Assistant Professor (UD) in Game Technology

The Faculty of Science at Utrecht University in the Netherlands consists of six departments: Biology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Information and Computing Sciences, Physics and Astronomy, Chemistry and Mathematics. The Faculty is home to 3500 students and nearly 2000 staff and is internationally renowned for the quality of its research.

The cluster Game and Media Technology of the Department of Information and
Computing Sciences has a vacancy for an Assistant Professor (UD) in Game Technology


Salary: The gross salary lies between € 2379,- and maximum € 4970,- per month.

Job description: Game technology is an important area of research and education in the department. The candidate will contribute to the further advancement of the research on simulation and visualization of virtual characters, in the context of games and virtual world. Typical research topics can include: physical simulation of characters (skin simulation, surgery simulation, simulation of emotions and expressions, hair and cloth simulation, …), animation techniques, path planning and crowd simulation, manipulation of the environment by virtual characters, steering of virtual characters, or modelling and rendering characters and crowds. The candidate will take part in the teaching in the track game technology (www.gametechnologie.nl) in the bachelor program Computer Science, and in the master program Game and Media Technology (www.gametechnology.eu). Also the candidate will help organize various activities related to these programs, in particular the Creative Game Challenge (www.creativegamechallenge.nl), a game development competition for high school students.

Requirements: Candidates should have a PhD in computer science. They must show a
strong research record in the indicated domain. Candidates should also have the
potential to acquire research grants from external agencies. They should have some
teaching experience. Candidates should have a clear affinity with games which shows
from their research, teaching, or other activities. Also communicative and organizational skills are important.

Conditions of employment: The candidate is offered a full-time position for three
years. The salary is supplemented with a holiday bonus of 8% and an end-of-year bonus of 8,3% per year. In addition we offer: a pension scheme, a partially paid parental leave, flexible employment conditions. Conditions are based on the Collective Labour Agreement Dutch Universities. The research group will provide the candidate with necessary support on all aspects of the project. More information you can find on the website:

http://www.uu.nl/EN/informationfor/jobseekers/Working-for-Utrecht-University/terms-of-employment/Pages/default.aspx

Additional Information: Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained
from: prof. dr. Mark Overmars, tel. +31 30 253 37 36, e-mail: m.h.overmars@cs.uu.nl.
As part of the selection procedure, the candidate is expected to give an outline of his/her research plans in a written report and an oral presentation.

Sending your applications: Please send your application (including a letter of
motivation, curriculum vitae and contact details of at least two references) before June 20, 2010 to email: Science.PenO@uu.nl. Please mention vacancy number 64003.