Professor/Director, Serious Games Institute, Coventry University, UK

Professor/Director, Serious Games Institute
Application closing date     17/01/2014
Faculty / School or Service     Faculty of Engineering and Computing
Salary     Grade 10, £57,900 - £84,930 per annum
Package     As one of Coventry's biggest employers, we offer some pretty impressive benefits including a final salary pension and generous holiday allowances
Job category/type     Academic
Job description    
Full-time


Recently rated "Modern University of the Year" by The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2014, and "Entrepreneurial University of the Year" in 2011 by The Times, Coventry University is really going places.  The Faculty of Engineering and Computing has invested GBP 55M over the last 3 years in state-of-the-art facilities for teaching and research, and has ambitious aspirations for its research profile toward REF2020.

We now seek a well-established and talented Professor, with a strong background in virtual worlds, serious games and HCI Pedagogy / Science of learning, to lead our Serious Games Institute (SGI), an International Centre for Excellence in Serious Games Applied Research, Business Engagement and study, which has a wide and varied portfolio of live FP7 and EPSRC funded projects.

With a strong track-record in research and securing major grants, you will have the clear vision, talent for leadership, and creativity to lead to new heights this ambitious 16-strong team of established, independent researchers and PhD students.  Your commitment to excellence will be matched by your collegiate approach, as you implement strategies for growth and development hand in hand with the Faculty in which the Institute resides.

We are seeking someone who shares the vision and ambition to ensure maximum impact from our research portfolio; providing research into innovative policy alternatives and relevant practical solutions, within a complex and changing world.

You will already have an international standing as a researcher and scholar, with proven abilities to inspire and engage a broad range of stakeholders.  The person appointed will have overall responsibility for the development and management of the SGI and will provide strategic direction to it. They will be expected to build on the external networks of collaboration with major stakeholders in government, business and civil society, in the UK and internationally.

For a discussion about the role and the contribution you could make in these exciting times, please contact Professor Elena Gaura, Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Engineering and Computing:  e.gaura@coventry.ac.uk   or 07757 425515.

The closing date for applications is Friday, 17th January (Midnight) and interviews are likely to take place at the end of January 2014.

https://staffrecruitment.coventry.ac.uk/tlive_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACANCY_ID=23604370EE&WVID=1861420Izv&LANG=USA

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Second International Workshop on Collaboration and Gaming (CoGames 2014)

Second International Workshop on Collaboration and Gaming (CoGames 2014)

Call for Papers and Participation

As part of The 2014 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS 2014)  

http://cts2014.cisedu.info

May 19-23, 2014

The Commons Hotel

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

In Cooperation with ACM, IEEE, and IFIP (Pending)

Submission Deadline: December 30, 2013

Submissions could be for full papers, short papers, poster papers, or posters


SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES
Development of video games is by definition a multi disciplinary process involving several professions, ranging from artists to engineers.  The AAA game titles produced today require rather large teams with a high level of competence (technology, programming, networks, architecture, etc.), creativity and skills.  Compared to traditional software development, game development is characterized by rapid changes of hardware, high performance requirements, and software requirements that are unstable and hard to predict.  Video games are also used for other purposes than pure entertainment, e.g., for education, training, exercising, and simulation.

In the current trends, game developers are focusing more and more on games where players must collaborate to achieve goals in the game.  Collaborative games introduce challenges for game developers to handle technical issues, performance issues, network issues, distributed environments, sharing of information, and heterogeneous networks and devices.  Further, collaborative games open new areas and applications for games to be used for new purposes that can benefit from more than just fun. Creation of these "serious collaborative games" adds additional challenges including matching of content and game activity and modeling of player proficiencies.  As players expect that games can be played anywhere, the integration of mobile gaming, hand-held and online-gaming on smartphones, consoles and tablets is becoming ever more important.  This integration introduces new challenges and leads to new opportunities.

This Workshop on Collaboration and Gaming - held as part of the 2014 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS 2014) - will focus on the area of collaboration and gaming, with emphasis on new game concepts, new technologies, evaluations, usage areas and games prototypes.  Special attention is dedicated to serious games, in particular for learning.  The aim is to have a dedicated track that fosters closer interactions among researchers, industry and users communities, providing an opportunity for them to meet and discuss their ideas.  We invite original contributions from researchers in academia and computer industry on these emerging and important areas of information technology.  Papers should contribute to an advancement over the state of the art, preferentially providing empirical results from new tools/systems and/or user studies.

