Postdoc or Research engineer position in Human-Agent Multimodal Interaction Laboratory: LITIS (Laboratory of Computer Science, Information Processing and Systems), INSA Rouen, Normandy University, France Application deadline: August 31, 2018 23:00 – Europe/Brussels Summary: Communicating freely and naturally with a virtual character or a robot is one of the great challenges in human-machine interaction. In particular, the modelling of multi-modal and affective dialogic interactions is a multi-disciplinary scientific issue. This modelling is most often based on a corpus of multi-modal dialogues, whose analysis aims at identifying a set of recurrent behaviours (i.e. to provide a model). The objective of the DAISI…

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor/Professor Applied Immersive Game Design University of Canterbury Christchurch, New Zealand https://ucvacancies.canterbury.ac.nz/psc/ps/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST_FL&Action=U&FOCUS=Applicant&SiteId=1&JobOpeningId=6049&PostingSeq=1& Job ID: 6049 Location: College of Engineering Full/Part Time: Full-Time (37.5 hours per week) Regular/Temporary: Regular The closing date for this position is: 29 June 2018 (NZ time) Applications are invited for a continuing academic position in the area of Applied Immersive Game Design, one of four new academic positions in the new, rapidly growing School of Product Design in the College of Engineering at the University of Canterbury. The School offers a new, exciting degree programme, the Bachelor of Product Design, with majors offered in…

Design Researcher 2 at Microsoft Redmond, Washington, United States https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/job/447298/Design-Researcher-2 Job number: 447298 Date posted: June 6, 2018 Travel: 0-25 % Job category: Engineering Role type: Individual Contributor Employment type: Full-Time To put it simply, we are all about fun! And at Team Xbox, we care deeply about facilitating fun for everyone. Are you curious about games and technology? We are seeking a researcher with a passion & skill for generating consumer insights to help drive the development of world-class entertainment games and experiences. You will be joining a unique team at Microsoft known for pioneering and institutionalizing the adaptation…

Postdoctoral Researcher in Human-Media Interaction (0.5 FTE) Faculty of Social Sciences Radboud University The Netherlands Vacancy number: 24.26.18 Application deadline: 1 July 2018 RESPONSIBILITIES The Communication and Media research programme of the Behavioural Science Institute at Radboud University is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher to strengthen the group’s research on the intersection of Communication Science and Artificial Intelligence. The emphasis will be on the interaction between individuals and intelligent media technologies. Recent technological developments provide unprecedented opportunities for the development and evaluation of intelligent media technologies that positively influence human behaviour and well-being. Examples of such systems include intelligent agents, serious…

Post-Doctoral Researcher in the field of Multi-User Natural Interaction (M/F) The Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) Reference: Itis-2018-007 Fixed term contract, 24 months Place: Belval https://www.list.lu/en/jobs/researchers/job-offer/itis-2018-007-1/ Application deadline: June 15th, 2018 CONTEXT The Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) is appointing a Junior R&T Associate for the RDI Unit “Human Dynamics in Cognitive Environments (HDCE)”, which is part of the “IT for Innovative Services” (ITIS) Department. The HDCE unit is a multidisciplinary team performing applied research in the Human-Centric computing field, at the interplay between computer and human science. It studies Cyber-Physical Social Systems and develops Ambient Intelligence…

MASTER STUDENT INTERNSHIP IN AUGMENTED REALITY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS (M/F) Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) Duration: 6 months during Spring/Summer 2018 Place: Belvaux, Luxembourg https://www.list.lu/en/jobs/interns/internship-offer/erin-2018-intern-004/ CONTEXT The “Environmental Research and Innovation” (ERIN) department of LIST has an opening for an Intern position. The intern will be integrated in the e-Science unit, which focuses on data analytics & visualization and their applications. DESCRIPTION Climate change is foreseen to cause an increasing number of extreme events. In addition, the population is nowadays very sensitive to various types of pollution due to human activities. Managing environmental disasters such as flooding, biological…

