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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
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PhD </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana">Positions
in
AI / Computational Models for Movement Recognition and
Generation at Simon
Fraser University. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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font-family:Verdana">Application deadline: March 1<sup>st</sup>
2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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We are pleased to announce a PhD position in AI / Computational
Models for
Movement at the School of Interactive Arts and Technology at
Simon Fraser
University (Surrey, British Columbia, Canada). This position
will be
working with Associate Professor Philippe Pasquier, and
Postdoctoral Fellow
Sarah Fdili Alaoui in the <b>Moving
Stories: Digital Tools for Movement, Meaning and Interaction</b>
Research Group
(movingstories.ca) lead by Associate Professor Thecla
Schiphorst.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana">Moving Stories is an interdisciplinary,
collaborative
research partnership leading to the design and application of
more richly
articulated human movement knowledge within digital technology
interaction. The
research institutional partners include Simon Fraser University
(SFU), The
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), The Laban
Institute of
Movement Studies in New York (LIMS), Emily Carr University of
Art and Design
(ECUAD), The University of British Columbia (UBC), and Credo
Interactive.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
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font-family:Verdana;mso-fareast-language:FR">Duties and
Responsibilities: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana">Work
towards developing a Movement
API (see </span><a href="http://www.movingstories.ca"><span
style="font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Verdana">http://www.movingstories.ca</span></a><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana">): </span><span
style="font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";background:white"> develop and use
machine learning techniques for the computational study,
modeling,
representation, segmentation, recognition, classification,
transformation or
generation of movement information.</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;
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Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana">Support
development
of computational models of moving agents using Machine Learning
techniques
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana">Lead
conference,
journal, and grant proposal writing and submission</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
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font-family:Verdana;mso-fareast-language:FR">Preferred
Qualifications</span></b><b><span
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<u>Mandatory:</u><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Verdana">Previously completed or about to
complete a Master
Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span
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</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Verdana">Research focus includes at least one
of the
following areas:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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New";
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style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana">Artificial
Intelligence:
Agent and Multiagent Systems, including virtual agents <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="margin-left:72.0pt;mso-add-space:
auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo1"><span
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style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana">Machine
Learning
Techniques <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana">Computer
Graphics,
Animation, and Digital Signal Processing. <br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-family:Verdana">Desirable:</span></u><span
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Experience with C++, Java, MaxMSP, Python, </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;background:white;mso-fareast-language:
FR">OpenGL/GLSL</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana">, </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;background:white;mso-fareast-language:FR">mobile/tablet
development,
and performance/multimedia/ and visual art</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana">,
conducting user studies, interdisciplinary collaboration.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
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padding:0cm;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Position title:</span></strong><span
class="apple-converted-space"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Verdana"> </span></span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana"> PhD Student,
SIAT<br>
<strong><span style="border:none windowtext
1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0cm;
padding:0cm;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Rate of pay:</span></strong><span
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0cm;padding:0cm;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> Full
financial support for the duration of the PhD. Includes
fellowship as well as
support for conference travel and gears. Actual rate d</span></span>epends
on qualification,
and experience (expect between 25k and 35k annually).<br>
<strong><span style="border:none windowtext
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padding:0cm;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Departmental contact:</span></strong><span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Nasim Jahangiri (Project
Manager) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span
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class="apple-converted-space"><span
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12.0pt;font-family:Verdana"> </span></span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:njahangi@sfu.ca">njahangi@sfu.ca</a>
and
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Pasquier@sfu.ca">Pasquier@sfu.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><strong><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
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1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0cm;
padding:0cm;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Job
close date:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span></span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Open until filled<br>
<strong><span style="border:none windowtext
1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0cm;
padding:0cm;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Review begins on
(continues until
position filled):</span></strong><span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span>March
1st, 2014<br>
<strong><span style="border:none windowtext
1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0cm;
padding:0cm;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Benefits eligible:</span></strong><span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Yes<br>
<strong><span style="border:none windowtext
1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0cm;
padding:0cm;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Full-time/part-time:</span></strong><span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Full-time<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>How to apply:<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span
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font-family:Verdana;mso-fareast-language:FR;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Application
Documents
Required:</span></u><u><span
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10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-fareast-language:FR"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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font-family:Verdana;background:white;mso-fareast-language:FR">-
Letter of
interest (1 page pdf)</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-fareast-language:FR"><br>
<span style="background:white">- Research statement (1 page pdf)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">- Curriculum vitae</span></span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana">,
including list of publications and name of references</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
background:white;mso-fareast-language:FR"> (pdf) </span><span
style="font-size:
11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-fareast-language:FR"><br>
<span style="background:white">- Link to website or online
portfolio of
creative work, multimedia projects, or research projects
(optional)</span><br>
<span style="background:white">- List of 3 professional
references w/contact
information (email and phone number).</span></span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-fareast-language:FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Send the document above to Moving Stories’ Project Manager,
"Nasim
Jahangiri" </span><a href="mailto:njahangi@sfu.ca"><span
style="font-size:
11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana">njahangi@sfu.ca</span></a><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana">,
and
Pr. Pasquier <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pasquier@sfu.ca">pasquier@sfu.ca</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana">Benefits
to
applicants:</span></b><span
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font-family:Verdana"><br>
- Work in an internationally recognized, interdisciplinary
research team with
strong connections between technology and embodied experience.<br>
- Receive weekly mentorship towards a research career. <br>
- Vancouver is a beautiful city situated between the ocean and
mountains with
easy access to year-round outdoor activities and cultural
opportunities. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana">– Simon
Fraser University is a unique university spread over three
campuses with many
strong connections to local video and gaming industries. <br>
- Position could begin any time after September 1st, 2014. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span
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in
starting date.<br>
- Health insurance through Simon Fraser University.</span><span
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</span>
<div>Regards,<br>
--<br>
Philippe Pasquier<br>
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Associate Professor, Graduate Program Chair,<br>
School of Interactive Arts and Technology,<br>
Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, <br>
Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology,<br>
Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada.<br>
Mobile: +1 778-989-1240<br>
Phone: +1 778-782-8546<br>
Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pasquier@sfu.ca">pasquier@sfu.ca</a> | Skype: pasquierphilippe<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.sfu.ca/pasquier">http://www.sfu.ca/pasquier</a> | <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.metacreation.net">http://www.metacreation.net</a><br>
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