The Department of Philosophy of the University of Twente (the Netherlands) is looking for an Assistant Professor (full-time, tenure-track) in Philosophy of Technology with a (future) emphasis on philosophical anthropology and human-technology relations The department of philosophy is internationally leading in the philosophy and ethics of technology. It currently includes seven tenured staff members, one postdoc, seven PhD students, and five part-time faculty. We strive to combine academic excellence with societal relevance. We have a strong international orientation and include members from many different nationalities. The department is currently expanding with two tenure-track positions, one in Applied Ethics and/or Political…

University of Kent Research Associate Ref:  STM0275 Location:  Canterbury Job Type:  Research Contract Type:  Fixed Term Salary Type:  Per Annum Salary (£):  31020 – 35938 STM0275, School of Engineering and Digital Arts, Closing date: 20 May 2012 The Role We are seeking a highly motivated researcher to contribute technical knowledge and information management expertise to a EPSRC funded research programme, entitled “Kinetic User Interfaces and Multiuser 3D Virtual Worlds for Older People”. The aim of the proposed research programme is to conduct a detailed investigation on how Kinetic User Interfaces can be employed effectively to design novel 3D interfaces and…

Assistant Prof (Tenure Track) Position in HCI and Interactive Storytelling at National University of Singapore The Department of Communications and New Media at the National University of Singapore has an opening for an assistant professor (tenure track) position in the area of HCI and interactive storytelling. CNM’s “Interactive Media Design” area includes researchers and teachers concentrating on theoretical and production issues at the intersection of HCI concerns (usability, interface) and interactive arts/entertainment design (game design, cyberarts). Tenure-track faculty normally teach three courses per year and supervise honors and graduate research students. Compensation at NUS is highly competitive and includes eligibility…

OPEN POSITIONS Postgraduate/PhD/Junior Researcher Positions 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…

The Creative Exchange Funded PhD Studentships Royal College of Art In partnership with Lancaster University and Newcastle University The closing date for applications is Thursday 31 May 2012. Innovation and Knowledge Exchange in Digital Public Space The Royal College of Art is seeking to recruit four PhD students to participate in an exciting collaborative project with a range of academic and industrial partners in the creative and digital industries. The four studentships are funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council via The Creative Exchange, one of four Knowledge Exchange (KE) Hubs for the Creative Economy established in January 2012…

RMIT University is a global university of technology and design and Australia’s largest tertiary institution (see http://www.rmit.edu.au/about). RMIT’s Games & Experimental Entertainment Laboratory (GEElab) is offering two 3-year full-time PhD stipends, to highly motivated Australians or New Zealanders. At the GEElab, an international research team is investigating how game design thinking can affect and alter architecture & urbanism, mobility, popular media & storytelling, engagement as well as other sciences, cf. www.geelab.rmit.edu.au. The GEElab operates sites at RMIT in Melbourne, Australia, as well as in Stuttgart, Germany, there as GEElab Europe, and is based in RMIT’s School of Media and Communication.…

Postdoctoral Research Fellows and Research Assistants in Human Factors in Surgical Simulation and Training Cambridge Health Alliance Hospitals, Department of Surgery, Cambridge, MA Please circulate. Review of applications will begin immediately until the positions are filled. We are seeking several highly qualified postdoctoral research associates (2) and research assistants (3) to perform research in surgical simulation and training. This multidisciplinary research is funded by 3 NIH R01 grants and is multi-institutional, involving engineers and physicians from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Wright State University, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Tufts Medical Center, and the Cambridge…

Full-time PhD Studentship Department of Computing Centre for Research in Computing The Open University Based in Milton Keynes, UK Closing date: 09/04/2012 Applications are invited for a fully-funded three-year PhD studentship. Project: Investigating the success factors in the creation and sustenance of online communities This project aims to investigate: the factors that contribute towards the creation and sustenance of online (2D and 3D) virtual communities, and the challenges that communities experience to sustain themselves? The outcomes of this project will be of particular interest to organisations in the e-government and e-commerce domains, that are aiming to engage with customers through…

Phd Position at LABSTICC/ENIB/CERV Subject: Cognitive Architecture for a bodily coupling between human and virtual creature. Supervisor: Pierre De Loor Co-supervisors: Elisabetta Bevacqua and Cédric Buche The aim of this PhD Thesis consists in developing a cognitive architecture able to reproduce the dynamics of the coupling between two humans during a bodily interaction. Various phenomena such as synchrony, imitation and subtle behavioral variations that emerge in human interactions are taken into account. The final goal is the real-time animation of a virtual character during the interaction with a user. Different contexts (like sport, theater, education…) will be considered. The work…

2 PhD Researchers ERC Project “Charting the Digital” Utrecht University, The Netherlands Faculty of Humanities Salary starts at € 2,042.- and increases to € 2,612.- gross per month in the fourth year of the appointment Respond before 01-04-2012 Job description Two PhD positions are now available as part of the European Research Council (ERC) funded project “Charting the Digital: Digital Mapping Practices as New Media Cultures.” The key objective of this research programme is to investigate to what extent and how digital maps can be considered as new techno-cultural phenomena that have altered our way of being in and moving…

Multiple postdoctoral positions in virtual surgery at RPI Description & Requirement The Center for Modeling, Simulation and Imaging in Medicine (CeMSIM) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA invites applications for several postdoctoral positions to work on multiple projects funded by the NIH on developing virtual surgery technology.  The ideal candidate will develop the next generation surgical simulator based on advanced physics-based computational methods and robotic systems in collaboration with surgeons at Harvard Medical School.…

PhD in adaptive user interfaces – University College London User interfaces that adapt to the user’s activities, situation and knowledge promise a significantly improved user interaction. Adaptive user interfaces need to model the user to make inferences about the interaction, requiring techniques such as agent-based modelling, machine learning and data mining. This PhD will investigate users’ interactions with adaptive user interfaces and novel techniques for adaptation in user interfaces, particularly in relation to mobile devices. The student will be supervised by John Dowell and based in the Computer Science department at UCL within the user interaction research centre UCLIC. The…