[Corpora-List] Open Position "Media Content Engineering and e-Learning"

[Piklu Gupta]

The Department of Computer Science of the Darmstadt University of
Technology and the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft invite applications for the
position of

Full Professor (C4)
"Media Content Engineering and e-Learning"

The position is available at the earliest possible date and is linked to
heading a research group at one of the Fraunhofer institutes. (Ref.-no.:
175).
The research area should include systems, methods and tools for
designing and creating digital media based contents (Content
Engineering) and for multimedia interactive e-learning. The ideal
candidate should have considerable experience in research and be able to
provide evidence of achievement in several of the following areas:

Media Content Engineering:
- methods and tools for media content design within the area of
  digital media (Content Design, e. g. Storyboarding for Digital
  Video, tools for Graphical Design and Web Design, etc.)
- concepts and techniques for knowledge-based multimedia content
  management, knowledge creation and knowledge encoding of interactive
multimedia materials (Content Authoring)
- technologies, tools and workflows for digital media content
  production and storage (Content Engineering)
e-Learning:
- using new media to support teaching and learning
- system architectures, data models, interfaces and platforms for IT
  supported teaching and learning environments
- review and evaluation of the usability, efficiency and acceptance of
  e-learning (Utilities and Usability Engineering)
- techniques and reliability checks with respect to quality assurance
  in e-learning

Combining e-Learning and Media Content Creation
- methods for providing contents in e-learning environments and for
  integrated cooperative learning scenarios.

The research activities are expected to meet the highest academic
standards and to be applications-oriented. Within research the candidate
is expected to be instrumental in establishing and managing an
independent research group at the Fraunhofer IPSI (Integrated
Publication and Information Systems Institute). Fraunhofer intends to
appoint this person to the management board of IPSI.
The candidate is also expected to participate in the general teaching
activities of the department. Fluency in German is not a requirement but
would have to be acquired in a relatively short time.
The applicant must possess the appropriate academic qualifications
expected for a C4 professorship position. In addition to these research
qualifications, teaching ability should also be documented in the
application. Employment is subject to the requirements of paragraph 71
of the Hessian University Law (§771 HHG Hessisches Hochschulgesetz).
The Darmstadt University of Technology and the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft
seek to increase the proportion of women in their employment and women
are therefore strongly encouraged to apply for the position. Disabled
persons will be treated preferentially if their qualification is equal
to that of a non-disabled person.

Please send two copies of your application by August 30, 2002 to the
following address

Dean of the Dept. of Computer Science
Darmstadt University of Technology
Wilhelminenstr. 77
D-64283 Darmstadt, Germany

or

President of the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h. c. mult. Hans-Juergen Warnecke 
Leonrodstrasse 54 
D-80636 Muenchen, Germany