We are seeking a Lecturer to champion the ongoing development of an existing suite of innovative Undergraduate Programmes, to play a pivotal role in the world-class research (under RAE Unit 63, Art & Design) and innovation of the Arts Science Technology Group, participate in the activities of the i-DAT (www.i-dat.org) Centre of Expertise and contribute to the formation of the interdisciplinary Centre for Creative Design and Technology. This post offers a rich opportunity to research and develop the potential of digital technologies to model, visualise, simulate and make manifest the invisible and immaterial and to actively and critically engage with transdisciplinary activities that operate across social, environmental and technological art and design practices.
The position requires academic leadership combined with practical interactive media software and design skills that will contribute to the delivery of the suite of Programmes and associate modules at an undergraduate and postgraduate level. The successful applicant will have substantial HE teaching experience, a track record of cross-disciplinary research and enterprise, and preferably experience of doctoral research supervision. They will have the necessary technical skills to teach and research in the overlapping fields of interaction design, physical computing, visualisation and innovative manufacturing.
Recruitment and selection will be based on individual merit, however, we should particularly like to encourage applications from women, black and minority ethnic people who are under-represented in the Faculty of Technology. For an informal discussion, please contact Mike Phillips by email mike.phillips@plymouth.ac.uk or telephone 01752 232549, although applications must be made in accordance with the details shown below.
Ref: A0609
Interviews will be held during week commencing 19 May 2008.
£28,289 to £48,161 pa
Closing date: 12 Noon, Tuesday 22 April 2008.
A Final Salary Pension Scheme is available.
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11 January – 11 March. Cadu (Carlos Eduardo Felix da Costa) has been invited to undertake a three-month residency as part of an International Fellowship supported by the Arts Council England. Cadu is an artist based in Brazil and will undertake this residency for the first time in the UK. This is an opportunity for this artist to define new ideas and processes in his work, by collaborating quite specifically with i-DAT the artist intends to work with the Robotics Research department at the University of Plymouth. This situation is a unique opportunity for the artists to explore advanced technologies and collaborate with engineers and scientist. The International Fellowships Programme enables artists from all art forms and at any stage of their career to engage with artists and arts organisations from other cultures and disciplines. Selected artists are offered fellowships primarily for practice-based research, experimentation and the development of new work in relation to the artistic ethos of international hosts and the cultural contexts of the countries in which they are based.
: REF: A0228. (03/06/2007)
Salary £20437 to £23692 pa, Grade 5. Plymouth. A Research Assistant is required to work for a period of six months within i-DAT to develop software to support the display of information and graphics to interpretation screens across the campus and over the internet. The post involves a close relationship with The Centre for Sustainable Futures and will require the development of media platforms to support aspects of the Centre’s delivery of information and knowledge to a wide audience. Applications are invited from people with a good Honours degree in a computing subject, who have some industrial experience in the development of serverside and networked technologies. For an informal discussion, please contact Chris Speed on 01752 232613 or email chris.speed@plymouth.ac.uk. Interviews will be held on Wednesday 11 July 2007. CLOSING DATE: 12 NOON, WEDNESDAY, 15 JUNE 2007. http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/pages/view.asp?page=19178
. Ref: A0227 (03/06/2007). Salary £20437 to £23692 pa, Grade 5. CENTRE FOR CREATIVE DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY. This is a new position for a Research Assistant to work for a period of three years with the existing team of content producers for the Full Dome Immersive Vision Theatre on the Plymouth Campus. The post will develop dynamic content drawn from diverse disciplines located in the Faculty of Technology, developing traditional computer modelling techniques (such as CAD and VRML) through to abstract dynamic data modelling (from areas such as ecological and intelligent buildings, data mining, and computer network activity), through to scanning electron and atomic force microscopy imaging and links with modelling applications for rapid prototyping technologies. For an informal discussion, please contact Mike Phillips on 01752 232549 or email mike.phillips@plymouth.ac.uk. Interviews will be held on Wednesday 11 July 2007. CLOSING DATE: 12 NOON, FRIDAY 15 JUNE 2007.
(15/12/2006)
i-DAT & The Bartlett School of Architecture are collaborating on an SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope) and Rapid-prototyping workshop to generate an exhibition to be installed in January 2007 at University College London. The workshop and seminar are part of Nascent Research Digital Knitting Practice based research workshop, the Tran-Technology research Seminar series (‘Looking into the Eye of God’) and the Invisible Architectures module for m-DAT. This continuing collaboration with Unit 20 of the Bartlett School of Architecture builds on last years Arch-OS workshop held in the Plymouth Planetarium. http://www.nascent-technology.net/SlidingScales.pdf
(22/09/2005)
This one-year post is funded by the BroadBand for Devon Project, as a member of the Institute of Digital Art and Technology [i-DAT] the post holder will be required to: continue the development of the LiquidPress/BB4D server streaming media and digital content resources; develop and deliver workshops and support for BB4D clients; develop and support production streaming media and online projects. Information for applicants can be found on the University of Plymouth website [www.plymouth.ac.uk/jobs]. http://www.liquidpress.net/
(22/09/2005)
RA located in i-DAT to develop an Immersive Vision Theatre. The University of Plymouth has won funding from Hefce’s Centres for Excellence in Teaching and Learning initiative to create an Immersive Vision Theatre in the planetarium on the Plymouth campus. We wish to appoint an innovative and creative graduate to develop the protocols necessary for creating immersive, dome-projected images from a variety of digital inputs. The post will be for one year in the first instance. The appointee should be available to attend an immersive cinema workshop in Portugal from 5th September 2005. The closing date for this post is Thursday 18th August 2005. http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/cetl
(24/04/2005)
i-DAT / Creative Partnerships. Studentship £12,000 + Fees - £3,010: TOTAL £15,010 pa. Applications are invited for a three-year Research Associateship (with one year’s guaranteed funding with the possibility of extending for a further two years) based in i-DAT. The research context provided by the ‘Infinite Infants’ project explores the pedagogic opportunities provided by telematic/networked learning and teaching environments/architectures at reception level. These networked environments will be developed in collaboration with Creative Partnerships, Hyde Park Infants, Langley Community Infants and Woodford Infants School. The research post will be required to develop tools and systems that enhance the learning environment and extend the technological systems developed through the collaboration. http://x2.i-dat.org/~mp/ii/
The research context provided by the ‘Infinite Infants’ project explores the pedagogic opportunities provided by telematic/networked learning and teaching environments/architectures at reception level. These networked environments will be developed in collaboration with Creative Partnerships, Hyde Park Infants, Langley Community Infants and Woodford Infants School. The project has funding for Research Associateship to develop tools and systems that enhance the learning environment and extend the technological systems developed through the collaboration. http://www.nascent-technology.net/
‘Global Feed’ builds upon decades of previous work by Peter Fend exploring aspects of our relationship to the environment, through his work as part of Ocean Earth Development Corporation, and his ongoing collaborations with artists, architects, engineers and scientists. Ocean Earth was conceived as an instrument for implementing the goals of the environmental art movement, directly building upon the ideas of artists such as Joseph Beuys, Robert Smithson and Gordon Matta-Clark. Through inter-disciplinary collaborations and by connecting ecological imperatives with experimental new technologies, Fend asks ‘How far can art go?’ in drawing attention to a belief that artistic research can generate productive dialogue about global ecological problems and that it can be used to develop effective solutions. In this spirit, ‘Global Feed’ aims to organise the display of processed satellite data for the public to see for itself. Peter Fend undertook a research fellowship at i-DAT from autumn 2003 until summer 2004, supported by the AHRB and Arts Council of England.
