Connectionists: Research scientist: Invitation for applications from researchers

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De: Michel Denis <denis at limsi.fr>

Research scientist: Invitation for applications from researchers
in the field of "Virtual Reality and Cognition"

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.

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.

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.

LIMSI will welcome preliminary informal enquiries from potential 
candidates. If you are interested please contact LIMSI as soon as 
possible.

Enquiries and preliminary applications should be addressed to one of 
the following:
- Patrick Le Quéré, Director of LIMSI (plq at limsi.fr). Tel.: +33 1 69 85 
80 85.
- Philippe Tarroux, Deputy Director (tarroux at limsi.fr). Tel.: +33 1 69 
85 80 86.



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