hitchner@riacs.edu (Lew Hitchner) (03/23/91)
Subject: Summer job posns. -- virtual reality programmers -- NASA Ames
Summer job positions for graduate student or upper division undergrad or person
with equivalent experience (TEMPORARY JOBS, NOT PERMANENT):
Employer: RIACS (Research Institue for Advanced Computer Science)
Location: NASA Aerospace Human Factors Division
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA (Silicon Valley)
Qualifications: Required:
+ U.S. citizen or Permanent Resident (INS Green Card)
+ advanced C language and Unix programming skills
+ experience in one or more of the following:
- graphics rendering systems
- graphics modeling systems
- X11 Window System and X toolkit (user and/or
programmer experience)
- user interface design and development
- geographic information systems (GIS)
+ experience in one or more of the following:
- image processing algorithms and programming
- database systems
- geology or geomorphology
- human vision perception
Desired:
+ experience in a Virtual Reality Lab !!!
Terms: negotiable, but generally:
+ length of employment 12 weeks (June to Sept.)
+ 40 hour work week with flexible hours
+ salary is at an hourly rate
+ minimal benefits (Workman's Comp. and not much else)
+ travel expenses to/from Moffett Field for job relocation
+ possibility of continuing part-time employment during
school year for local grad students
Project: Visualization for Planetary Exploration
This project, now in its third year, is developing
software for use with a Stardent GS-2000 graphics
super-computer and a head-mounted display (currently
using VPL EyePhone with a Polhemus 6 degree-of-freedom
tracker). The software and hardware support 3D
interactive visualizations of terrain data of the
planet Mars. The terrain data is derived from NASA
Viking orbiter imagery that was processed by the
USGS. User applications include virtual world visual
simulations for planetary astro-geologists and for
rover vehicle landing site selection and traversal
planning. The project has an operational prototype
version of a virtual reality terrain visualization
system that has been running for about one year. Our
work is research and development on virtual reality
systems for spatial exploration. There are at least
three other virtual reality R&D labs in the division
working on related application areas (robotics, audio,
scientific visualization).
Contact: Lew Hitchner, hitchner@riacs.edu
415-604-6438
RIACS
MS 262-2
NASA Ames Research Center
Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000
Respond with a copy of your resume, including job
experience or schoolwork especially related to our
project. Please reply before April 12, 1991.
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