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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Opening of Research Fellow and Research Associate positions in Interactive Virtual Characters and Social Robots</b></p>
<p class="Default"><b>Job Description: </b></p>
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Opening of Research Fellow and Research Associate positions in Interactive Virtual Characters and Social Robots
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Job Description: </span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt"></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Institute for Media Innovation (IMI
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:blue"><a href="http://imi.ntu.edu.sg/">http://imi.ntu.edu.sg/</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">) at Nanyang Technological University immediately invites applications for
<b>Research Fellow</b> or <b>Associate Researcher</b> positions to work in our leading research Media Institute (IMI) in Singapore, in the area of
<i>interactive virtual characters and social robots</i>. 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.
</span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Eligibility: </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">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. </span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">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:
</span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-bottom:.85pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">- Expressive face and body animation for interactive virtual characters and robots
</span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-bottom:.85pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">- Architectures for fusing multi-modal data from vision/ sound channels and synchronizing multi-modal behaviour for real-time interaction
</span></p>
<p class="Default" style="margin-bottom:.85pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">- Mixed-initiative, multi-modal, multi-party social interaction models inspired by social sciences and analysis of real interactions
</span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">- Cognitive models for long-term dialogue-based interaction (e.g. self-awareness, memory, adaptation, affective interaction)
</span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">- Virtual/augmented Reality, immersive technology</span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">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. </span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please submit the following to </span>
<span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:blue"><a href="mailto:nadiathalmann@ntu.edu.sg">nadiathalmann@ntu.edu.sg</a>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">: </span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">a. Curriculum vitae with photo </span>
</p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">b. A brief research statement and description of past research experience
</span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">c. Two names and contacts of recommendation
</span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">d. Availability date </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Review of applicants will begin immediately and continue until the positions are filled.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:Consolas">---------------------------------------------------</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:Consolas">Prof. Daniel Thalmann</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:Consolas">Institute for Media Innovation (IMI)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:Consolas">Nanyang Technological University</span></p>
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danielthalmann@ntu.edu.sg</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:Consolas">web: <a href="http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/danielthalmann/">
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/danielthalmann/</a></span></p>
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