Post Doctoral Fellow - AR/VR/XR

Department
INFO SCI TECHNOLOGY

Salary
Commensurate with experience & education

Description
Possesses, understands, and applies a comprehensive knowledge in area of specialization. Develops understanding and skills to allow for completion of assignments that cross fields of specialization. Develops leadership and management skills.

Responsibilities

Receives/Reviews progress and evaluates results of experiments or projects under control or supervisory responsibility.

Recommends changes in research, testing or experimental procedures.

May be responsible for a single highly technical and complex piece of research equipment.

May review and evaluate the effectiveness of personnel.

May plan for and assign personnel to projects under control.

Operates with latitude for unreviewed action.

May receive general supervision conferring with higher levels only in unusual situations.

Perform other job-related duties as required.

The postdoctoral position is a 1‑year position but renewable for multiple years. The CougAR Lab offers a competitive salary and fringe benefits, as well as support for a successful career in academic research. We are also hiring several new research faculty and affiliate researchers into the lab, who bring multiple lines of research on which a postdoctoral researcher could contribute. The successful candidate will be encouraged to submit the output of their work to scientific conferences and professional meetings, and funding for travel to those conferences is available through the lab.

Research Areas

Developing AR/VR/XR Applications/Systems/Environments

Data Visualization in AR/VR/XR

Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Collaboration in AR/VR/XR

Education/Training/Medical Applications and AR/VR/XR

AI Virtual Agents and AR/VR/XR

Application Procedures & Benefits
Applicants should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, copy of one selected publication and contact information of two references in a single PDF file. The recruitment committee will begin to screen applications immediately, and the process will continue until the positions are filled.

Other preferred qualifications include:

Experience in proposal writing

Strong programming or data analysis skills

Excellent academic writing and presentation skills

MQ: Requires singular knowledge of a specialized advanced professional discipline or the highest level of general business knowledge, normally acquired through attainment of a directly job-related terminal degree or equivalent formal training in a recognized field of specialization that is directly related to the type of work being performed. No experience is required.

All positions at the University of Houston-System are security sensitive and will require a criminal history check.

The University of Houston System and its universities are Equal Opportunity Institutions. Everyone is encouraged to apply.

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