Research Associate Position Digital Narratives (DiNar) project Digital Creativity Labs, University of York, UK Vacancy reference: 6590 Closing date: 01 May 2018 Interview date: 11 May 2018 Find out more and apply: https://goo.gl/aPkZAL We seek an outstanding interdisciplinary researcher for a six month fixed term position as a Research Associate on the Within the Walls of York Gaol project. Within the Walls of York Gaol is an interdisciplinary and multi-institutional project set up to research the application of Virtual Reality technology within a museums context. The project is situated in York’s Digital Creativity (DC) Labs (http://www.digitalcreativity.ac.uk), an impact-driven research centre…

The Computing Department at Macquarie University is looking to hire a new person to grow our Game Design and Development program. I’m the Program Director and I’m happy to answer any questions. Full details are available at: http://jobs.mq.edu.au/cw/en/job/502502/lecturer-in-computer-games –Malcolm Ryan (malcolm.ryan@MQ.EDU.AU) Lecturer in Computer Games Macquarie University Sydney, Australia Faculty/Office: Department of Computing, Faculty of Science and Engineering Applications Close: Saturday, 19 May 2018 ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT The Department of Computing is the home of more than 30 academic staff and more than 70 research students, and an ever-growing cohort of undergraduates and postgraduate coursework students. The department offers a…

PhD Position: Design Fictions In Virtual Reality KU Leuven, Belgium (ref. BAP-2018-64) Deadline: 1 April, 2018 The Artificial Realities and Interactive Ambients (ARIA – http://aria.cs.kuleuven.be) team is a new initiative within the Human-Computer Interaction research group at the Department of Computer Science of KU Leuven. Our goal is to start a new Virtual Reality research team in the heart of Europe. We are looking for a new PhD student. Apply at: https://icts.kuleuven.be/apps/jobsite/#/vacatures/54534924?hl=en&lang=en PROJECT In the past decades, HCI researchers have been frequently inspired by portrayals of fictional technologies in media or literature to drive their design processes. Video-conferencing and multi-touch…

Lab Associate (Intern) ECA – Disney Research Los Angeles Online application: https://www.disneyresearch.com/job_posting/lab-associate-intern-eca-disney-research-los-angeles/ Disney Research conducts scientific technology research for The Walt Disney Company. Our main focus areas are Visual Computing, Robotics, Machine Learning and AI. We work on scientific applications within the Disney entertainment segments that are experienced daily by millions of people around the world. Research areas of interest: We are broadly interested in Embodied Conversational Agents (ECA’s). This spans many interdisciplinary research areas including but not limited to:…

Lecturer / Senior Lecturer / Reader in Interaction Devices University of Glasgow – School of Computing Science http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BHC976/lecturer-senior-lecturer-reader-in-interaction-devices/ Job Ref: 019891 Closes: 28th February 2018 Salary will be on the University’s Research and Teaching Grade, level 7/8/9, £34,520 – £38,833 / £42,418 – £49,149 / £50,618 – £56,950 per annum. JOB PURPOSE To pursue a world-class research programme in Computing Science within the topics of the Glasgow Interactive Systems (GIST) Section; to teach related topics in Computing Science at all undergraduate and postgraduate levels; to carry out allocated administrative tasks. The research topics covered by GIST include: human-computer interaction; social…

User Experience and Interaction Designer positions Naver Labs Europe http://www.europe.naverlabs.com/ The mission of NAVER LABS Europe is to advance the state-of-the-art in Ambient Intelligence technology including autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, 3D mapping, augmented reality and robotics while paving the way for these innovations into NAVER products and services. To achieve that NLE is expanding its current team of ethnographers to strengthen its user centred focus. To this aim we are looking for UX researchers and interaction designers to support project teams in a variety of domains, including (but not limited to) Augmented Reality and Assisted Mobility to envision how people…