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<div align="center"><font color="#000000"><b>Research scientist:
Invitation for applications from researchers</b></font></div>
<div align="center"><font color="#000000"><b>in the field of
"Virtual Reality and Cognition"</b></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><b><br></b></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">LIMSI, a multidisciplinary research unit
within the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)
located on the Orsay campus of the University of Paris-Sud (France),
is currently developing research on "Virtual Reality and
Cognition". The development of an immersive Virtual Reality (VR)
system, with funding from the CNRS and the Ile-de-France Region, is
part of a broader project in which the cognitive sciences will play a
major role.<br>
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LIMSI has embarked on a virtual and augmented reality project that
will involve both designing multimodal immersive interaction methods
and using these technologies in various fields of application. LIMSI
also intends to develop the potential applications of VR in setting up
scientific interactions between engineering and the cognitive
sciences. This project has two main purposes: (a) to ensure that the
development of the VR interfaces at LIMSI benefits from expertise in
cognitive ergonomics; (b) to ensure that in the specific areas studied
at LIMSI, VR can be used to investigate cognitive functions in people
interacting with these systems.<br>
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LIMSI already includes specialists in cognitive psychology, and this
will facilitate this further line of development. The objective of
LIMSI is to invest new types of competence in this project so that it
can successfully carry out the mission with which it has been
entrusted by the CNRS. The suitable candidate for this development
project will be a specialist in psychology and/or cognitive
ergonomics, or possibly the cognitive neurosciences, and who intends
to submit an application during the next round of CNRS recruitments
(December 2006/January 2007). Applications will be welcome from
scientists embarking on a career in research, as well as experienced
researchers.<br>
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LIMSI will welcome preliminary informal enquiries from potential
candidates. If you are interested please contact LIMSI as soon as
possible.<br>
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Enquiries and preliminary applications should be addressed to one of
the following:<br>
- Patrick Le Quéré, Director of LIMSI (<i>plq@limsi.fr</i>). Tel.:
+33 1 69 85 80 85.</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">- Philippe Tarroux, Deputy Director
(<i>tarroux@limsi.fr</i>). Tel.: +33 1 69 85 80 86.</font></div>
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<div>Please consult:
http://www.sg.cnrs.fr/drhchercheurs/concoursch/default-fr.htm</div>
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