Employment Opportunities at CCT

Faculty - Assistant, Associate, Full Professor

AVATAR Multidisciplinary Hiring Initiative (One Or More Positions/Tenure-track)

The LSU Multidisciplinary Hiring Initiatives identify promising intersections of emerging research, bringing multiple departments and diverse faculty together to solve complex problems.

The Arts, Visualization, Advanced Technologies, and Research (AVATAR) Initiative is a platform for intersections among the arts, technology, and computational sciences, uniting scholars across the University, including the Schools of Art, Music, Landscape Architecture, and Mass Communication, the Departments of Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and English, as well as the Center for Computation and Technology. It builds upon a university-wide commitment to interdisciplinary research and teaching, progressive state tax credits for digital media and recent economic development in the region.

AVATAR research and creative projects center on two primary topics: Intelligent and Responsive Systems (which include video games, training systems, simulations and visualization) and Collaborative Digital Media Arts in visual, musical and literary forms.

LSU AVATAR invites dynamic, interdisciplinary scholars and artists dedicated to the advancement of digital media to apply to join our faculty. We are seeking world-class leaders, and emerging junior faculty, to help us build the critical mass of expertise necessary to create new technologies, advance understanding, and explore uncharted modes of expression in the realm of digital media.

Departmental affiliations will be made as appropriate, and all positions are tenure-track. All areas of digital media research and creativity will be considered, and preference will be given to candidates committed to building interdisciplinary research teams that complement existing strengths among LSU faculty and community partners. Candidates fields of interest should include one or more of the following: - Computer Music: Electroacoustic composition, visual music, interactive music systems, information retrieval or auditory display

• Digital Art & Design: Animation, shading, modeling, environmental design; computational and digital art / design, interactive installations, situated technologies; media art, narrative content creation, writing for film or games

• Computer Graphics: Graphics processors and hardware, visualization, animation; digital signal processing for image, audio and video

• Interactive Systems: Intelligent agents, machine learning, responsive systems; human computer interface; domain specific semantics

Responsibilities: attracts extramural funding; works with interdisciplinary teams that include doctoral students, post-docs, and research associates. Rank and salary are commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Required Qualifications

Terminal degrees within their disciplines (Ph.D., D.M.A. or M.F.A.); distinguished records of research accomplishments and publications; strong reputations in their disciplines or the capacity to build the same in the case of emerging scholars.

Additional Qualifications

Demonstrate an appreciation for the economic development potential of digital media.

Application Process

An offer of employment is contingent on a satisfactory pre-employment background check. Application deadline is January 5, 2010 or until all candidates are selected. Evaluation of applications and nominations will commence immediately.

Contact:

Apply online at https://lsusystemcareers.lsu.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=51394

If you have inquiries, please send them to:
AVATAR Initiative Faculty Recruitment
Louisiana State University
216 Johnston Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
E-mail: avatar@lsu.edu
URL: http://www.avatar.lsu.edu

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