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…

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…

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: Telemedicine: A Virtual Reality Solution EPSRC DTA PhD Studentship available at the Virtual Reality Lab Computer Science University of Sheffield Deadline for application 30th October 2011 Telemedicine is the use of telecommunication and information technologies in order to provide clinical health care at a distance. It helps eliminate distance barriers and can improve access to medical services that would often not be consistently available and for example save lives in critical care and emergency situations. This project will be investigating the challenge of providing a virtual reality solution for rich interactions between remote medical staff, working over the superfast…

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT Michigan State University Assistant Professor of Games The Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media at Michigan State University is seeking an innovative, dynamic individual to fill a full-time, tenure stream position at the assistant professor level in the field of games. Whether designed purely to entertain or to also achieve more “serious” purposes, games have the potential to impact players’ beliefs, knowledge, attitudes, emotions, cognitive abilities, physical and mental health, and behavior. The faculty member hired for this position is expected to engage in scholarship aimed at understanding and transforming games in meaningful ways. Candidates will join…

The Bristol Interaction and Graphics group (big.cs.bris.ac.uk) of the University of Bristol is seeking to appoint a post-doctoral researcher with expertise in the area of display-technologies and human-computer interaction. The ideal person will have skills in hardware and 3D display technologies to work on a project exploring the design and implementation of multi-touch surfaces with true-3D displays. This line of investigation is part of a large ERC funded project involving design of Interactive Systems Involving Multi-point Surfaces, Haptics and true-3D displays.…

The Interactive Worlds Applied Research Group in the Faculty of Engineering and Computing at Coventry University is offering a fully funded PhD studentship for a UK/EU student on Computer Generated Virtual and Interactive Worlds. The successful applicant will work on a topic relating to one or more of the following: Procedural generation of urban environments Brain Computer Interfaces (BCI) for interaction with robots and embodied virtual agents Visual perception applied to computer graphics, virtual environments and characters Personal applications for any area related to interactive virtual entities and environments are also welcomed.…

Research Fellow – Interactive Newsprint Project University of Surrey – Sociology – Digital World Research Centre Salary: up to £30,870 per annum Applications are invited for a full time Research Fellow to work on the Interactive Newsprint project. This project aims to develop a new interactive paper technology for community news display. The post holder will be responsible for lab based studies on the project, measuring user interactions with early prototypes and conducting group discussions. The post is available for 12 months from 1st October 2011. The researcher will be based at Digital World Research Centre at the University of…

Tenure-Track Position in Technology and Social Behavior- Open Rank Northwestern University The Department of Communication Studies at Northwestern University seeks to hire for a tenure-track appointment beginning September 1, 2012. The position will be open as to rank.  The successful candidate will be expected to publish innovative research, teach undergraduate and graduate courses, and perform professional service commensurate with rank. We are looking for candidates who can contribute to a strong interdisciplinary program in technology and social behavior.  Possible areas of expertise include but are not limited to: human-computer interaction, computer-mediated communication, social computing, communication and information infrastructures, language and…

TENURE TRACK POSITION IN HCI AND INTERACTIVE DIGITAL MEDIA DESIGN The Communications and New Media Department (CNM) at the National University of Singapore has an opening for a tenure track position in the area of HCI and interactive digital media design. CNM’s interactive “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). Faculty normally teach three courses per year and supervise honours and graduate research students. Compensation at NUS is highly competitive and includes eligibility for annual salary increments, performance…

Assistant or Associate Professorship(s) within Human-Centered Computing The Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark seeks 1-2 assistant or associate professors. The Human-Centered Computing (HCC) group is concerned with computing as it relates to human activities, and focuses on how to understand, design, and implement systems where human needs are challenging and essential. The group works within the fields of usability/interaction design, computer-supported cooperative work, and software development. The HCC Group has at its disposal an Experience Lab, where human activities during use of information technology can be recorded and studied closely. Current research areas are adaptation of information…

DEPARTMENT OF DESIGN AND COMPUTATION ARTS FACULTY OF FINE ARTS, CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Game and Virtual Environment Design Concordia University’s Department of Design and Computation Arts invites applications for one tenure-track position in Game and Virtual Environment Design for July 1, 2012. The Department of Design and Computation Arts offers programs that examine the broad vision and culture of design within contemporary society. We have five degree programs: a BFA in Design; a BFA Specialization in Computation Arts; a BSc or BFA Major in Computation Arts (integrated major with Computer Science); a BFA Minor in Computation Arts;…