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2 Positions as Lecturer in Interactive Media / Future Interactive
Systems
Two positions as senior or junior lecturer (associate/assistant
professor) are
available at the Natural Interactive Systems Laboratory (NISLab) (url:
www.nis.sdu.dk). We would like to fill the positions as soon as
possible. The
chosen applicants will carry our research (basic or applied research,
research
project management, researcher education) at NISLab and teach 4th and
5th
year masters students at NISLab's new education in Interactive Media.
The successful applicants will become part of an internationally
recognised,
very active and interdisciplinary research team, contributing to
NISLab's
research agenda in natural interactive systems theory and prototyping.
We
would be happy to see you join ongoing NISLab research projects or
address
next steps on the research agenda for the field. The working language at
NISLab is English.
NISLab is responsible for the technical/scientific teaching at the
University of
Southern Denmark's Graduate School in Interactive Media. The
form-and-contents
part of the education is done by the Media Education belonging to
the Faculty of the Humanities. During the next two years, using a
building
which is currently being designed, and in collaboration with the
Humanities
Media Institute (form, aesthetics) and the Department of Journalism
(contents), NISLab (advanced IT and Telecommunications) will create an
environment in which advanced technology, creative contents, and
inventive
form will have the chance to merge.
Applicants must have a background in Computer Science, IT Engineering,
Computational Linguistics or Cognitive Science. Experience in
programming
and systems development is highly desirable. Possible profiles include
signal
processing (speech, gesture); natural language processing (parsing,
language
modelling, summarisation, corpora, XML, XSL); architecture/platforms
(Internet, CORBA, Bluetooth, multimodal fusion); usability (multimodal
interfaces, user studies and user contact, learnability, CSCW); computer
graphics (2D-3D animation and virtual/augmented reality with graphical
design/sound design/haptic design).
The salary level starts at approx. 40.000 Euros per year for a fresh
Ph.D. who
becomes a junior lecturer and goes up to 50.000 Euros for senior
lecturers.
Furthermore the University pays 16,6% of the salary to a pension fund.
Danish law allows significantly reduced taxation (non-repayable) for
foreigners
with a Ph.D. during the first three years of their contract.
Location of job: NISLab, the Natural Interactive Systems Laboratory,
University of Southern Denmark - Odense, Denmark (www.nis.sdu.dk).
Odense is about 90 minutes from Copenhagen by road or train. Odense is
Denmark's 3rd largest city.
Junior lectureships are in Denmark normally held for 3 years. Senior
lectureships are normally tenured positions.
For more information on the positions, please contact Professor Niels
Ole
Bernsen, tel. +45 6550 3544 (direct), fax +45 6315 7224. E-mail:
[log in to unmask], or URL: http://www.nis.sdu.dk
The application must include the following: 1) A curriculum vitae
including
previous teaching experience; 2) A list of all publications, indicating
which
publications are most relevant for the position; 3) Copies of all
relevant pub-lications;
4) A list of all enclosures. All enclosures must be numbered, stated
the applicants name, and be assembled in sets.
Applications will be assessed by a committee. The applicants will
receive the
evaluation about themselves.
Appointment to the position will be in accordance with the salary
agreement
between the Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of
Professional
Associations.
The University call on all those interested to apply for the position,
regardless
of age, sex, religious or ethnic background.
Please send 3 copies of the application including all enclosures, marked
Position No. 003032" to: Det Naturvidenskabelige og Tekniske
Fakultets-sekretariat,
Syddansk Universitet, Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark.
The closing date is 1 February 2001, 12:00.
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