RIVM is offering a traineeship to construct PCRaster models for the ‘Atlas Natuurlijk Kapitaal’. Information is available at (in Dutch) http://karssenberg.geo.uu.nl/traineeshipRIVM.html.

We have vacancy for an environmental modeller. The successful candidate will work in the Global & Geo Health Data Centre project, in close cooperation with the PCRaster team. The description of the vacancy is at the Utrecht University vacancy site, a direct link is here.

Our department has a vacancy for an assistant professor in natural hazards, earth observation and geocomputation. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to contribute to PCRaster related research. The description of the vacancy is here.

We have a vacancy for a PhD student working at the intersection of geocomputation and environmental health science. The successful candidate will work in a multidisciplinary team under supervision of Dr Derek Karssenberg (PCRaster research team, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University) and Dr Ilonca Vaartjes (University Medical Center Utrecht). Detailed information is at http://www.werkenbijumcutrecht.nl/international/vacancies/Pages/phd-gghdc%20(2016-0557).aspx

We have added e-Lectures to our online courses on dynamic modelling. The lectures provide a short introduction to the material. Subscribe now at the Courses link above to learn how to use our software!

We are offering a topic for MSc thesis research (or possibly a traineeship) related to our new ‘high performance geocomputation’ project (info video here) funded by Maps4Society. You can find the description of the topic here.

The PCRaster team, in particular Koko Alberti who recently joined our team, has developed prototype software to run PCRaster models as web simulations, at a very high (~90 m) resolution, for almost any location on earth! The current facility includes prototype models for sea level change, snow cover, and water erosion. The web simulations are available here (login required). For information and to request a login, please email info@pcraster.nl.

Yesterday, Oliver Schmitz, one of our team members, received his PhD at Utrecht University. The title of his PhD thesis is “Integrating environmental component models. Development of a software framework”. You can reach him at o.schmitz@uu.nl if you would like to receive his PhD thesis (or to congratulate him!). A short description of his thesis research is here.

We have updated our course material. Have a look at the Courses section for two new distance learning courses on PCRaster Python; without tutor support the courses are free of charge.