ESPRC Phd Studentships– Real-time Ray Tracing Department

The Phd Studentships project involves the development of algorithms to exploit the parallel architecture and connectivity to enable very detailed scenes to be rendered in real-time. Phd Studentships applications include image generation for flight simulation and the project is supported the Thales Training and Simulation.

Project title: Real-time Ray Tracing

Supervisor: Professor Dave Allerton and Professor Visakan Kadirkamanathan Start date: 1st July 2011 (3 years) Project Details:

Eligibility Details:

To be eligible for a full award (stipend and fees) applicants must have:

Settled status in the UK, meaning they have no restrictions on how long they can stay, and

Been 'ordinarily resident' in the UK for 3 years prior to the start of the grant. This means they must have been normally residing in the UK (apart from temporary or occasional absences), and

Not been residing in the UK wholly or mainly for the purpose of full-time education. (This does not apply to UK or EU nationals).

All EU nationals are eligible to receive fees only is they do not have settled status in the UK.

Candidates with no relevant connection to the UK are not eligible to apply for the studentship.

The Phd Studentships will cover the tuition fees and provide an annual stipend of £13,590.

Phd Studentships should have a background in computer science or electronic engineering (or an equivalent engineering degree) and ideally have experience of modern programming languages, real-time computing or computer graphics.

Applicants are invited to contact Professor David Allerton (d.j.allerton@sheffield.ac.uk) at the University of Sheffield to discuss the research project informally.

To apply please send a CV, relevant publications, the names of two referees and a covering letter explaining your current interests and relevant background to Debbie Proctor, preferable via email at d.proctor@shef.ac.uk, or alternatively to the Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield S1 3JD

Closing date for applications: 31st May 2011