BNMI ART Collaboration and Visualization Lab

The Banff New Media Institute’s Advanced Research Technology (ART) 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 centred 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.