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<td>[Ieee_vis_open_positions] job advertisement for Research
Fellow/Research Associate</td>
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<th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">Date: </th>
<td>Wed, 29 Jan 2014 04:58:56 +0000</td>
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<td>Daniel Thalmann (Prof) <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:danielthalmann@ntu.edu.sg"><danielthalmann@ntu.edu.sg></a></td>
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ieee_vis_open_positions@listserv.uni-tuebingen.de">ieee_vis_open_positions@listserv.uni-tuebingen.de</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ieee_vis_open_positions@listserv.uni-tuebingen.de"><ieee_vis_open_positions@listserv.uni-tuebingen.de></a></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Opening of Research Fellow and Research
Associate positions in Interactive Virtual Characters and
Social Robots</b></p>
<p class="Default"><b>Job Description: </b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span
style="color:black">The Institute for Media Innovation (IMI
</span><span style="color:blue"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://imi.ntu.edu.sg/">http://imi.ntu.edu.sg/</a></span><span
style="color:black">) at Nanyang Technological University
immediately invites applications for post-doc and associate
researcher positions to work in our leading research new
media Institute (IMI) in Singapore, in the area of <i>interactive
virtual characters and social robots</i>.
</span>Researchers will have an opportunity to work in a
cutting-edge interactive environment with top equipment
including a very realistic human-like robot, several other
small size robots and an immersive room populated with virtual
characters. They<span style="color:black"> will also be part
of a multi-national research project in the BeingThere
center.
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <b>Eligibility:</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">The successful
candidates will conduct research at the intersection point of
several technologies and topics such as 3D character
animation, motion control for human-like robots, tracking of
human gestures and facial expressions, decision making and
dialogue systems. He/she will participate actively in the
exploration, design and development of novel methods for
real-time, human-robot and human-virtual human social
interactions targeting real-world use cases.
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<p class="Default" style="text-align:justify; line-height:115%"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt; line-height:115%; color:windowtext">The
position requires a Master or preferably a PhD in the area
of interactive virtual characters and social robots. The
applicant must have experience in the above mentioned area
as evidenced by publications in high level international
journals and conferences. He/she should have expertise in
one or more of the following topics and fundamental
knowledge in computer graphics and animation, machine
learning, computer vision and artificial intelligence:</span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt; line-height:115%; color:windowtext"> </span></p>
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<span style="color:black"><span style="">-<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="color:black">Expressive
face and body animation for interactive virtual characters
and robots</span></p>
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<span style="color:black"><span style="">-<span
style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="color:black">Architectures
for fusing multi-modal data from vision/ sound channels and
synchronizing multi-modal behaviour for real-time
interaction
</span></p>
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text-align:justify; text-indent:-18.0pt; line-height:115%">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt; line-height:115%;
color:windowtext"><span style="">-<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:115%; color:windowtext">Mixed-initiative,
multi-modal, multi-party social interaction models inspired
by social sciences and analysis of real interactions</span></p>
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text-align:justify; text-indent:-18.0pt; line-height:115%">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt; line-height:115%;
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"Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:115%; color:windowtext">Cognitive models for
long-term dialogue-based interaction (e.g. self-awareness,
memory, adaptation, affective interaction)</span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt; line-height:115%; color:windowtext"> </span></p>
<p class="Default" style="text-align:justify; line-height:115%"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt; line-height:115%">Strong capacity,
commitment to research and good communication skills are
expected. High expertise in C++ is required, as well as
proficiency in Python or other scripting language.
Experience developing software in team using source code
management (e.g. git) is a plus.</span></p>
<p class="Default"> </p>
<p class="Default" style="text-align:justify; line-height:115%"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt; line-height:115%; color:windowtext">Please
submit the following to <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:imi-recruitment@ntu.edu.sg">imi-recruitment@ntu.edu.sg</a>:
</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; line-height:115%;
color:windowtext">a. Curriculum vitae with photo
</span></p>
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text-align:justify; line-height:115%">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt; line-height:115%;
color:windowtext">b. A brief research statement and
description of past research experience
</span></p>
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text-align:justify; line-height:115%">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt; line-height:115%;
color:windowtext">c. Two names and contacts of
recommendation
</span></p>
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text-align:justify; line-height:115%">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt; line-height:115%;
color:windowtext">d. Availability date
</span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt; line-height:115%; color:windowtext"> </span></p>
<p class="Default" style="text-align:justify; line-height:115%"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt; line-height:115%; color:windowtext"> </span></p>
<p class="Default" style="text-align:justify; line-height:115%"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt; line-height:115%; color:windowtext">Review
of applicants will begin immediately and continue until the
positions are filled.
</span></p>
<p class="Default" style="text-align:justify; line-height:115%"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt; line-height:115%; color:windowtext">NTU
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ntu.edu.sg">http://www.ntu.edu.sg</a>) and IMI (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://imi.ntu.edu.sg/">http://imi.ntu.edu.sg/</a>)
offer vibrant multidisciplinary research environment, both
students and faculty members enjoy a host of opportunities
for research collaboration with world-leading universities
and renowned institutes. There is a strong research culture
where innovation and critical enquiry are key features, NTU
researchers are immersed in the best of work environment.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Consolas">Prof. Daniel Thalmann</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Consolas">Institute for Media Innovation (IMI)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Consolas">Nanyang Technological University</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Consolas">50 Nanyang Drive</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Consolas">Research Techno Plaza</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Consolas">XFrontiers Block, Level 03-01</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Consolas">Singapore 637553</span></p>
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