[game_edu] Job:Tenure Track Position in Game Design & Development @ Simon Fraser University - School of Interactive Arts and Technology

[Jose P. Zagal]

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*SFU School of Interactive Arts and Technology- seeking Assistant 
Professor -Tenure Track - Game Design & Development
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http://www.siat.sfu.ca/careers/faculty/820/

Position Type: Permanent, Faculty

Closing Date: December 1, 2012

Applicants for this tenure track position should have a teaching and 
research focus on game design and development. They should have a strong 
potential for research and scholarship with games coupled with excellent 
applied skills and expertise in one or more of the areas of:

  *   computational aspects of games
  *   game development and delivery platforms
  * game prototyping and development, or
  * the dynamics of game design and player experience

SIAT is a vibrant, multidisciplinary program that integrates the arts, 
design, science and technology. SIAT's teaching and research draw upon 
fields ranging from media arts, electronic games, design and information 
technology. SIAT offers degrees at a bachelor, master and doctoral 
level. The School currently enrolls about 800 undergraduates and 
approximately 120 graduate students, some 60 of whom are at the doctoral 
level.

SIAT is located in purpose-built, state-of-the-art classrooms and 
laboratories at SFU's Surrey campus. Simon Fraser University at Surrey 
is the University's newest campus located in the greater Vancouver 
region of British Columbia. The area is home to Canada's cultural and 
entertainment industry and much of its digital media production. The 
region's rich cultural, natural and intellectual resources make it one 
of the world's most desirable places to live and work.

SIAT works as a unit of the Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology 
(FCAT), which additionally includes the School of Communication, The 
School of Contemporary Arts, The Master of Publishing Program and the 
Master's in Digital Media Program (MDM).


Qualifications:

Applicants should have a terminal degree in their discipline (normally a 
Ph.D. in computer science, engineering, games studies, media studies, 
interactive arts, cognitive sciences or a related discipline), having 
studied:

  * computer games
  * artificial intelligence
  * machine learning
  * digital film and video
  * computer graphics and animation
  * sound design
  * virtual environments
  * new media arts
  * design or related areas

Candidates should have teaching experience at the undergraduate level 
and have high potential for instructional innovation. Tenure track 
faculty are expected to develop research programmes attractive to 
external funding and to be responsive to collaboration with other 
faculty and graduate students. Faculty members must have a high degree 
of technological literacy regardless of their disciplinary background.


How to Apply:

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and 
permanent residents will be given priority.

Simon Fraser University is committed to employment equity and encourages 
applications from all qualified men and women, including visible 
minorities, aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities and sexual 
minorities (LBGT).

The successful candidate will begin work on *1 September 2013*. 
Applications will be received until *1 December 2012*. All appointments 
are subject to the availability of funding.

For additional information, please visit the SIAT website to better 
understand the School and your possible contributions within it.

To apply, send a recent curriculum vitae, a description of your teaching 
philosophy and experience, three exemplar research articles and the 
complete names, addresses (including email), institutional affiliation 
and telephone numbers of three academic referees to:

Director
School of Interactive Arts & Technology
Simon Fraser University
250-13450 102nd Avenue
Surrey, BC CANADA V3T 0A3


see posting: http://www.siat.sfu.ca/careers/faculty/820/

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