in one of the related fields (computer graphics, visualization, geometry processing, and human machine interaction)
  • You are an excellent scientist with an excellent publication record.
  • You are familiar with C++, OpenGL, and GPU programming.
  • You have good communication skills
  • You are a good teamplayer and able/willing to supervise bachelor, PhD, and Master students related to this project.
  • You have good command of the English language (knowledge of Dutch is not required).


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PhD: Painting Analysis
A painting is a complex piece of art and its appearance is influenced by many factors; the chemical composition of the painting, aging, variations on the surface, spectral properties, etc. With modern technology, it is possible to extract a large amount of data from an artwork. At Delft University of Technology, several detailed scans, including X-Ray, spectral and chemical composition, as well as surface properties, of masterpieces from famous artists, such as Vermeer, Rembrandt and others (e.g.,  https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/press/persarchief/2018/intensief-onderzoek-naar-vermeers-meisje-met-de-parel-van-start/) In this project, we intend to put this wealth of information into use. Having access to this data, we intend to develop a computational pipeline covering various aspects, including a simulation of the appearance of a painting, analysis solutions for uncovering how a painting was produced, including a reconstruction of the applied paint and strokes, and synthesis solutions to complete partial data. Hereby, we will, ultimately, come closer to understanding and also reproducing the style of famous artists. The research will combine aspects of rendering for the appearance reproduction, visual analytics solutions to support an interactive analysis, as well as synthesis approaches for the reconstruction combined with domain expertise. Art historians can provide valuable information regarding typical workflows, used color palettes and particularities of certain ateliers (used brushes, used paint etc.), which we intend to integrate into our approaches. Our work holds promise to reveal new findings about famous artworks but also, more generally, to establish a new paradigm for working with data acquired from paintings.


Postdoc: Creative Computer Graphics
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