CoGames Topics of Interest include (but are not limited to): • Collaborative games, game technology and game frameworks • Collaborative serious games • Platforms for collaborative games • Usability of collaborative games • Mobile collaborative games and game frameworks • Quality of service in collaborative games • Online collaborative games • Computational and artificial intelligence to support collaborative gaming • User profiling and performance assessment in collaborative games • Modelling of users and interactions • Learning and Adaptation in collaborative games • Reliability and availability in collaborative games • Real-time issues (e.g., networking, computation) in collaborative games • Integration and interoperability in collaborative games • Pervasive/ubiquitous collaborative games • New software engineering tools and methods for designing collaborative games • Requirement engineering of collaborative games • Design and software a!
rchitecture of collaborative games • Data mining in collaborative games • Database support for collaborative games • Testing and prototyping of collaborative games • Context-aware gaming • Privacy and Security in collaborative games • Repository and content management of collaborative games • Tools (authoring, assessment, etc.) and sub-systems for collaborative games • Human-Computer Interaction (devices, methodologies and tools) to support collaboration • Serious games aimed at supporting collaboration • Animation and Virtual Reality in game design • Learning and Adaptation in Collaborative Games • Human, social and psychological aspects of games • Business modelling and economic aspects of collaborative games

PAPER SUBMISSION
You are invited to submit original and unpublished research works on above and other topics related to collaboration technologies and systems in games and gaming.  Submitted papers must not have been published or simultaneously submitted elsewhere.  Submission should include a cover page with authors' names, affiliation addresses, fax numbers, phone numbers, and email addresses.  Please, indicate clearly the corresponding author and include up to 6 keywords from the above list of topics and an abstract of no more than 400 words.  The full manuscript should be at most 8 pages using the two-column IEEE format.  Additional pages will be charged additional fee.  Short papers (up to 4 pages), poster papers and posters (please refer to  http://cts2014.cisedu.info/home/posters   for the posters submission details) will also be accepted for submission.  Please include page numbers on all preliminary submissions to make it easier for reviewers to provide helpful comments.

Submit a PDF copy of your full manuscript via the Workshop submission Web page at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cogames2014.    If the submission is for a short paper, a poster paper, or a poster, please indicate that on the manuscript as well.

Only PDF files will be accepted, uploaded to the Workshop link above.  Each paper will receive a minimum of three reviews.  Papers will be selected based on their relevance, contribution to advance the state if the art, originality, technical value and clarity of presentation.  Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper, if accepted.  Authors of accepted papers must guarantee that their papers will be registered and presented at the workshop.

Accepted papers will be published in the Conference proceedings.  Instructions for final manuscript format and requirements will be posted on the CTS 2014 Conference web site.  It is our intent to have the proceedings formally published in hard and soft copies and be available at the time of the conference.  The proceedings is projected to be included in the IEEE Digital Library and indexed in major indexing services accordingly.

If you have any questions about paper submission or the workshop, please contact the workshop organizers.

http://cts2014.cisedu.info/2-conference/workshops/workshop-18-cogames

IMPORTANT DATES
Paper Submissions: --------------------------------------- December 30, 2013 Acceptance Notification: --------------------------------- January 21, 2014 Camera Ready Papers and Registration Due: ---------  February 21, 2014 Conference Dates:  ---------------------------------------  May 19 - 23, 2014


WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS
Francesco Bellotti
   ELIOS Lab - DITEN
   University of Genoa, Via Opera Pia 11/a, 16145 Genoa, Italy
   Phone: + 39-010-3532227
   Fax:     + 39-010-3532795
   Skype:  f.bellotti
   Email:   franz@elios.unige.it

Kristen DiCerbo
     Pearson
     Center for Digital Experience and Analytics, 400 Center Ridge Drive, Austin, TX 78753, USA
     Voice:  +
     Fax:     +
     Email: kristen.dicerbo@pearson.com

