{"id":905,"date":"2016-06-27T13:40:04","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T11:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lviz.org\/?p=905"},"modified":"2016-06-23T12:21:20","modified_gmt":"2016-06-23T10:21:20","slug":"fully-funded-phd-on-landscape-visualization-at-the-university-of-rhode-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lviz.org\/?p=905","title":{"rendered":"Fully funded PhD on landscape visualization at the University of Rhode Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_906\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-906\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lviz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Tank_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-906\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lviz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Tank_1.jpg\" alt=\"(c) Peter Stempel (2016)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lviz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Tank_1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/lviz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Tank_1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lviz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Tank_1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lviz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Tank_1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lviz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Tank_1-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-906\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(c) Peter Stempel (2016)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In his dissertation, <a href=\"http:\/\/web.uri.edu\/abecker\/peter-stempel\/\">Peter Stempel <\/a>at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uri.edu\/\">University of Rhode Island<\/a> has done outstanding research about the ways in which realism used in visualizations influences the perception of risk (see the figure above for an example). His particular focus has been on storm surges and sea level rise, continuing some of the work done by Prof. Stephen Sheppard, David Flanders, me and others at the <a href=\"http:\/\/calp.forestry.ubc.ca\/\">Collaborative for Advanced Landscape Planning<\/a> at UBC and published in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Visualizing-Climate-Change-A-Guide-to-Visual-Communication-of-Climate\/Sheppard\/p\/book\/9781844078202\">Sheppard (2012) &#8220;Visualizing Climate Change&#8221;<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_907\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-907\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lviz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/MK_1.3_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-907\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lviz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/MK_1.3_2.jpg\" alt=\"(c) Peter Stempel 2016\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lviz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/MK_1.3_2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/lviz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/MK_1.3_2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lviz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/MK_1.3_2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lviz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/MK_1.3_2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lviz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/MK_1.3_2-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-907\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(c) Peter Stempel 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Peter has also made a short presentation at a recent estuarine and coastal modelling conference last week and you can watch a narrated version here: <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/171324965\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=de&amp;q=https:\/\/vimeo.com\/171324965&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1466681103358000&amp;usg=AFQjCNETLJYkWxhf3ZG15l939pG-CqYMrA\">https:\/\/vimeo.com\/171324965<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, the University has created a position for someone to participate in and continue the work Peter has begun. <strong>This position is a fully funded assistantship focused on visualization (PhD)<\/strong>.\u00a0 Rhode Island University are actively recruiting applicants.<\/p>\n<p>Contact regarding the PhD position should go to Dr. Austin Becker <a href=\"mailto:abecker@uri.edu\" target=\"_blank\">abecker@uri.edu<\/a>, and Dr. Peter Stempel\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:peter_stempel@uri.edu\"><span class=\"gI\"><span class=\"go\">peter_stempel@uri.edu.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lviz.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/2016-17-Assistantship-MAF.pdf\">PhD candidate job description<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; 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