[spectre] job announcement

[todd ingalls]

Associate  Research Technologist for Multimedia

The Arts Media and Engineering Program at Arizona State  University 
announces an opening for an associate research technologist  for 
multimedia as an Academic Professional at assistant or associate  
level. This is a one year, annually renewable appointment. The job  
responsibilities include:
	• 	Integration and development of multimedia interactive  systems
	• 	Development of online collaboration tools
	• 	 Co-chair of technology support panel
	• 	 Collaborative research on experiential systems
	• 	 Maintain cross platform hardware/software systems

  Required Qualifications: Bachelor's  degree in Computer Science or 
related field AND five years of related  experience; OR, Master’s 
degree in Computer Science or related  field AND three years of related 
experience.

Desired Qualifications: Demonstrated  knowledge of multimedia 
application usage scenarios, including communication  between clients 
over network; demonstrated effective communication skills.

  Application Deadline: Applications  received by February 2, 2005 will 
receive full consideration. If not  filled, applications will be 
reviewed every FOUR weeks thereafter until  the search is closed. The 
anticipated start date is August 16th, 2005.

  Application Procedure: Submit  cover letter of interest, CV, names, 
addresses and telephone numbers  for three professional references to: 
Chair, Associate Research Technologist  for Multimedia Search 
Committee, AME, P.O. Box 878709, Arizona State  University, Tempe, 
Arizona 85287-8709; OR, send electronic copies to  
ame_multimedia_search at asu.edu.

  General information: Arizona  State University, a Research Extensive 
Institution, is the fourth largest  U.S. University. The Fulton School 
of Engineering at ASU (http://fse.asu.edu)  is established among the 
leading engineering graduate schools in the  country with research 
expenditures in excess of $32M. The Herberger  College of Fine Arts 
(http://herbergercollege.asu.edu)  is one of the nation's leading 
institutions for the study, practice and development of the arts with 
many of its programs ranked in the  top ten nationally. The two 
Colleges have come together to create the  Arts, Media and Engineering 
Program (http://ame.asu.edu).  The goal of AME is to facilitate the 
parallel, integrated development  of media hardware, software, content 
and theory. The program has established  its own graduate 
interdisciplinary curriculum which includes AME concentrations  in 
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Dance, Visual Arts,  
Music, Theater and Psychology. AME facilities include a real-time 
motion  capture/analysis studio with multimodal feedback capabilities, 
a black  box mediated theater, video editing facilities, multimedia 
development  studio, sound research studio, digital arts gallery, 
mediated classrooms  and computing facilities.

Arizona State University is an  AA/EOE employer.