[game_edu] Job: Tenure track position - University of Utah EAE / School of Computing

[Jose P Zagal]

The University of Utah’s School of Computing (SoC) and the Entertainment
Arts and Engineering (EAE) program are seeking to hire a joint
tenure-track faculty member at the assistant professor level, beginning
Fall 2016. Exceptional candidates at higher ranks will also be
considered. Candidates for this position should have an established
record of interdisciplinary work between computer science and games.
Applicants must have earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science or a closely
related field and demonstrate ability to obtain external funding, pursue
an exceptional research agenda, and mentor and teach effectively.

Applicants should be able to perform research connecting computer
sciences and games. Possible areas include, but are not limited to:
human computer interaction, procedural content generation/generative
methods, games user research, computer graphics for games, game
analytics, and artificial intelligence for games.

The University of Utah is a Carnegie Research I Institution. The School
of Computing is an exciting, growing school with a 50-year history of
excellence in computer graphics, computer science education, innovation,
and research. The EAE program was founded in 2007 and is currently
ranked as the number 2 video game design program according to the 2014
Princeton Review rankings. Together EAE and SoC have demonstrated
leadership in the interdisciplinary domain of video game research and
development.

The University of Utah is located in Salt Lake City, the hub of a large
metropolitan area with excellent cultural and recreational
opportunities. A vibrant local game community offers opportunities for
interesting collaborations, including Disney Interactive, EA Salt Lake,
Chair Entertainment (a division of Epic Games), Eat Sleep Play, and many
others. Additional information about the SoC, EAE and our current
faculty can be found at http://cs.utah.edu and http://eae.utah.edu.

Interested candidates should provide a cover letter, curriculum vitae,
statement of research goals, teaching statement, and names and contact
information of at least four references. Applications are managed at the
following URL:
https://utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/46522.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis starting October 2015
and will continue until the position is filled.

Administrative inquiries should be sent to corrinne.lewis at utah.edu.