VercherJeanLouis
10-02-2006, 04:51 PM
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Neuroscience and Virtual Reality, University of the Mediterranean, Marseille, France
The Movement & Perception Lab, affiliated to CNRS and University of the Mediterranean (Marseille, France) is offering a permanent position, at the level of Assistant Professor. The lab's main topic is the study of central and peripheral mechanisms for the control and perception of human movements.
The candidate will be part of the development of Virtual Reality (immersive room, Movelite by Barco) and Motion Analysis (Vicon) technological platforms, designed for experimental investigations of human movement production and perception.
Research topics include (but not limited to): Visual control of displacement, Spatial orientation, multi-sensory integration, immersion and presence, models of human motion
As concerns teaching, the candidate will be involved in Sports Sciences and in Human Movement Sciences courses. Teaching fields will include Neuroscience and Psychology. One objective will be to organize a course in Virtual Reality applied to the above scientific domains. The candidate will demonstrate his/her competence in Neuroscience and Psychology. Experience in Virtual Reality will be appreciated. International experience and indexed publications will be a plus. As teaching is in french, the candidate must be fluent in this language.
The candidate must be offically qualified for this type of academic employment by the "Conseil National des Universités", in any section related to the field. The qualification must be valid at the date of the application. The position starts next september.
Submit CV, motivation and recommendation letters to
Jean-Louis Vercher
UMR 6152 Mouvement Perception
CNRS UNIVERSITE DE LA MEDITERRANEE
IFR Etienne-Jules Marey
Faculté des Sciences du Sport, CP 910
av. de Luminy F-13288 Marseille cedex 09 (FRANCE)
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secretary : .. +33 (0)491 17 22 50
Fax : ........ +33 (0)491 17 22 52
E-mail : ..... mailto:jean-louis.vercher@univmed.fr
Web : ........ http://www.laps.univ-mrs.fr/
The Movement & Perception Lab, affiliated to CNRS and University of the Mediterranean (Marseille, France) is offering a permanent position, at the level of Assistant Professor. The lab's main topic is the study of central and peripheral mechanisms for the control and perception of human movements.
The candidate will be part of the development of Virtual Reality (immersive room, Movelite by Barco) and Motion Analysis (Vicon) technological platforms, designed for experimental investigations of human movement production and perception.
Research topics include (but not limited to): Visual control of displacement, Spatial orientation, multi-sensory integration, immersion and presence, models of human motion
As concerns teaching, the candidate will be involved in Sports Sciences and in Human Movement Sciences courses. Teaching fields will include Neuroscience and Psychology. One objective will be to organize a course in Virtual Reality applied to the above scientific domains. The candidate will demonstrate his/her competence in Neuroscience and Psychology. Experience in Virtual Reality will be appreciated. International experience and indexed publications will be a plus. As teaching is in french, the candidate must be fluent in this language.
The candidate must be offically qualified for this type of academic employment by the "Conseil National des Universités", in any section related to the field. The qualification must be valid at the date of the application. The position starts next september.
Submit CV, motivation and recommendation letters to
Jean-Louis Vercher
UMR 6152 Mouvement Perception
CNRS UNIVERSITE DE LA MEDITERRANEE
IFR Etienne-Jules Marey
Faculté des Sciences du Sport, CP 910
av. de Luminy F-13288 Marseille cedex 09 (FRANCE)
-------------------------------------------------
secretary : .. +33 (0)491 17 22 50
Fax : ........ +33 (0)491 17 22 52
E-mail : ..... mailto:jean-louis.vercher@univmed.fr
Web : ........ http://www.laps.univ-mrs.fr/