On 12th July, DMKs Dr. Maria Mencia is convening an international roundtable ‘ From the Page to the Screen to Augmented Reality: New Modes of Language-driven Mediated Research’. In order to develop language-driven collaborative research practice, we have set up a preliminary roundtable workshop involving scholars, writers, theoreticians and creative practitioners from Kingston University and other European Universities to discuss the relevance of new technologies in the creation of language mediated practice. We invite the participation of researchers, in particular, those who have just begun to consider the implications and possible use of new technologies in their research practice, as well as international researchers who have migrated from more traditional print-based research practices to multimedial and interdisciplinary research methods that make use of computers, networks, and mobile technologies.

The day will begin with the keynote Professor Jay David Bolter, Director of the Wesley New Media Center and Wesley Chair of New Media at the Georgia Institute of Technology.  He is the author of Turing’s Man: Western Culture in the  Computer Age (1984); Writing Space: The Computer, Hypertext, and  the History of Writing,  (1991; second edition 2001); Remediation (1999), with Richard Grusin; and Windows and Mirrors (2003), with Diane Gromala. In addition to writing about new media, Bolter collaborates in the construction of new digital media forms. With Michael Joyce, he created Storyspace, a hypertext authoring system. With the AEL collaborators at Georgia Tech, he is helping to build Augmented Reality (AR) and mobile technology systems to stage dramatic and narrative experiences for art, entertainment and informal education. He is also working with colleagues at Georgia Tech on the theory and practice of performance in digital environments.

Sitting around the Table will be: Dr Serge Bouchardon (University of Technology of Compiegne–FR), Dr Scott Rettberg (Digital Cuture–UiB), Dr Maria Engberg (Blekinge Technical Institute–SWE) Talan Memmott (Blekinge Technical Institute–SWE), Dr Zuzana Husarova (Institute of World Literature, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia), Dr Laura Borrás (University of Barcelona SP) Kate Pullinger (De Montfort University UK) Joerg Piringer (Independent -Austria) Dr. Alexandra Saemmer (Paris 8-FR) Dr Thiresia Spilioti (Kingston University-UK) Dr Korina Giaxoglou (Kingston University-UK), Jerome Fletcher (University College Falmouth, UK), Prof. Martin Rieser (Institute of Creative Technologies and The Faculty of Art and Design at De Montfort, UK),
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Interactive Systems: Computer Graphics Centre

University of Sussex – School of Informatics Salary: £26,391 per annum
We are looking for a research assistant to take on the role of gaming network programmer on a very unique and exciting motion capture game project. You would be working in the Interactive Systems: Computer Graphics Centre here at the University of Sussex in a small, but highly dedicated and talented team. As a gaming network programmer you would be responsible for developing the eMove gaming network architecture for a sample game that allows multi-player participation. Your responsibilities (in collaboration with the team) would include the specification and design of the gaming architecture to include consideration of: scalability, flexibility in deployment, flexibility in gaming design, performance, functions, security, etc.

Skills required:

• Expertise in gaming client-server networking and architectures
• Expertise in web applications servers (for the gaming lobby)
• Expertise in database servers for game persistence
• Willing to work in a research lab environment
• Communicative, enthusiastic and an avid gamer

Skills Preferred

• Unreal engine networking skills
• Unreal scripting skills
• Motion capture familiarity

If you have these skills, you have the opportunity to join us in the Interactive Systems: Computer Graphics Centre, see www.sussex.ac.uk/graphics, working on the eMove-Personal Motion Sensing System project, see www.emovegames.com. Successful candidates will have as a minimum a first degree in a computer science or related area, ideally with some programming experience around gaming.   You will be appointed within the School of Informatics working with the eMove research team in lead by Dr Martin White (Principle Investigator). You will be expected to pursue project based research goals and to actively contribute to project deliverables. You should also have good organisational and good interpersonal skills; travel to project partners is required for meetings; and collaboration with other researchers is essential. To apply, send a brief CV (1-2 pages) and a completed application form to informaticsrecruitment@sussex.ac.uk. Applicants should arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent by email to Dr. Martin White (m.white@sussex.ac.uk). For informal inquiries please contact Dr. Martin White, Department of Informatics, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9JQ, UK; m.white@sussex.ac.uk.

Closing date for applications: 17 June 2010 For full details and how to apply see www.sussex.ac.uk/jobs

University of Surrey – Department of Sociology Close Date Thursday, June 24, 2010

Applications are invited for a full time Research Fellow in Digital Storytelling to work on the Community Generated Media project. The project aims to make mobile digital storytelling technology available to diverse communities in the developing world. The post holder will be responsible for understanding indigenous forms of storytelling in our partner communities in South Africa, and applying this to the creation of digital story forms and processes. The post is available for 17 months from September 2010. The researcher will be based at Digital World Research Centre at the University of Surrey and supervised by Professor David Frohlich. The post holder will also make three field trips to the Capetown area of South Africa in collaboration with a local ethnographer, NGO and the University of Capetown. Surrey is one of three UK universities involved in the project which is itself part of the Digital Economy research programme: http://www.rcukdigitaleconomy.org.uk/. This will involve collaboration with other groups, and travel to UK project and programme meetings. The post would suit an applied media or communication studies researcher with an interest in new forms of social media. Candidates should have a first degree in an arts, humanities or social science subject. Candidates should also hold a second degree and a PhD (or near completion) in sociolinguistics, culture, media or communication studies, and/or a socio-technical systems field. The postholder will be required to have specialised training or research experience in multimedia creation and editing. Digital World Research Centre is a multidisciplinary research group doing user-centred innovation in digital media technology (http://www.dwrc.surrey.ac.uk/). To apply on line, please visit http://www.surrey.ac.uk/vacancies. Alternatively please contact Léonie Burton via email on Leonie.Burton@surrey.ac.uk or by telephone on + 44 (0)1483 689955 quoting reference 7616. To send an application, please post to Léonie Burton, HR Assistant, Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, UK.

University of Sussex – School of Media, Film and Music

The Department of Media and Film seeks to appoint a 0.6 Tutorial Fellow in Media Practice, specialising in photography and video production. You will be part of an exciting team of lecturers and tutors in media practice (video, photography, interactive media and radio), teaching on undergraduate and taught postgraduate courses. You will be expected to teach photography and video practice at undergraduate level and supervise students’ projects in these areas at undergraduate and taught postgraduate level. You should have a good first degree and a higher degree in a relevant area, a broad knowledge of the field of media practice and specialist knowledge in the fields of photographic and video practice, and teaching experience in media practice at undergraduate level. You should be able to plan and manage your own teaching, scholarly and administrative activities, including the use of specialist equipment and facilities.

Closing date for applications: 18 June 2010

For full details and how to apply see www.sussex.ac.uk/jobs