From: Pia Tikka <pia.tikka@gmail.com> Date: Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 9:49 AM Subject: Last call: EU Mobilitas postdoc research on Enactive biofeedback, VR/ 360° storytelling and sound, Tallinn University Last moments to apply for 2018 EU Mobilitas Pluss postdoc position in the Enactive Virtuality research team at Baltic Film, Media, Arts and Communication School (BFM) & Centre of Excellence in Media Innovation and Digital Culture (MEDIT), Tallinn University. http://medit.tlu.ee/news/medit-invites-candidates-for-post-doctoral-grants My project Enactive Co-presence in Narrative Virtual Reality: A Triadic Interaction Model combines arts and sciences to explore how the viewer’s experience of co-presence can be controlled by modifying parametrically the…

Assistant/Associate Professorship in Media Arts and Technology Interdisciplinary Engineering, the Sciences and the Arts University of California, Santa Barbara Job #JPF01126 College of Letters & Science – Humanities and Fine Arts – Media Arts and Technology Program College of Engineering – Media Arts and Technology Program https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/apply/JPF01126 RECRUITMENT PERIOD Open date: October 31st, 2017 Next review date: January 10th, 2018 Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee. Final date: February 1st, 2018 Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has…

Research Fellow in Robotics and Machine Learning University of Leeds, UK Closing Date: Sunday 04 February 2018 Are you interested in making robots more able to perform complex manipulations, particularly in cluttered environments? Would you like to work on an EPSRC funded project in their Human-Like Computing initiative? Do you have the knowledge and experience to take data from humans performing manipulations of objects in virtual environments and apply machine learning methods to extract rules which embody the strategies humans use to reach their goals? Would you like the challenge of then implementing these rules on a robot to test…

Postdoctoral Position in Conversational AI/ML/NLP, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh SHORT SUMMARY: Postdoctoral Research Associate in advanced machine learning approaches for spoken dialogue systems/ conversational AI/ NLP at the Interaction Lab, Edinburgh (http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/InteractionLab). CLOSING DATE: 4th January 2018 APPLY HERE: https://www.hw.ac.uk/about/work/jobs/job_SVJDMTI0MDg.htm JOB DETAILS: Applications are sought for a Research Associate post in the Interaction Lab in the School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences.  The Research Assistant will work on the EPSRC project “MaDrIgAL – Multi-Dimensional Interaction Management and Adaptive Learning” (EP/N017536/1) to investigate, develop, and evaluate advanced machine learning approaches for spoken dialogue systems. In particular, we seek a candidate with experience…

Now Hiring: Research Scientist / Assistant Professor in Affective Computing at USC-ICT The University of Southern California’s Institute for Creative Technologies (USC-ICT) has an immediate opening for outstanding recent PhD or Postdoc with expertise in nonverbal behavior understanding and analyses, machine learning (with a focus on deep learning) and multimodal social signal processing. Candidates are expected to have outstanding academic credentials with an earned doctorate in computer science or a closely related field; a solid record of research; and excellent communication and team skills. The opening is for a Research Scientist in nonverbal behavior understanding (with the opportunity to become…

EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Intelligent Games and Game Intelligence (IGGI) 12 fully-funded PhD studentships to start September 2018 Covers fees at Home/EU rate and a stipend for four years http://iggi.org.uk/apply Application deadline: 31st January 2018 IGGI is an exciting opportunity for you to undertake a four-year PhD in Intelligent Games and Game Intelligence, working with top games companies and world-leading academics in games research. We currently have 46 students conducting interdisciplinary research in areas such as: AI (Artificial Intelligence) to create interesting, fun, believable game agents, AI-assisted game design and testing, procedural content generation, emotion and immersion in…

Assistant Professor in Interaction and Gaming Design Department of Visualization, College of Architecture Texas A&M University http://viz.arch.tamu.edu/media/cms_page_media/4480/Interaction-Gaming-Design-Position-TAMU.pdf Review of application begins January 15, 2018 The Department of Visualization at Texas A&M University seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the area of interactive visualization with an emphasis on games for education, entertainment and/or simulation. Candidates must demonstrate experience in crossdisciplinary, collaborative work. Game production experience is desirable. Responsibilities include pursuing innovative and creative research agendas, teaching and advising at the graduate and undergraduate levels, and service to the department, university, and the field, including outreach to develop departmental-industry connections. The successful…

Call for Applications – Postdoctoral, PhD, and administrative positions Seeing Things You Don’t See: Unifying the Philosophy, Psychology and Neuroscience of Multimodal Mental Imagery Principal Investigator: Bence Nanay Project funded by the European Research Council’s ERC Consolidator Grant 726251 http://uahost.uantwerpen.be/bence.nanay/ERC.htm Deadlines: December 15, 2017 and April 9, 2017 The European Research Council awarded 1,967,192 Euros worth of ERC Consolidator Grant for five years (2017-2022) to support Bence Nanay’s research grant Seeing Things You Don’t See. As part of this grant, four postdoctoral and two PhD positions will be advertised from 2017 on – see the first call for applications below.…

Careers at Oculus Part of Facebook Data Scientist – Social VR (Menlo Park, CA) https://www.facebook.com/careers/jobs/a0I1H00000K6obRUAR At Facebook, our mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through our family of apps and services, we’re building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together. On the Social VR team, we are researching and discovering new ways to build communities with technology of the future. We need someone who is curious and data…

Two Tenured/Tenure-track Faculty Positions Department of Computer Science The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Deadline: Applications received by January 2, 2018 will be given full consideration. The Department of Computer Science at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) invites applications for two tenured/tenure-track positions, starting in Fall 2018. TENURE-TRACK ASSISTANT OR TENURED/TENURE-TRACK ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR position in Game-related areas. The focus is on Computer Graphics, especially 3D animation, 3D modeling, and real-time rendering; and/or Human Computer Interaction, especially human computer interfaces, virtual reality, augmented reality, and game analytics. For this position, applications must be submitted through a…

Please consider applying or recommending your strong senior Ph.D. students to apply. I’m happy to answer any questions about the position as we are making VR a focus here at UF. Please also pass along to anyone you think might this of interest. Best, Ben Benjamin Lok <lok@cise.ufl.edu> Multiple nine-month academic, tenure-track positions at all ranks University of Florida (in Gainesville) Computer & Information Sciences & Engineering (CISE) http://cra.org/job/university-of-florida-assistant-professor-associate-professor-or-full-professor/ Expires on: December 9, 2017 The Department of Computer & Information Sciences & Engineering (CISE) in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering (HWCOE) at the University of Florida invites applications for…

Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Human-Computer Interaction, University of Leicester, UK Department: Informatics Job Type: Research and Teaching Specific Location: Computer Science Contract Type: Full Time, Permanent contract (Salary Grade 8 – £38,833 to £47,722 per annum) Ref:  SEN00780-2 Closing date: 31 October 2017 Together our staff and students are discovering innovative ways to change the world for the better and there has never been a more exciting time for you to join us. We are ranked in the top 1% of universities worldwide and have an international reputation for excellence in teaching and research. We are led by discovery and innovation,…