Research Associate (Interaction Design) Newcastle University Salary:  £27,319 per annum Closing Date:   23 July 2010 The School of Architecture, Planning & Landscape and Culture Lab is seeking to appoint a Research Associate to work on the PATINA (Personal Architectonics Through INteractions with Artefacts) project. PATINA is a £1.7m project jointly funded by AHRC and EPSRC through the Digital Economy Programme on ‘Designing Effective Research Spaces’. The project is lead by Dr Mike Fraser at the University of Bristol and includes partners from Swansea, Greenwich, Southampton, Brighton along with Newcastle. The Newcastle team will be lead by Dr Martyn Dade-Robertson and…

A PhD scholarship is available at the University of Sheffield, under the supervision of Dr Steve Maddock: http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/~steve/recite3.shtml RECITE PhD 3: Documenting character performance for pre- and post-production theatre activities Supervisors: Dr Steve Maddock, Computer Science (s.maddock@sheffield.ac.uk); Dr Frances Babbage, School of English. To investigate how the movements of actors could be mapped, reconstructed and overlaid on virtual theatres as 3D virtual plays and what digital records would best support both pre- and post-production theatre activities and how such a digital record may change the role of the director of the play. Some practical experience in three-dimensional computer graphics, particularly…

1 year post doctoral position at Eindhoven University of Technology in “Creative Design” Applications are invited for a 1-year post doctoral position on the topic of “Creative design for innovation in science and technology” under the Marie Curie DESIRE initial training network. Department of Industrial Design The department of Industrial Design of the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), has a strong emphasis on research focusing on the design of intelligent products, systems, services and networks. The position is situated within the group User-Centred Engineering (UCE). This group is focused on advancing the understanding of the user experience and developing innovative…

Research Assistant for EU project eCUTE – Education in Cultural Understanding, Technologically-Enhanced MACS, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK x 2 Research Associates, starting 1 Sept 2010 DEADLINE: Jul 26th INTERVIEWS: Aug 2nd eCUTE is a project funded by the EU under the FP7 challenge in Technologically-Enhanced Learning.  It will develop innovative technologically-enhanced learning approaches in cultural awareness and understanding, based on virtual world simulations with intelligent interactive graphical characters embodying models of culturally-specific behaviour and interaction in scenarios developed via a user-centred design process. It will target two contrasting learner types: late primary-age children (9-11) and young adults (18-25), and…

PostDoc position at the DAI-Labor of the Technische Universität Berlin Reference number FO-290 At the Technische Universität Berlin, the DAI-Labor (www.dai-labor.de) and the chair “Agent Technologies in Business Applications and Telecommunications” under the leadership of Prof. Dr.-Ing. …

Researcher ISIS: Protecting Children in Online Social Networks Middlesex University Researcher (Grade 6): Salary scale £28,610 – £32,834pa Including Outer London Weighting Full-time fixed term appointment until 30 September 2011 An opportunity for a strong Human Factors researcher with a background in HCI to develop a series of participatory design tools that will allow the integration of ethical and social considerations in monitoring technologies. The project is funded by the EPSRC/ESRC working with partners at Swansea University, Lancaster University, and will be co-supervised by Prof. Matt Jones at the Future Interaction Technology Lab, Swansea University.…

PhD in Novel Interactive Visual Analysis Methods for 3D Seismic Data  A three-year PhD studentship is available at the University of Leeds (UK) to develop novel methods for analysing and visualising 3D seismic data on interactive gigapixel (Powerwall) displays. This project will improve the ability of geoscientists to understand and analyse the geology revealed by large scale seismic surveys. Significant potential exists for industrial involvement both during the project and after PhD completion, but also for academic advancement. The PhD student will be co-supervised by Dr Roy Ruddle & Dr Hamish Carr (Visualization & Virtual Reality research group, School of…

The Communication Department at Stanford University is looking for a full-time Research Assistant to manage the Virtual Human Interaction Lab (VHIL). This is a one-year fixed term position with possibility of renewal. The lab manager will be responsible for overseeing software and hardware issues surrounding the VHIL lab, organizing lab meetings and work schedules of other lab members, and running frequent lab tours for visiting guests. The lab manager will report to the Director of the VHIL Lab (see http://vhil.stanford.edu/).…

Reader in Social Computing or Human Computer Interaction (HCI) Salary £45,155 + plus benefits Post ref: MHT106 Closing date: 1 April 2010. The School of Computer Science at the University of Lincoln is seeking to appoint a Reader with specific research interests that are aligned with the activities of the Lincoln Social Computing (LiSC) research centre. This post arises directly from the School’s recent success in RAE2008 and demonstrates institutional commitment to reward successful research activity and invest in key areas of strategic importance. You will contribute to the University’s ambition to achieve international recognition as a research intensive institution…

Job offer in Grenoble, France Assistant professor in Computer science (signal processing, programming, embedded systems, …) at Grenoble Institute of Technology with Research in the ICA Laboratory on the field of Virtual reality, haptic and real time simulation, applications in Virtual reality, simulation, computer animation and computer sound synthesis and music. The Job will be available for September 2010. Grenoble Institute of Technology Job Offering in Scientific Research and Teaching University: PHELMA, Grenoble INP Job: Assistant Professor CNU Sections:  27, 61 (http://www.cpcnu.fr/sectionsCnu.htm) Starting date of the Job: September 2010 Research Laboratory: Laboratoire ICA, www-acroe.imag.fr Contact: Annie.Luciani@imag.fr Title Interactive simulation software and…

Job description The Assistant/Associate Professor will focus on performing research in the Cognitive Engineering subfield of MMI, and supervising PhD students in this field. She or he will be responsible for teaching in the area of Man-Machine Interaction and supervising interns, Bachelor’s and Master’s students. The appointee will be responsible for management tasks, acquisition of research projects, and valorisation. The appointee will support and work closely with Prof. I. Heynderickx on topics in the area of display- and lighting-related applications for consumer well-being. Examples of current areas of research are applications for Internet TV, the creation of social experiences, and…

The IT University of Copenhagen invites applicants for an assistant professorship in game technology and intelligent interaction starting in 2010. The successful candidate must be enthusiastic about: conducting research at the highest international level developing and conducting excellent graduate and under-graduate teaching actively taking part in developing the IT University and its relations with external partners Research The research interests of the applicant should preferebly be within areas related to game technology. This includes game graphics, computational intelligence and games, game artificial intelligence, player modelling (user, cognitive, and affective modelling), data mining and games, adaptive learning and human computer interaction,…