C. Shaun Longstreet
      Center for Teaching and Learning
      Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA
      Voice: +1 (414) 288-0263
      Fax:    +
      Email:  shaun.longstreet@marquette.edu, cslongstreet@gmail.com                                               

International Program Committee*:
All submitted papers will be reviewed by the workshop technical program committee members following similar criteria used in CTS 2014. • Aida Azadegan, University of the West of Scotland (UWS), U.K.
• Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge, University of Bremen, Germany • Riccardo Berta, University of Genoa, Italy • Rafael Bidarra, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands • Maira Carvalho, DITEN, University of Genoa, Italy • Brent Cowan, University of Ontario, Canada * • Alessandro De Gloria, University of Genoa, Italy • Giusy Fiucci, ORT, Paris, France • Casper Harteveld, Northeastern University, MA, USA • Andrew Hogue,  University of Ontario, Canada * • Sebastian Kelle, Stuttgart Media University, Germany • Ralf Klamma, RWTH Aachen, Germany • Theo Lim, Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh, U.K.
• Michael Kickmaier-Rust, Technical University of Graz, Austria • Pablo Moreno Ger, University Complutense Madrid, Spain • Michela Mortara, CNR IMATI, Genoa, Italy • Magda Popescu, National Defence University "Carol I", Romania * • Margarida Romero, ESADE Barcelona, Spain • Ioana Stanescu, Advanced Distributed Learning,  Romania


For information or questions about Conference's paper submission, tutorials, posters, workshops, special sessions, exhibits, demos, panels and forums organization, doctoral colloquium, and any other information about the conference location, registration, paper formatting, etc., please consult the Conference's web site at URL: http://cts2014.cisedu.info/home   or contact one of the Conference's organizers or Co-Chairs.

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GALA Conference - Press Release

This is the official press release for the upcoming GALA conference on Serious Games and Learning. Please re-distribute.

GaLA Conference 2013

Dassault Systemes will host the 2^ndGames and Learning Alliance (GaLA) international conference (www.galaconf.org). The conference will be chaired by Alessandro De Gloria, who is full professor of electronic engineering at the University of Genoa, president of the Serious Games Society (www.seriousgamessociety.org) and coordinator of the Game and Learning Alliance  (GaLA) (www.galanoe.eu), European Union 7^th Framework Programme Network of Excellence (NoE) dedicated to Serious Games, that are computer games ad-hoc designed for education and training.

The conference will take place at the Dassault Paris Vélizy Campus from Wednesday October 23^rd to Friday October 25^th.

The conference has been organized by the GaLA NoE and by the Serious Games Society (SGS) (www.seriousgamessociety.org), an international association for promoting research, development and use of serious games.

Organization of a conference specifically devoted to Serious Games (SGs) has the aim of gathering, building and nurturing an expert community on SGs which involves academic, industrial developers, teachers and corporate decision makers, to promote knowledge share, technology transfer and business development.

The conference received a huge amount of submissions concerning SGs. This has allowed the organizers to prepare six high quality sessions, with 25 speeches covering all the major phases of SG design and deployment, from the theoretical foundations to the real-world application use cases. Two panels are also foreseen, with a special focus on SG research roadmap and on technology transfer from labs to market, respectively.

The conference will host two key-note speeches. James Stewart, researcher at the European Commission Joint Research Centre IPTS, Seville, will deliver a speech on “Serious Games for empowerment and social inclusion”, while Donald Brinkman, who manages external programs in digital humanities, digital heritage and games for learning at Microsoft Research in the US, will give a talk on “Serious Play for Lifelong Learning”.

The first day of the conference will be devoted to workshops and tutorials, with academic and industrial coverage. The covered topics range from gamification to virtual reality environments, from industrial training through SGs to pedagogy-based game design. An industry event will take place on Wednesday afternoon.

As applied research should systematically confront itself with the marketplace, in parallel to the conference, a Serious Games Exhibition will take place (on Wednesday 23^rd and Thursday 24^th), with field leading-edge companies showing their products and doing networking.

