Connectionists: Faculty Positions in Cybernics at the University of Tsukuba

[Kenji Suzuki]

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Job announcement
Department of Intelligent Interaction Technologies
Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering
University of Tsukuba, Japan
Ref: CYB01/F0709

Fixed-term Assistant/Associate Professor in Cybernics (3 posts)

Applications are invited for three (3) fixed-term Assistant /
Associate Professor positions in the area of Cybernics: fusion
of human, machine and information systems, or relevant subjects.

Cybernics is a new domain of interdisciplinary academic field
of human-assistive technology to enhance, strengthen, and
support human's cognitive and physical functions, which challenges
to integrate and harmonize humans and robots (RT: robotics
technology) with the basis of information technology (IT).
The three primary research areas are: (i) Cybernoid: robot suits,
cybernic limb and hand, implanted cybernic system, subjective
cognition computing, virtual human-body kernel.
(ii) Next-generation interface: brain-computer interface,
somato-sensory media, humanoid, medical interface, ubiquitous
sensing interface, intelligent robots. (iii) Management
technology for next-generation advanced systems: network security,
new-generation risk management, human factor, ethical, sociological,
and conceptual readiness.

Our primary focus is conducting research and pursuing education
at the PhD level in the area of Cybernics. Responsibility also
includes administrative tasks related to the program.

The post is funded for five years, and these positions will be
available immediately. The Cybernics project (Program leader,
Prof. Yoshiyuki Sankai) is supported by the grant-in-aid science
research under the Global COE program, and also is a part of
a new strategic initiative in the University of Tsukuba.
For more details on research areas, see the program website,
http://www.cybernics.tsukuba.ac.jp/

Candidates are expected to have earned a Ph.D. degree in 
a relevant subject area and to have demonstrated achievement 
in their fields. Candidates recently graduated Ph.D., 
or expected to obtain their PhD degrees before the appointment 
begins are also encouraged to apply.

Applications should include a full curriculum vitae, a list
of publications, 5 reprints or preprints of relevant papers,
an outline of future research plans and possible contribution
to this project (about A4 2-pages), and the names and addresses
of at least two referees. Applicants are requested, if possible,
to list publications under the following main headings: Authored
or Edited books, Refereed Journal papers, Review articles,
Refereed conference proceedings, Non-refereed conference
proceedings, Patents, Awards, External funding and grants, Others.

The closing date for applications is 18 November 2007.
Applications received after this date will not be considered.
You should include the Ref. number and the Job Title you are 
applying for in the header of your e-mail, or standard mail 
envelope. Note that if applying for both posts (Assistant and 
Associate Professor), please submit one application form for 
each post.

Please return your application either by email, preferably in
PDF format, to jobs.faculty at cybernics.tsukuba.ac.jp,
or by post to Prof. Takehisa Onisawa, Dept. of Intelligent
Interaction Technologies, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai,
Tsukuba, 305-0573, Japan.

Tsukuba is a university and science city, located about 60
kilometers, about 1 hour by car, northeast of central Tokyo.
Over 50 national and independently administered research
organizations are concentrated in the Tsukuba Science City
district, which is centered on the university.

For informal inquiries please contact the Chair of the Department,
Professor Takehisa Onisawa on email onisawa at iit.tsukuba.ac.jp.

Application deadline: 18 November, 2007
* Program website http://www.cybernics.tsukuba.ac.jp/


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Dr Kenji Suzuki     kenji at ieee.org
Assistant Professor
University of Tsukuba, Japan
http://www.iit.tsukuba.ac.jp/~kenji/