Dear colleagues,

Note that the position is open to behavioral researchers as well as to architectural design or geoscience graduates.

Please feel free to distribute to others who might be interested in this post.

Best regards, Christoph Hoelscher

OPEN POSITION

Postgraduate Position / Junior Researcher
at the Transregional Collaborative Research Center
SFB/TR 8 Spatial Cognition, Universitaet Freiburg

Project R6-[SpaceGuide] ­ Human and Robot Navigation in Structured Environments

Under the condition of job release / (vorbehaltlich der Mittelfreigabe)

Project Description:

The mission of our research group is to better understand human wayfinding processes and their interaction with the environment. The overall aim is to employ cognitive science to work together with architects on improving the design of buildings with evidence-based design approaches as well as user-centered evaluation methods, ranging from real-world observation studies to Virtual Reality experimentation.

The goal of R6-SpaceGuide is to investigate human and robot navigation in structured environments.… read more. “Job: Human and Robot Navigation in Structured Environments project at University of Freiberg”

Project Officer/Manager (Requisition ID: 016JE)
Job: Academic (Level B)
Macquarie University
Faculty / Office: Dept of Education
Fixed term/part time

The School of Education, Macquarie University has an opening for a Project Officer/Manager on an exciting Australian Learning and Teaching Council project investigating how synchronous technologies (desktop video-conferencing, web-conferencing, virtual worlds) can be most effectively utilised to unite remote and face-to-face university students. The successful applicant for this academic position will work with a national team of academics to identify, characterise, and evaluate technology-enhanced ways of bringing together on-campus and geographically dispersed students, as well as help coordinate a community of practitioners from across Australia. While the appointment is initially for approximately two-years at 0.6 of a full-time load, there are opportunities for further research and teaching work for the right applicant.

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

• Higher degree research qualifications (or completing higher degree research) in the educational technology area
• Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to critically analyse educational literature
• Ability to operate and innovate with educational technologies
• Proven ability to work according to objectives and deadlines

DESIRABLE CRITERIA

• Track-record of successful project management experience
• Demonstrated educational technology leadership

FURTHER INFORMATION

This individual will be based at Macquarie University with the project leader, and will:

• maintain an up-to-date literature review
• undertake data collection as part of a survey of current practice
• help to develop a contact list of potential collaborators across the sector and establish online communication channels with this group
• organise meetings
• visit the institutions of collaborators to set up and then evaluate implementations
• assist with the development of project reports, and
• assist with the dissemination workshops
• other supportive activities in conjunction with the project team that will lead to the successful and timely accomplishment of project goals.

PhD Candidates – Gaming and HCI in cars (2 PhD positions) (M/F)

Application Deadline: Sunday October 09 2011

The Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) is a recently formed centre carrying out interdisciplinary research in secure, reliable and trustworthy ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) systems and services, often in collaboration with industrial, governmental or international partners.

SnT is active in several international research projects funded by the EU 7th framework programme and the European Space Agency. The successful candidate will conduct research in one or more of the centre projects and assist in the development of the SnT project portfolio. The Centre invites researchers from diverse research areas to contribute to our projects in areas such as Network Security, Information Assurance, Model-driven Security, Cloud Computing, Cryptography, Satellite Systems, Vehicular Networks and ICT Services & Applications.

The PhD project leading to a degree in Computer Science or in Psychology from the University of Luxembourg will be conducted in partnership with EPT (http://www.pt.lu/… read more. “Job: PhD candidates at University of Luxembourg – Gaming and HCI in cars”