A Doctoral School, directed by prof. Ana Paiva, of Inesc-Id, will be held on Wednesday 23^rd (http://gaips.inesc-id.pt/gala-dc/). In this event, PhD students will have the opportunity to present their work, ideas and methodology to their colleagues and a group of experienced tutors. The idea is that tutors will provide personalized feedback on the presented works. We believe this will help enormously the research of young academics entering the field of Serious games.

During the gala dinner, on Thursday night, the GaLA awards ceremony will take place, awarding the best academic papers.

The GaLA conference 2014 will take place in Bucharest (Romania), in June 2014.

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First GALA Serious Games Doctoral Consortium, Paris, France

First Serious Games Doctoral Consortium

http://gaips.inesc-id.pt/gala-dc/

Wednesday, October 23, 2013, Paris, France

If you are a PhD student or candidate in the area of Serious Games we would like to invite you to participate in the First Serious Games Doctoral Consortium to be held in the GALA Conference (http://www.galaconf.org/), Paris. It will be a full day event in which you will have the opportunity to present your work, ideas and methodology to field experts that will provide you with personalized feedback. 

The event will also feature a keynote talk focusing on Serious Games research and a panel in which participants and tutors will debate the impacts and challenges that students face during their PhD programs.

Submissions

Each participant should submit a work in progress paper OR a research proposal OR a first year research plan from their PhD. The work submitted should not exceed 4 pages and authors are recommended to follow the template used for the GALA Conference: http://www.galaconf.org/download/template.doc 

To submit, simply send your work to both:

ana.paiva@inesc-id.pt

goncalo.pereira@gaips.inesc-id.pt

Deadline

7th October 2013

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1 Postdoc and 2 PhD positions in Game Studies, The Netherlands

Utrecht University (UU), Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) and Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) are looking for highly motivated Postdoc and PhD candidates who consider it a challenge to conduct their research in the context of a collaborative research project funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) on Persuasive gaming. From theory-based design to validation and back. The project is a collaboration between UU, TU/e, EUR and a number of Dutch game developers.

Project description

The research in this collaborative project is concerned with the characteristics, design principles, and effectiveness of persuasive gaming. We study gaming practices that combine the dissemination of information with attempts to engage players in particular behaviors and attitudes. The project has three subprojects: two PhD projects and one Postdoc project. The PhD projects focus on design principles (TU/e) and validation (EUR), the Postdoc project  focuses on the persuasive dimensions of serious games (UU).

Offer

Employments start October 1, 2013. The postdoc contract will be running for 3,0 years, the PhD contracts will be running for 4,0 years. Apply until: 19 August 2013. In the Netherlands, a PhD and a Postdoc are considered to be proper jobs. In other words, they are paid to conduct their research.

Additional information

Additional information about the positions can be obtained through the following link: www.persuasivegaming.nl.

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Assistant Professor Interaction Technology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Assistant Professor Interaction Technology

Job description
The cluster Interaction Technology of the Department of Information and Computing Sciences is recruiting an  Assistant Professor. As prospective candidate you have expertise and experience in scientific research and education in relevant areas of computer science and information science. The research lies in the area of technologies for interaction between different media, virtual worlds, users, and their environment. The teaching tasks lie primarily in the bachelor studies Computer Science, and Information Science, and the master program Game & Media Technology. It is expected that the Assistant Professor will develop an independent line of research within the field of interaction technology in cooperation with the other members of the cluster Interaction Technology.

This cluster researches new techniques for engaging interaction between users and various forms of media, such as images, movies, sounds, music, virtual characters, as well as augmented and completely virtual worlds. For this, various modalities, such as movement, touch, sound, brain signals, and other forms of bio-signals are investigated. We focus on the design, development, analysis and evaluation of new concepts, models and algorithms for innovative interaction. We take human aspects such as validation, efficiency, efficacy, communication, perception, cognition and emotion into account.

The work tasks for this position include:
- Performing scientific research in the field of interaction technology.
- Acquiring research funding and supervising PhD students.
- Developing and teaching courses, especially in Computer Science, Information Science, and Game & Media Technology.
- Supervising student projects, internships, and Master theses.
- Taking care of dessimination and valorization in the domain of serious gaming.
- Performing organizational activities within the cluster, department or faculty.

