[humaine news] NUS Open Faculty Position / (reward system, action selection, memory, and social neuroscience)

[Jonathan Gratch]

Open Faculty Position / (reward system, action selection, memory, and
social neuroscience)

National University of Singapore

 

We are looking for a young research talent for a joint position as
tenure-track faculty of the NUS Psychology department and as a group
lead within the Games Lab of the Interactive and Digital Media Institute
(IDMI). The candidate should have background in the area of the reward
system, action selection, memory, and/or social neuroscience, and be
interested in tackling questions related to entertainment/gaming
experiences, like "which are the factors and mechanics regulating reward
magnitude", "how are reward and pleasure correlated", "which are the
factors and mechanics regulating the memory of a reward experience",
"how does social reward work", "what are the mechanics of persuasion"

etc.

 

Besides work at the Psychology department and IDMI, the candidate will
be able to cooperate with the National University Hospital for the
research, e.g., making use of some of the world's most powerful
head/brain imaging facilities.

 

Applications will be channeled though an NRF Research Fellowship
programme
(https://rita.nrf.gov.sg/AboutUs/NRF_Initiatives/NRF_RF_2008/default.asp

x) with a deadline of September 30, i.e., please send your application

to: Alexander Nareyek <alex at ai-center.com> as soon as possible because
the formal things need to be prepared quite a bit earlier. CV and cover
letter is sufficient to start with.

 

The Psychology programme of the National University of Singapore was
first introduced during the 1986-87 academic year and is the oldest
psychology programme in Singapore. NUS offers a full undergraduate
programme, including an honours course, as well as Masters and Ph.D.

programmes. Since its inception, the psychology programme has attracted
a strong response from students in the Faculty of Arts & Social
Sciences. For more information on the history and evolution of the
department, please take a look at the following article "Psychology in
Singapore" by George Bishop:

http://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/getArticle.cfm?id=2343

 

The Interactive and Digital Media Institute of the National University
of Singapore was set up in 2007 and hosts multi-disciplinary
laboratories on Games, Mixed Reality, Ambient Intelligence, Arts and
Creativity, Multimedia Sensing, Multimodal Analysis, Social and
Cognitive, and Social Robotics. The Games Lab itself focuses on
artificial intelligence and experience generation, procedural content
generation, and neurological/psychological basics. The candidate will
take over the group lead role for the last area.

 

Founded in 1905, the National University of Singapore (NUS) is a premier
institution of higher learning in Asia, and consistently ranks among the
top universities in the world. The university offers a comprehensive
range of disciplines and has over 32,000 students from 88 countries.

 

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Alexander Nareyek

http://www.ai-center.com/home/alex/
<http://www.ai-center.com/home/alex/> 

 

Tel: +65 9223 1756 (mobile/cell)

Fax: +65 6779 1103

 

Director @ interactive intelligence Labs:

http://www.ai-center.com/ii-labs/

Block E4, Level 5, Room 25

Department of Electrical & Computer

Engineering

National University of Singapore

4 Engineering Drive 3

Singapore 117576

 

Director @ NUS Games Lab:

http://www.ai-center.com/games-lab/

IDM Institute

National University of Singapore

21 Lower Kent Ridge Road

Singapore 119077 

 

 

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