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[D-multisensory] Post-Doc & PhD/MSc position at Simon Fraser University, Canada: SpatialCognition in Virtual Reality

Interested in con­tribut­ing to innovative research at the inter­sec­tion of Informatics, Psychology/Cognitive Science, Human Factors/HCI, and Virtual Reality in an inter­dis­ci­pli­nary team?
We’re cur­rently look­ing for bright and moti­vated PhD/MSc stu­dents and a Post-Doc to join the iSpace lab (iSpaceLab.com) led by Prof. Bernhard Riecke at the School of Interactive Arts & Technology (SIAT), Simon Fraser University in the greater Vancouver region in beau­ti­ful British Columbia, Canada.

Criteria
Applicants should be highly motivated and have a strong interest in interdisciplinary scientific research aligned with the overall goals and vision of the iSpace lab (see iSpaceLab.com/vision for details):
  • Human multi-modal spa­tial cog­ni­tion, spa­tial ori­en­ta­tion, spa­tial updat­ing
  • Enabling robust and effort­less spa­tial ori­en­ta­tion in vir­tual environments
  • Self-motion per­cep­tion, illu­sions (“vec­tion”), and sim­u­la­tion; Multi-modal con­tri­bu­tions and interactions
  • Design and iter­a­tive eval­u­a­tion and improve­ment of per­cep­tu­ally ori­ented, multi-modal human-computer inter­faces and human-centered, effec­tive vir­tual real­ity simulations
As the iSpace lab works at the inter­sec­tion of Informatics, Psychology/Cognitive Science, Human Factors/HCI, and Virtual Reality, you should bring a strong back­ground in at least one of these areas and be excited to expand into the other areas.  PhD and MSc appli­ca­tions must also meet the reg­u­lar admis­sion cri­te­ria and will undergo the reg­u­lar admis­sions processes.

Funding
Students: Funding is pro­vided through a com­bi­na­tion of teach­ing assist­ant­ships, schol­ar­ships, fel­low­ships and research assistantships.
PostDocs: Funding is pro­vided at stan­dard Canadian (NSERC) rates includ­ing vaca­tion pay and ben­e­fits. Additional top-up is nego­tiable if you con­tribute sub­stan­tially to the writ­ing of research grants.

Application
If interested in joining our team, please start by sending an informal email to Prof. Bernhard Riecke (ber1 at sfu.ca) and attach your CV and any other information/document/links you might find suitable. I’d be happy to arrange telephone or skype interviews. I look forward to receiving your application! Review of materials will begin on February 1st, 2012 and will continue until all positions are filled.
Grad students: Please check SIAT’s grad admission procedures and contact me before submitting your application (http://www.siat.sfu.ca/grad/admissions/).

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Dr. Bernhard E. Riecke, Assistant Professor
School of Interactive Arts  & Technology (SIAT)
Simon Fraser University Surrey
250 - 13450 102 Avenue, Surrey, BC V3T 0A3, Canada
web: iSpaceLab.com/Riecke  www.siat.sfu.ca/faculty/Bernhard-Riecke
office: 2830 (2nd floor)  E-mail: ber1@sfu.ca  phone:+1 778.782.8432  fax: 778.782.9422