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Job advertisement: Thinking Systems, April 2007From Talking Heads to Thinking Heads:A Research Platform for Human Communication ScienceThe University of Western Sydney with partners Macquarie University, Flinders University, and the University of Canberra have been awarded a 5-year ARC/NHMRCSpecial Research Initiative: Thinking Systems grant to build and evaluate a talking thinking head platform for use in behavioural and cognitive science; engineering and computer science; practical applications; and performances and installations. To achieve this, the following positions are being offered: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship(Audio-Visual Modelling and Engagement) MARCS Auditory Laboratories, University of Western Sydney Level: Academic Level B Salary: $70,010 to $82,670 p.a. Position Summary:The Audio-Visual Modelling and Engagement Postdoctoral Fellow will mainly work on the analysis of human AV speech and movement data and apply findings to enhance AV pattern recognition and human-avatar interaction. The Postdoctoral Research Fellow will be supervised by Associate Professor Davis and will also work with Associate Professor Kim, and the team of engineers, behavioural scientists, and computer scientists. For full details - www.uws.edu.au/vacancies/ Position Enquiries: Chris Davis, (02) 9772 6695 - email: chris.davis@uws.edu.auClosing Date: 4 May 2007 Ref: 70078 Senior Software EngineerMARCS Auditory Laboratories, University of Western Sydney Level: HEW Level 9 Salary: $78,159 to $83,467 p.a. Position Summary: There are 4 main areas of the Thinking Head project: software development, human-head interface, behavioural evaluation, and performance. The Senior Software Engineer will be primarily involved in the overall management and coordination of the software development of the Thinking Head project, including, for example, time management of integration of software modules into the system. The Senior Software Engineer will report to Professor Burnham, and will work closely with the team of engineers, computer scientists, and programmers at the University of Western Sydney, University of Canberra, and Macquarie University and Flinders University. For full details - www.uws.edu.au/vacancies/ Position Enquiries: Denis Burnham, (02) 9772 6677 - email: d.burnham@uws.edu.auClosing Date: 4 May 2007 Ref: 70079 ProgrammerMARCS Auditory Laboratories, University of Western Sydney Level: HEW Level 6 Salary: $55,143 to $59,128 p.a. Position Summary: The programmer appointed to this position will work closely with personnel at the University of Western Sydney, Flinders University, Macquarie University and the University of Canberra. The programmer will be concerned with writing code for modules of the Thinking Head; and, most importantly, integrating these modules, off-the-shelf modules, and modules written by other members of the team into a seamless working Thinking Head system. For full details - www.uws.edu.au/vacancies/ Position Enquiries: Denis Burnham, (02) 9772 6677 - email: d.burnham@uws.edu.auClosing Date: 4 May 2007 Ref: 70080 Research AssistantMARCS Auditory Laboratories, University of Western Sydney Level: HEW Level 5 Salary: $48,063 to $54,436 p.a. (Full time Equivalent) Position Summary: This Research Assistant is required on a permanent part-time basis, one day per week, and will work closely with research staff associated with the Thinking Head project and will run behavioral experiments, prepare and analyse data, and recruit participants for cognitive science research. For full details - www.uws.edu.au/vacancies/ Position Enquiries: Chris Davis, (02) 9772 6695 - email: chris.davis@uws.edu.auClosing Date: 4 May 2007 Ref: 70081 Postdoctoral Research FellowshipEvolution/Embodiment (Part Time) Flinders University Research Level A Salary: $49,755 to $60,599 p.a. (full time equivalent) Position Summary: The successful applicant for this position will be responsible for the research and implementation of evolutionary techniques required for attaining embodied cognition in a natural language-speaking simulated 3D head. The successful applicant will work under the direct supervision of Associate Professor David Powers and will work closely with other Chief Investigators, Partner Investigators and Research Fellows associated with the Thinking Head project. The Research Fellow will be expected to report to the broader project team at regular project meetings in Sydney, Canberra or Adelaide. For full details - www.flinders.edu.au/employment/ Position Enquiries: Associate Professor David Powers, email: david.powers@flinders.edu.auClosing Date: 4 May 2007 Ref: 07102 Postdoctoral Research FellowshipMultimodal Fusion (Part Time) Flinders University Research Level A Salary: $49,755 to $60,599 p.a. (full time equivalent) Position Summary: The successful applicant for this position will be responsible for research and programming relating to sensor fusion and integration of audio-visual speaker, speech and expression recognition software into a natural language-speaking 3D head animation. The successful applicant will work under the direct supervision of Associate Professor David Powers and will work closely with other Chief Investigators, Partner Investigators and Research Associates/Fellows associated with the Thinking Head Project. The Research Fellow will also be expected to report to the broader project team at regular project meetings in Sydney, Canberra or Adelaide. For full details - www.flinders.edu.au/employment/ Position Enquiries: Associate Professor David Powers, email: david.powers@flinders.edu.auClosing Date: 4 May 2007 Ref: 07101 Research FellowDialog Systems Macquarie University Academic Level A or B Salary: $47,089 to $63,690 p.a. (Level A) $67,012 to $79,463 p.a. (Level B) Position Summary: A four-year research fellowship position at Macquarie University's Centre for Language Technology will focus on dialog management and language generation aspects of the head. We seek someone who has experience either in the development of sophisticated dialog systems or in spoken natural language generation. The successful candidate will (a) contribute to the development of the general framework and the design, implementation and integration of various parts of the project, and (b) focus on specific aspects of dialog management and utterance generation as appropriate to their particular skills. Two areas of research we are particularly keen to explore are (a) the process of negotiation and the handling of miscommunications; and (b) the production of richly annotated output to drive a visually and aurally compelling head. The appointee will be supervised by Professor Robert Dale, and will work closely with the interdisciplinary team of engineers, computer scientists and psychologists spread across the project sites. For full details - http://www.jobs.mq.edu.au Position Enquiries: Professor Robert Dale - email: rdale@ics.mq.edu.auClosing Date: 4 May 2007 Ref: 20860 ProgrammerUniversity of Canberra UC Level 6 Salary: $52,653 to $56,680 p.a. Position Summary: The programmer appointed to this position will work closely with personnel at the University of Western Sydney, Flinders University and Macquarie University. The UC programmer will implement, maintain and develop the speech recognition and audiovisual speech recognition software for the Thinking Head as well as the software, both audio and visual, that detects characteristics of the person communicating with the Head. The work will involve both the integration of existing software modules and the development of new state-of-the-art audiovisual speech and speaker recognition software in collaboration with other members of the Thinking Head team. For full details - http://www.canberra.edu.au/hr/jobs Position Enquiries: Professor Michael Wagner, email: michael.wagner@canberra.edu.auClosing Date: 4 May 2007 Ref: 07/2033 |