Internship
Web-based environment for collaborative document color corrections
Jutta Willamowski
- Jutta.Willamowski@xrce.xerox.com
Herve Poirier
- Herve.Poirier@xrce.xerox.com
The Work Practice Technology (WPT) group uses ethnographic methods to study peoples work environments ; based on the resulting deep understanding of the observed practices the group then designs innovative technologies to facilitate the work. One of our current projects aims at developping a technology to assist graphic designers and printers to cooperatively produce high quality printed designs. In this project we are particularly concerned with the reproduction of colour across heterogenous devices. Therefore we are building a print job reviewing environment, called Print Mediator.
In this internship project the student will first elaborate a design of the Print Mediator review application that is adapted to a web-based workflow and then implement this design into a working demonstrator. The candidate should have good knowledge of object-oriented software engineering and Web applications architecture. An interest in image processing techniques and/or basic knowledge of the PDF format will be a plus.
The successful applicant will be integrated into a multi-disciplinary software design team in a world-class industrial research organization.
The Xerox Research Centre Europe (XRCE) is a young, dynamic research organization, which aims at creating innovative document technologies to support growth in Xerox content and document management services across the different Xerox businesses
XRCE is both a multicultural and multidisciplinary organization set in Grenoble, France. Our domains of research stretch from the social sciences to computing. We have renowned expertise in natural language applications, work practice studies, image-based document processing, distributed applications and knowledge management agents. The diversity of culture and disciplines at XRCE makes it an interesting and stimulating environment to work in, leading to often unexpected discoveries!
XRCE is part of the Xerox Innovation group made up of 800 researchers and engineers in four world-renowned research and technology centres. Xerox is an equal opportunity employer.
The Grenoble site is set in a park in the heart of the French Alps in a stunning location only a few kilometers from the city centre. The city of Grenoble has a large scientific community made up of national research institutes (CNRS, Universities, INRIA) and private industries. Stimulated also by the presence of a large student community, Grenoble has become a resolutely modern city, with a rich heritage and a vibrant cultural scene. It is a lively and cosmopolitan place, offering a host of leisure opportunities. Winter sports resorts just half an hour from campus and three natural parks at the city limits make running, skiing, trekking, climbing and paragliding easily available.
Grenoble is close to both the Swiss and Italian borders.