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 attached PDF or 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 attached PDF or the 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: arts_info@banffcentre.ca


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.