Post-Graduate Research Associate Position, Banff New Media Institute Advanced Research Technology Collaboration and Visualization Lab

BANFF NEW MEDIA INSTITUTE (BNMI)
ADVANCED RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY COLLABORATION AND VISUALIZATION LAB
POST GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
http://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/program.aspx?id=843

Program Dates: Negotiable, starting February, 2009.
Application Deadline: Review begins January 9, 2009, open until suitable candidate is found.

The Banff New Media Institute’s Advanced Research Technology Collaboration and Visualization Lab is accepting applications for a Post-Graduate Research Associate to work on the ESPACER (Emerging Social Places and Collaborative Environments Research) initiative. The goal of ESPACER is the development, dissemination and evaluation of collaborative technologies that promote human interfacing and community awareness in the everyday lived spaces where we work, play and learn. We employ hybrid research practices that integrate methods from creative, critical and technical disciplines. Technologies and methods explored in the Advanced Research Technology Collaboration and Visualization Lab include large-scale participatory wireless networks, tangible and organic interfaces and virtual and augmented environments. Our research platforms include personal area network technologies, physical computing, mega-pixel and stereographic displays, multi-touch surfaces and mobile devices.


RESPONSIBILITIES
The Post-Graduate Research Associate will work on collaborative research projects with Banff New Media Institute researchers; work studies; and visiting researchers. This includes providing technical, conceptual, and methodological support to researchers and projects within the lab. Research Associates will also have the opportunity to initiate collaborative projects that align with the ESPACER initiative.


QUALIFICATIONS
Top candidates will be able to demonstrate through their portfolio of projects; technologies; and/or published papers proficiency across technologies and creative design methods used in human centered computing and digital media. They will also demonstrate the ability and willingness to learn new technologies and creative methods as required for creative research inquiry. Candidates must have strong oral and written communication skills, excellent organizational abilities, excellent time management skills including the ability to multi-task multiple projects.

Education
Completion of Ph.D. or ABD (all but dissertation) status; or completion of a Masters terminal degree in relevant fields including: Fine Arts, Computational Media; Interaction or Industrial Design; Computer Science; Electrical and Computing Engineer; Communications; or other appropriate graduate degree programs. Exceptional applicants with a completed undergraduate degree will also be considered.

Skills Clusters
Top candidates will excel in at least one of the skills clusters listed below. Experience in other clusters is an added strength to their application. Please see application website for additional information.
http://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/program.aspx?id=843

Cluster 1: Technology Development
Cluster 2: Creative Design Methods
Cluster 3: Human Centered Computing Research Methods:


POST GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSOCIATE COMPENSATION, TERMS and ACCOMODATIONS
Please see application website for additional information.
http://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/program.aspx?id=843

HOW TO APPLY
All applications must include:
•A non-refundable application processing fee of $59 CDN/ $59 US (non-refundable) or $31 CDN for Aboriginal applicants, and a completed online application form;
•A curriculum vita, contact information for three references, URL addresses to online documentation and/or demonstration of work.
•Applicants can also submit digital documentation of their work in the form of DVD,CD, video, or audio tape. Sample work must be limited to 10 minutes.

1.APPLY ONLINE (required):
http://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/program.aspx?id=843

2.SEND APPLICATION MATERIALS TO:
Office of the Registrar
The Banff Centre
Box 1020
Banff, Alberta, Canada
T1L 1H5
Phone: 403.762.6180 | Fax: 403.762.6345 |Toll Free: 1.800.565.9989 | Email: [email protected]


ABOUT THE BANFF CENTRE and the BANFF NEW MEDIA INSTITUTE
The Banff Centre is an internationally respected art, cultural and educational institution in the heart of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. For 75 years, the Banff Centre has been internationally recognized as a leader of creative thought, lifelong learning, the development and showcasing of new work and advancement of applied research. The Banff New Media Institute (BNMI) is digital research innovation centre. Our programs are designed to support creative pluralism, different modes of inquiry, the production of new work, and the engagement of artists, producers, technologists, and researchers with digital culture. Fundamental to BNMI is the belief that the creative sector in collaboration with scientists, social scientists, and humanists plays a critical role in developing technologies and content that work for human betterment.