Research Engineer/Scientist Immersion Corporation – Montreal, Canada Area More information: http://www.linkedin.com/jobs?viewJob=&jobId=3308682&trk=job_nov Job Description An energetic and innovative organization, Immersion Corporation brings human touch to the user experience through touch feedback – known as haptics – that allow people to experience rich tactile sensations when using digital devices. Our technology has broad consumer appeal and is licensed to product manufacturers and application developers in the mobile, gaming, automotive, consumer electronics, industrial and medical markets. Immersion partners and licensees include industry leaders like Samsung, Microsoft, Sony, LG Electronics, Nokia, Toshiba, Logitech, and Daesung. Immersion has an immediate opening for a Research Engineer/Scientist…

Faculty openings in game research at ITU Copenhagen Application deadlines: August 5, 2012 We just announced several openings for tenured or tenure-track faculty here at the Center for Computer Games Research at the IT University of Copenhagen. We are looking for at least three outstanding researchers to join our research group and help advance games research.…

Dear colleagues, Please distribute this call widely to anyone interested in a game development faculty position. The University of Ontario Institute of Technology is looking to grow its game development program with excellent new researchers. UOIT is a young, vibrant university in the Greater Toronto Area in Canada and currently seeking to grow the game development faculty with excellent new members. Please don’t be puzzled by the standard job ad text; we are explicitly looking for people with research expertise in the following areas: Game design/game studies. Someone that has a track record of publishing at DiGRA, FDG, Future Play,…

Open PhD Position Virtual reality exploration for multi-dimensional land use management The Human Interface Technology Laboratory New Zealand The goal of this PhD project is to explore how virtual-reality technology and super-computing capability can be used to assist decision-makers in understanding the impact of alternative optimal solutions in land management. Over 50 years worth of spatial data showing land use changes over time has been collected.  An evolutionary algorithm has been developed to find optimal solutions for land use, using this data set. However the output of this algorithm is difficult to visualize and understand. So the PhD work will…

PhD Student Positions in Speech Technology and Communication KTH Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm Sweden KTH School of Computer Science and Communication (CSC) announces 4 PhD positions in Speech Communication and Technology at the Department of Speech, Music and Hearing. The goal of the positions is to contribute to the research foundation for speech technology in tomorrow’s conversational systems. Anticipated specializations: Data-driven Dialogue Management development and evaluation of a dialogue authoring framework that includes data-driven methods for action selection and multimodal output generation Incremental Input Fusion and Understanding data-driven semantic interpretation of input from several sources (speech, gesture, gaze, prosody)…

The School of Electronic, Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Birmingham, UK, offers a fully funded PhD studentship on Automatic Human Behaviour Analysis starting in September/October 2012 (dates are negotiable). The recent rise of behavioural computing has brought a lot of attention to the design of systems for the automatic analysis of human behavior in computer-based applications. Applications cover a large range of domains, from security to robotics, from entertainment to assistive technology. Recent research on social robots shows that robots are increasingly been studied as partners that collaborate and do things with people. Social robots, for example,…

LEONARDO SCHOLARSHIP FOR MEDIA ART HISTORIES First International Master of MediaArtHistories (low-residency, English language, international faculty) In affiliation with a driving force leading the field, Leonardo/ISAST, The Center for Image Science is pleased to announce their continued cooperation with a half-tuition scholarship for the Master of Arts (MA) course in MediaArtHistories, for the start in November 2012. LEONARDO SCHOLARSHIP FOR MEDIA ART HISTORIES The scholarship is planned to answer the critical challenges of the 21st century, which require mobilization and cross-fertilization among the domains of art, science and technology by supporting the studies of a new researcher or artist. The…

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON Position Vacancy Listing: PVL# 73108 http://www.ohr.wisc.edu/pvl/pv_073108.html Working title: Learning Technologies Design Research Specialist Official title: ASSISTANT SCIENTIST (E10LN) Degree and area of specialization: PhD in Learning Sciences, Computer Science, Cognitive Science, or Statistics or related field. Minimum number of years and type of relevant work experience: Minimum of three years of experience in the following (years of post doc experience may be included): Essential: Skills in experience design, interface design, and developing software for learning. Excellent software engineering, programming and tool development skills in a design research setting. Deep understanding of assessment in formal and informal learning…

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…