[Postdoctoral researcher, Nara Institute of Science and Technology]
Augmented Human Communication Laboratory directed by Professor Satoshi
Nakamura has a postdoctoral research position available in the area of human
information processing, dialogue systems, statistical modeling, machine
learning, and brain science for the Training Adapted Personalised Affective
Social Skills with Cultural Virtual Agents (ANR-CREST: JPMJCR19A).
Affiliation: Division of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and
Technology, Japan.
Position: Postdoctoral researcher
Recruitment personnel: 1 person
Appointment time: May 1, 2021, or later as early as possible to March 31,
2022.
Term: Contract can be renewed every year. The longest employment is until
March 31, 2025.
Trial period: No trial period

Job description:
The research area is related to the Training Adapted Personalised Affective
Social Skills with Cultural Virtual Agents (ANR-CREST: JPMJCR19A), and
fields such as dialogue system using machine learning, and multimodal information
processing.
Application conditions:
- Doctoral researcher
A person with a Ph.D. who builds a dialogue system using statistical
methods, machine learning, and multimodal information processing. Those who have
the necessary knowledge and experience regarding the area and are willing to
conduct research independently.

Salary: Determined based on the university regulations
Benefits: Join health insurance, pension insurance, accident compensation
insurance, and employment insurance

Workplace:
Augmented Human Communication Laboratory, Nara Institute of Science and
Technology.
Employment period: May 1, 2021, or later as early as possible to March 31,
2022. Contract can be renewed every year. The longest employment is until
March 31, 2025.

Work style:
? Working days: Monday to Friday
? Holidays: Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, summer holidays,
year-end and new year holidays, and the anniversary of the university
foundation (October 1)
? Working hours: Discretionary work system

Deadline: April 9, 2021 (Friday)


[Application method]
Documents to be submitted:
(1) Resume (using the university's format: see the URL below)
https://www.naist.jp/en/about_naist/job_opportunities/resume_format.html
(2) List of research achievements
(3) Research motivation (A4 one page)
(4) Three major publications
(5) Letters from two references with their address, telephone number and
email address included.
Where to submit application documents:
After stating 'Postdoctoral researcher application' in the title, Please
submit by e-mail to the following contact address.
E-mail: tapas-positions@is.naist.jp

[Selection details (selection method, decision on acceptance / rejection),
result notification]
(1) 1st selection: document screening
(2) 2nd selection: online interview
After screening the documents, we will contact you for an interview.
* Application documents will be used only for the purpose of recruitment
screening and will not be used for any other purpose. The application
documents will not be returned regardless of the result of acceptance or
rejection. In consideration of the risk of personal information leakage due
to misdelivery, application documents for non-employees will be responsibly
deleted at the end of recruitment activities.

Contact:
?630-0192
8916-5 Takayama-Cho, Ikoma, Nara, Japan
Professor Satoshi Nakamura, Augmented Human Communication Laboratory, Nara
Institute of Science and Technology
E-mail:  tapas-positions@is.naist.jp
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