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<td>Post-doctoral position in VR/HCI at the University of
Florida</td>
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<td>Tue, 31 May 2011 23:44:58 -0400</td>
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<td>Benjamin Lok <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:lok@CISE.UFL.EDU"><lok@CISE.UFL.EDU></a></td>
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<td>Benjamin Lok <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:lok@CISE.UFL.EDU"><lok@CISE.UFL.EDU></a></td>
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:IEEEVRLIST@LISTSERV.UNCC.EDU">IEEEVRLIST@LISTSERV.UNCC.EDU</a></td>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -moz-fixed;
font-size: 14px;">Apologies if you've received multiple copies,
and please repost to anyone you feel is a good fit:</span><span
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style="font-family: -moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
-moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;">This is to announce a postdoctoral
researcher position opening at the Virtual Environments Research
Group (verg.cise.ufl.edu) at the University of Florida
(Gainesville, FL, USA) (</span><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: -moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"><a
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=gainesville,+fl&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x88e6202169bf2c2b:0x80e7795d28108d96,Gainesville,+FL&gl=us&ei=cFzUTbO9IIjHgAfHl_Au&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CCcQ8gEwAA">http://maps.google.com/maps?q=gainesville,+fl&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x88e6202169bf2c2b:0x80e7795d28108d96,Gainesville,+FL&gl=us&ei=cFzUTbO9IIjHgAfHl_Au&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CCcQ8gEwAA</a></span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -moz-fixed;
font-size: 14px;">)</span><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: -moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
-moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;">Timeframe:</span><span
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font-size: 14px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: -moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
-moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;">- Positions are part of a NIH-funded
project running June 1, 2010 - September 31, 2015</span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -moz-fixed;
font-size: 14px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: -moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
-moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;">- Applications are expected to
participate for a minimum 1 year full-time with the position
renewable for up 4 years. </span><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: -moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -moz-fixed;
font-size: 14px;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
-moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;">- Deadlines:</span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -moz-fixed;
font-size: 14px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: -moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
-moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"> Open until filled (please apply
by June 15th to ensure consideration)</span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -moz-fixed;
font-size: 14px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: -moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
-moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"> Our goal is to have a decision
by July 1st, 2011</span><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: -moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -moz-fixed;
font-size: 14px;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
-moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;">Tasks:</span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -moz-fixed;
font-size: 14px;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
-moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;">- Develop interactive virtual human
applications in medicine (see</span><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: -moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -moz-fixed;
font-size: 14px;"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.virtualpatientsgroup.com/">http://www.virtualpatientsgroup.com</a></span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -moz-fixed;
font-size: 14px;">)</span><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: -moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
-moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;">- Lead undergraduate and graduate
student research in the Virtual Experiences Research Group
(significant opportunity for leading students, developing
leadership skills, developing networking skills, teaching, and
creating new projects based on your experience)</span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -moz-fixed;
font-size: 14px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: -moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
-moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;">- Lead grant proposal writing and
submission</span><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: -moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -moz-fixed;
font-size: 14px;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
-moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;">Requirements:</span><span
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font-size: 14px;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
-moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;">- Mandatory:</span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -moz-fixed;
font-size: 14px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: -moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
-moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"> - Previously completed or about to
complete a doctoral degree in Computer Science or equivalent
experience</span><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: -moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -moz-fixed;
font-size: 14px;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
-moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"> - Fluent in English (frequent
meetings with medical collaborators and students makes good
communication skills critical)</span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -moz-fixed;
font-size: 14px;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
-moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"> - Research focus includes at least
one of the following areas:</span><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: -moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -moz-fixed;
font-size: 14px;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
-moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"> - Virtual or Augmented Reality</span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -moz-fixed;
font-size: 14px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: -moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
-moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"> - Human-Computer Interaction</span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -moz-fixed;
font-size: 14px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: -moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
-moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"> - Computer Graphics</span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -moz-fixed;
font-size: 14px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: -moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
-moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"> - Information Visualization</span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -moz-fixed;
font-size: 14px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: -moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
-moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"> - Record of research results at an
international level</span><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: -moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -moz-fixed;
font-size: 14px;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
-moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
-moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;">- Desirable:</span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -moz-fixed;
font-size: 14px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: -moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
-moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"> - Experience with C#, PHP, C++,
OpenGL, Ogre, conducting user studies, interdisciplinary
collaboration</span><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: -moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -moz-fixed;
font-size: 14px;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
-moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"> - An interest in a future academic
position</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
-moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -moz-fixed;
font-size: 14px;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
-moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
-moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;">Benefits</span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -moz-fixed;
font-size: 14px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: -moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
-moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;">- Work in an internationally
recognized VR/HCI research team with strong links to medicine and
simulation. Our group has a specific focus on application-based
research in the emerging field of virtual humans.</span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -moz-fixed;
font-size: 14px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: -moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
-moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;">- Develop leadership skills (this
postdoc is more than just a work-on-a-specific project position,
but will significantly involve working on skills to be successful
at the assistant professor position at a research university).
This includes focusing on grant writing, project and student
leadership, teaching, and networking.</span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -moz-fixed;
font-size: 14px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: -moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
-moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;">- University of Florida is the sixth
largest university in the United States (50,000+ students).
Gainesville is an affordable and vibrant larger-than-college-town
town (110,000+) with significant cultural, sports, and
entertainment opportunities. The CISE department is a Top 40
Computer Science graduate school.</span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -moz-fixed;
font-size: 14px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: -moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
-moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;">- Job could begin any time after
July 1st, 2011. Flexibility in starting date.</span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -moz-fixed;
font-size: 14px;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
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font-size: 14px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: -moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"><br>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
-moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;">Send your detailed CV (including
list of publications and name of referees) to Benjamin Lok (</span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -moz-fixed;
font-size: 14px;"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:lok@cise.ufl.edu">lok@cise.ufl.edu</a></span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -moz-fixed;
font-size: 14px;">)</span><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-family: -moz-fixed; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
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from other job postings to this mailing list. </span><span
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