The School of Art and Design at the University of Illinois at Chicago
(UIC) - one of the cooperation partners of Ars Electronica - is offering
following position:

Position: One full-time, tenure-track position in Electronic Media and
Electronic Visualization. Appointment begins Fall Semester
2000.

Salary: Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Full Professor 
depending and Rank upon qualifications. Salary commensurate with
experience and qualifications and dependent on Board of Trustees approval.

Qualifications:	MFA or equivalent preferred. College level teaching
experience desired with demonstrated commitment to undergraduate and
graduate education. The candidate should have experience in programming
languages such as JAVA and C++, and graphics libraries such as Open GL,
Performer and Open Inventor, and must have a strong exhibition record in
the arts with emphasis on real-time interactive graphics and/or virtual
reality.

Description: The School of Art and Design seeks a candidate to teach 3D
modeling, real-time computer graphics programming, interactive design and
virtual reality.  The candidate would have the opportunity to participate
in internet based collaborative environments in art and design
visualization with applications in architecture and industrial design, and
would be encouraged to participate as a team member in research and media
creation at the Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL).

General Information: The School of Art and Design at the University of
Illinois at Chicago (UIC) is one of four units in the College of
Architecture and the Arts.  The computer art experience in both the
undergraduate Electronic Media program and the graduate Electronic
Visualization program focuses on real-time and interactive computer
graphics, utilizing both programming languages and software packages.  The
Electronic Media program combines computer graphics with video, film and
photography. The graduate program operates out of the world renowned
Electronic Visualization Laboratory, which is a shared facility of the
School of Art and Design and the Department of Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science. 

See the URL http://www.evl.uic.edu 
for more information on EVL. See URL
http://www.uic.edu/aa/artd/ 
for more information on the School of Art and Design.

Application Procedure: Complete applications must include a letter of
intent, resume with exhibition record, list of 3 references, and
documentation of visual work preferably on VHS video tape and/or HTML on
CD ROM. An index of the visual documentation with project descriptions
and applicant's role in any collaborations should accompany the 
application. Work will be returned if a stamped, addressed envelope is
enclosed with the application.

Chair, Electronic Media Search
School of Art and Design (M/C 036)
The University of Illinois at Chicago
929 West Harrison Street
Chicago, Illinois 60607-7038

Deadline: Screening of applications begins January 17, 2000 and
continues until position is filled.  

The University of Illinois is an Affirmative Action/Equal
Opportunity employer.

	



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