Qualifications
We are looking for candidates with a PhD in a relevant area. Experience in academic education within a university setting is desired. The candidate shall have published on relevant areas in international conferences and journals. Well-developed teaching skills and command of English in speaking and writing are a requirement. Candidates who prefer part-time employment are also invited to apply.

Offer
We offer an attractive position in a dynamic environment. The appointment is for three to five years. The position is full-time, but part-time employment is possible. The salary is between € 2890 scale 10) and € 5,020 (scale 12) gross per month for a full-time appointment depending on education and experience. Additionally, excellent secondary benefits are provided, such as 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% end of year bonus. We offer a pension scheme, partially paid parental leave and flexible working conditions. For more information see the terms of employment: http://goo.gl/nMy83.

About the organization
The Department of Computer Science (see http://www.cs.uu.nl) is nationally and internationally renowned for its  research in computer science and information science. The research of the department is grouped into four clusters: Software Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Worlds, and Interaction Technology. Its research focus is on Game Technology, one of the four research focus areas of the Faculty of Science. Both the Department and the Faculty strive to strengthen the fundamental research in computer science and information science with applications in gaming technology and expand in the domain of interaction technology.
The Department offers bachelor programs in computer science and information science, and four English-language research master-programs including Game & Media Technology. High enrollment figures and good student ratings indicate the success of our educational programs.

Additional information
For more information please contact Prof. dr Remco Veltkamp at tel. +31.30.253.4091, or email R.C.Veltkamp@uu.nl.

Apply
Your application must contain a motivation letter, your CV with publication list, teaching and research statement, and contact details of at least two references. You can respond via the link: http://goo.gl/4pG1I.

The deadline for applications is 1 May 2013.

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PhD Studentship for Game Data Analytics - Serious Games Institute, Coventry University, UK

Coventry University Serious Game Institute and Hildebrand

3-year PhD studentship, 2013–2016
Game Data Analytics: Game Mechanics as Motivators – The Behavioural Economics of Energy Use
Fixed-term, 36 months: £13,000 per annum (tax free) + tuition fees
Application deadline: 15 March
See also: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AGB264/phd-studentship-in-game-data-analytics/
Applicants are invited for a fully-funded PhD studentship examining the behavioural economics of energy use and specifically the use of game mechanics as motivators.
The Serious Games Institute at Coventry University is globally recognised as a Centre of Excellence for the serious applications of game technology, such as video games, virtual worlds and social networking. Hildebrand is the world-leading expert in data collection, management and presentation for the energy sector and combines research with real-world experience to deliver innovative solutions for its clients. This studentship forms part of a close collaboration between Hildebrand, and the Serious Games Institute at Coventry University. The three-year project will cover the use of game mechanics as motivational tools, primarily for promoting behavioural and attitudinal change towards more responsible energy consumption. Research will seek to gain insight into understanding the use of game mechanics for promoting desired behaviour, using monitoring and assessment of real-time energy data. The PhD student will work closely with the SGI and Hildebrand. The successful candidate will be primarily based at Hildebrand's London offices; though will be an active member of the applied research group at the Serious Games Institute, led by Prof. Sara de Freitas, and will have the opportunity to attend regular tutorials and courses at Coventry University's Serious Games Institute.
Candidate specification
The successful candidate should have or expect to obtain a Masters or first-class honours degree in a relevant discipline, such as psychology, social/behavioural science, economics, computer science, physics, mathematics, or game design.
We are looking for a creative individual with a good understanding of, and keen interest in, game mechanics and game design. This should be supported by sound knowledge of research methodologies and the desire to closely align both research and game development work. A basic understanding of data collection methods, together with some knowledge of analytical techniques would be advantageous. Existing skills relevant to game development, for example previous experience working with a game engine, game development environment, or 3D design tools, would also be beneficial.
Informal enquiries may be addressed to Dr Maurice Hendrix maurice.hendrix@coventry.ac.uk. Please note that applications sent to this email address will not be accepted.
Complete the application form and return with a covering letter to:
Research Admissions Team
Student Centre
Coventry University
Priory Street
Coventry
CV1 5FB
UK
Fax: +44 (0) 24 7688 8609
Email: research-apps.pg@coventry.ac.uk

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Games and Learning Alliance Conference (GaLA conference 2013)

