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,…

The Interactive Systems Research Group in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and the Play:CES studio in the Faculty of Education at York University, Toronto, Ontario are seeking applicants for a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Computer Science and Engineering, beginning as soon as February 1, 2010 and ending April 1, 2011. The applicant will join an interdisciplinary team of researchers led by Dr. Jen Jenson, Faculty of Education at York University and will be co-supervised by Dr. Jenson and Dr. Wolfgang Stuerzlinger. In the collaborative project, the applicant will participate in a major role in an intensive work for theorizing…

Post-doctoral position 1.8.2010-31.12.2012: Experimental interfaces and interaction design Aalto University is created through a merger between the Helsinki School of Economics, the University of Art and Design Helsinki and the Helsinki University of Technology, which will start operating on the 1st of January 2010. http://www.aalto.fi/ Media Lab of Aalto University School of Art and Design The Media Lab Helsinki (http://mlab.taik.fi/) in the School of Art and Design of the new Aalto University is a part of the new Department of Media. Much of the world’s leading research and development in the broad field of new media, and within Media Labs,…

Centre for HCI Design, City University London 3-year University Studentships Closing date for applications: 25th January 2010 City University London is seeking to build on recent research success through significant investment in doctoral students.  In this exciting opportunity, the University is inviting applications for 35 three-year, full-time PhD studentships for students wishing to commence their studies in October 2010. Applications can be made to undertake doctoral studies in any School of the University, including the School of Informatics.  The Centre for HCI Design (HCID), based in the School of Informatics, undertakes innovative world-class research in human-computer interaction, software systems engineering…

From: paul.richard <paul.richard@univ-angers.fr> Date:Thu, 7 Jan 2010 09:54:29 -0600 (CST) Dear Professor, Two postdoc positions (in haptics) are available in my lab (http://www.istia.univ-angers.fr/LISA) in Angers, France.…

The Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (TU/e) has the following vacancy: “End-User Development of Tangible Interfaces for Therapy” at the Department of Industrial Design. Vacancy reference number: V51.076 The department of Industrial Design of the Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (TU/e), founded in 2001, is a rapidly growing department with over 550 students, both Bachelor and Master, and around 200 staff members. With a strong emphasis on research the ID department focuses on the design of intelligent products, systems, services and networks. These innovative products enable people to interact with their environment in an optimal and flexible way. The TU/e ID engineer, who has…

Research Assistant Coventry University – The Serious Games Institute The Serious Games Institute is situated as part of the largest commercial arm of any UK university, on the Coventry University Technology Park Innovation Village. Based just one hour’s easy commute from London, the Institute promotes excellence in applied research, working closely with industry enabling leading edge research to move to development more quickly and supporting spin outs and IP generation. The Institute is the UK’s first hub of excellence in serious games and virtual worlds, and the group are developing an international standing in the emerging cross-disciplinary area, with three…

From: Wolfgang Stuerzlinger Post Doctoral Fellowship Position at the ISRG, York University The Interactive Systems Research Group (ISRG) in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at York University in Toronto, Canada invites applications for a postdoctoral position to work on innovative digital media research. York University has identified Digital Media as an area of strategic importance with a vision of further developing its existing, cross-faculty repertoire of digital media research programs. The Digital Media initiative is designed to create new research and economic opportunities around an existing consortium of industrial and academic partners existing in the York region (CONCERT).…