Scholarships

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Undergraduate Scholarships/ Internship Scholarships

3D Visualization - A Transfer Function tool

Available: Now

Scholarship: $3,000. (3 months part time).

This project involves the development of a transfer function editor to be integrated in our medical visualization software realized in the context of the MARS-CT Project ([wiki.canterbury.ac.nz/display/MARSCT MARS-CT homepage]). Our ground-breaking multi-energy bin direct volume rendering software already has a basic transfer function module but large improvements can be made in this area (see programming a transfer function to learn more about transfer function).

The goal of this project is to develop a basic GUI for editing the transfer function in our program (using openGL for the GUI rendering) as implementing the layer that can automatically create the input values for the transfer function (1D or 2D histogram involving gradient computation). The student will demonstrate the validity of the tool by combining the tool with 'true color', to create highly realistic images of biomedical data.

Examples of transfer function editor can be seen here:

The objectives of the project will be:

Implementing basic histograms and image processing algorithms that can generate cutting values (local minimas and maximas) for the transfer function.
Implementing a basic openGL transfer function editing tool using the cutting values previously computed (where you can move the control points, click on them to access a color space, etc).
Creating a set of basic color maps that can be loaded and used by the transfer function editor.
Testing and optimizing the algorithms (histogram 2D, new way of editing the transfer function, etc).

Required Skills:

Knowledge about Computer Graphics, Visualization.
Experience with C++, Graphics Programming (OpenGL), and basic knowledge about GUI Programming (wxWidgets).
Skills around Scene-graph concept and programming will be a plus.

Please email any inquiries to

No other undergraduate scholarships are available at this time.

UC Summer Scholarship Scheme 2010/11

Join the HIT Lab NZ during Summer!! - 5 UC Summer Scholarships Available(Each scholarship is worth $5000)

Closing date is 3 September.

There are five UC Summer Scholarships available based here at the HIT Lab NZ for 2010/11.

The five projects are described below.

Summer Scholarships offer senior students the opportunity to undertake a supervised research project for a period of 10 weeks during the summer recess.

Eligibility

The scholarships will be offered to students who are considering enrolling at the University of Canterbury at 400-level or in a Master’s or PhD programme in 2011:

Each student can apply to be considered for a maximum of two projects.
International students are eligible to apply for a scholarship only if they already hold an appropriate student visa.
Students are not eligible to apply if they are enrolled during the tenure of the scholarship in either summer school courses or as a Master’s or PhD student.
A summer scholarship may be held with any other scholarship or bursary if the rules of the other award so allow.
Some projects may involve working off site (e.g., conducting fieldwork) or working outside of normal working hours. If this is the case it will be detailed in the project description. Please only apply for a scholarship if you have the specified qualifications and can meet any specific requirements such as offsite working.

Click here to go online application page.

Click here to see application guidelines.

If you require further information regarding the project, please contact the primary supervisor listed in the project information document.

Application Deadline: 5pm on the 3rd of September 2010

The selected projects are:

038 Using a mobile phone to interact with home healthcare system
039 Exploring the use of mobile augments reality for navigation
040 Development of content for an augmented reality book
041 Development of an augmented reality plug-in for DAD engineering software
042 Development of a Software Framework for an Augmented Reality Based Phobia Treatment Application