Games and Learning Alliance Conference (GaLA conference 2013)

At Dassault Systemes, Paris, October 23-25 2013

AIMS AND SCOPE
There is a wide consensus in the scientific community about the educational potential of Serious Games. And serious games are being used in professional and corporate contexts to teach skills and new competences, which is particularly important in a lifelong learning perspective, to engage and train workforce, to discover and develop leaders, and to support sharing of knowledge and experience. Serious games are promising also in fields such as healthcare and personal development.
Serious games are very well suited to motivate learners and, exploiting the latest simulation and visualization technologies, are able to contextualize the player’s experience in stimulating and realistic environments. Furthermore, a large and growing population is increasingly familiar with playing games, which makes them particularly suited as a powerful instructional tool.
However, so far, only few tests have clearly shown the educational effectiveness of serious games. In general, most authors agree that more extensive tests need to be performed in order to provide valid and reliable evidence for effectiveness of serious games as educational tools. Serious games should lead to improved learning in an efficient and attractive way. We believe that providing evidence of these benefits is key to promote serious games for education and training amongst the large public of families, teachers and stakeholders.
Furthermore, there is a growing concern that there is a need for scientific and engineering methods for building games as means that provide effective learning experiences. An effective application of SGs for education and training demands appropriate metrics, analytics, tools, and techniques for in-game user assessment, in order to allow meeting the educational goals, provide proper user feedback and support adaptivity. This can be achieved in particular by measuring elements such as learning outcomes and engagement, considering the twofold nature of SGs as compelling games that achieve some precise educational goals. We believe that this is necessary in order to develop a new generation of SGs that are able to meet the above mentioned expectations and the requirements for availability of more effective education-supporting tools.

CALL FOR PAPERS

We are seeking original contributions that advance the state of the art in the technologies and knowledge available to support development and deployment of serious games. Experimental studies are strongly encouraged.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

Pedagogical foundations track:

• Pedagogical theories and their applications in the field of serious games
• User modeling
• Methodologies and principles for serious games user assessment
• Support for educators and trainers
• Pedagogical principles of gamification
• Support higher-order thinking through serious games

Serious Game design track:

• Mapping educational outcomes and principles into serious game mechanics
• Serious game mechanics joining entertainment and pedagogical goals (at all the levels)
• Mapping pedagogical principles and serious games mechanics
• Gamification design
• Design of score and rewards
• How to balance realism (also in timing), engagement, learning and entertainment?

Technology track:

• Advanced Human-Computer Interaction for serious games (hardware, software)
• Artificial intelligence for serious games
• Neuro-scientific principles, experiments and applications
• Technological support for collaborative games
• User modeling and profiling
• Adaptivity
• Augmented and virtual reality
• Support for learner performance assessment (stealth, formative, summative) 
• Provision of feedback
• Efficient development tools
• Support for educators and trainers
• Support for gamification
• Learning analytics
• Modeling and simulation
• Interopreability and standards

Application track:

• User studies applying serious games in formal education
• User studies applying serious games in training (professional, corporate and executive training, skill development and other workforce programs)
• Case studies on developing/deploying serious games in application domains such as business, management, entrepreneurship, environment, cultural heritage, health, smart buildings, humanities, engineering, manufacturing, security, safety, ethics, etc.
• User studies of applying serious games in the above domains, studying effectiveness for learning/training
• Understanding how, when, with whom, for what to use serious games
• Gamification in various application domains
• Verification of learning transfer
• Study of the long-term impact
• Assessing personal abilities through serious games
• Usability studies

Industrial track:

• Serious games market studies
• Business models for serious games
• Pervasive gaming
• Mobile gaming
• Gamification
• Products to support serious games development and deployment

IMPORTANT DATES

Papers (10 pages) submission: May 31th2013
Call for Workshops (4 pages) submission: April 26th 2013
Call for Tutorials (4 pages) submission: May 31th 2013

Notification date for Papers: September 6th 2013

Notification date for Workshops: May 15^th 2013

Notification date for Tutorials: June 19^th 2013

Camera Ready Papers and Registration Due: ------ September 27, 2013
Conference Dates:  ------------------------------------------- October 23 - 25, 2013

