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Mon May 26 11:11:44 CEST 2014




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Subject: 	[Ieee_vis_open_positions] job advertisement for Research 
Fellow/Research Associate
Date: 	Thu, 22 May 2014 14:11:36 +0000
From: 	Daniel Thalmann (Prof) <danielthalmann@ntu.edu.sg>
To: 	ieee_vis_open_positions@listserv.uni-tuebingen.de 
<ieee_vis_open_positions@listserv.uni-tuebingen.de>



*Opening of Research Fellow and Research Associate positions in 
Interactive Virtual Characters and Social Robots*

*Job Description: *

*Opening of Research Fellow and Research Associate positions in 
Interactive Virtual Characters and Social Robots *

*Job Description: *

The Institute for Media Innovation (IMI http://imi.ntu.edu.sg/) at 
Nanyang Technological University immediately invites applications for 
*Research Fellow* or *Associate Researcher* positions to work in our 
leading research  Media Institute (IMI) in Singapore, in the area of 
/interactive virtual characters and social robots/. 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 will also be part of a multi-national research project 
in the BeingThere Centre.

*Eligibility: *

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, AI and 
autonomous characters.  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.

The position requires a Master degree for research associate or  a PhD 
for the position of research fellow in the area of interactive virtual 
characters or social robots . The applicant must have experience in some 
of 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 
,artificial intelligence or in Virtual Reality and immersive simulation:

- Expressive face and body animation for interactive virtual characters 
and robots

- Architectures for fusing multi-modal data from vision/ sound channels 
and synchronizing multi-modal behaviour for real-time interaction

- Mixed-initiative, multi-modal, multi-party social interaction models 
inspired by social sciences and analysis of real interactions

- Cognitive models for long-term dialogue-based interaction (e.g. 
self-awareness, memory, adaptation, affective interaction)

- Virtual/augmented  Reality, immersive technology

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.

Please submit the following to nadiathalmann@ntu.edu.sg 
<mailto:nadiathalmann@ntu.edu.sg> :

a. Curriculum vitae with photo

b. A brief research statement and description of past research experience

c. Two names and contacts of recommendation

d. Availability date

Review of applicants will begin immediately and continue until the 
positions are filled.

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Prof. Daniel Thalmann

Institute for Media Innovation (IMI)

Nanyang Technological University

50 Nanyang Drive

Research Techno Plaza

XFrontiers Block, Level 03-01

Singapore 637553

Email: danielthalmann@ntu.edu.sg <mailto:danielthalmann@ntu.edu.sg>

web: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/danielthalmann/ 
<http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/danielthalmann/>

tel +65 65921891

mobile +65 90992312

fax +6563162994


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