More info:
http://www.galaconf.org

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Assistant Professor Software Architecture & Game Production, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Assistant Professor Software Architecture & Game Production (2 x 1.0 FTE)

Job description

The cluster Software Systems of the Department of Information and Computing Sciences is recruiting two Assistant Professors for the bachelor Information Science and the master Business Informatics, and for research in the area of software production. As prospective Assistant Professor you have expertise and experience in scientific education and research in information science or computer science.
Preferably, you have expertise in the field of software architecture, product software development, game production, or the methodology of software deployment and operations, and possibly also in entrepreneurship and innovation in the gaming and software industries.
It is expected that the Assistant Professor will develop an independent line of research within the field of software production in cooperation with the other members of the cluster Software Systems.

The tasks include:
- performing scientific research in the field of software production, in particular software architecture or game production;
- supervising PhD students and acquiring research funding;
- developing and teaching courses, especially within the Master Business Informatics and Information Science Bachelor;
- supervising internships and theses;
- organizational activities within the cluster, department or faculty.

Qualifications
We are looking for candidates with a PhD, preferably in the above areas.
Experience in academic education within a university setting is desired.
The candidate shall have published on the aforementioned areas in national and international conferences and / or journals. Well-developed teaching skills and command of English in speaking and writing are a requirement. Candidates who prefer part-time employment are also invited to apply by specifying the desired part-time ratio.

Offer
We offer two attractive functions in a dynamic environment. The appointment is for three or five years. The total size of the functions is 100%, but part-time is possible. The salary depends on education and experience between € 2861, - (scale 10) and € 4970, - (scale 12) gross per month for a full-time appointment. Additionally, excellent secondary benefits are provided, such as 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% end of year bonus.
We offer a pension scheme, partially paid parental leave and flexible working conditions. For more information see the terms of employment:
http://bit.ly/WhlOIB
The department provides the candidate the necessary support for the arrangements of the education and research line.

About the organization
The Faculty of Science at Utrecht University comprises six departments:
Biology, Pharmacy, Information and Computer Sciences, Physics and Astronomy, Chemistry and Mathematics. It has 3500 students and nearly 2000 employees, and is internationally known for its quality in research. The academic programs of the Faculty reflect developments in society and the science of today.

The Department of Computer Science is nationally and internationally renowned for its fundamental research in computer science and information science. Its research is positioned in game technology, one of the four research themes of the Faculty of Science. Both the Department and the Faculty strive to strengthen the research in computer science and information science with applications in gaming technology and expand in the domains of interaction technology, artificial intelligence for games, and the study of game architectures. The research of the department is grouped into four clusters: Software Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Worlds and Interaction Technology.
The Department offers bachelor programs in computer science and information science, and four English-language research master-programs including Business Informatics. High enrollment figures and good student ratings make the education very successful. Information Science and Business Informatics at Utrecht combine knowledge from different
disciplines: computer science, management science, information sciences and social sciences.

Chair of Software Production
The Chair of Software production is part of the Cluster Software Systems. It provides education and conducts research on the application of information and communication technology in organizations. In education the chair contributes in particular to the Bachelor of Information Science and the Master Business Informatics, of which they are the program leader.
In its research, the chair focuses on the methodology of software
production: standard software and information services for a specific market segment. We are working on three research themes: methodology of product development (requirements, architecture, deployment, quality assurance), implementation and knowledge management, and entrepreneurship in ecosystems. The research is highly experimental and empirical in nature. Currently the chair consists of 1 full professor, 5 associate and assistant professors and 18 PhD students. The Chair organizes the Netherlands ICT SoftwareVOC, a knowledge network for CXO roles in the software industry, for knowledge building and empirical research in this sector. Postgraduate courses are also provided in the area of software product management.

Additional information
For more information please contact Prof.dr. Sjaak Brinkkemper
+31.30.253.3175 or +31.655.171.985, email: S.Brinkkemper@uu.nl. A
description of the research fields software architecture and game production is available.

Apply
Your application must contain a motivation letter, your CV with publication list, and contact details of at least two references. You can respond via the link: http://bit.ly/V8nAKJ .

The deadline for applications is 20 March 2013.

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