Cambridge University Reporter


Corpus Christi College

MICROSOFT RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP IN HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION

The Governing Body of Corpus Christi College Cambridge and Microsoft Research Ltd jointly invite applications for a stipendiary Research Fellowship supporting research in the field of human-computer interaction (including topics such as ubiquitous computing, situated technologies, new genres of communication, tangible computing, sensor-based computing, etc.). Applicants, who may be from disciplines including computer science, electrical engineering, psychology, sociology, economics, and design, should hold a Ph.D. Degree or should be expecting to have submitted their thesis prior to commencement of the Fellowship.

The Fellowship will be tenable for two years commencing 1 October 2008 or on a date to be agreed. It may be extended to a third year in some cases. The Fellow will work full-time as a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Microsoft Research Laboratory in Cambridge in the Computer-Mediated Living Group and be a full-time employee of Microsoft Research Ltd. He or she will also be a member of the Governing Body of Corpus Christi College and be expected to participate in the intellectual life of the College and of Leckhampton House, the College's graduate centre. The salary will be dependent upon experience. The Fellow will receive rights and privileges at Corpus Christi College and be allowed to teach up to six hours per week at the College for additional remuneration.

Information about the laboratory and the group is available from http://research.microsoft.com/cml. Corpus Christi College website is http://www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/. The closing date for applications is 15 April 2008.

Applications (in Word, PDF or txt format only) should be e-mailed to cambpdoc@microsoft.com with the subject line 'Corpus Christi Microsoft Research Fellowship'. They should arrive by 15 April 2008 and should include (1) a curriculum vitae, (2) an account, in not more than 1,000 words, of the proposed research, including a brief statement of the aims and background to it, (3) the names and addresses of three referees (including telephone, fax, and e-mail co-ordinates), who should be asked to email references immediately direct to the above e-mail address, and (4) a list of published or unpublished work that would be available for submission if requested. Short-listed candidates may be asked to make themselves available for interview at Microsoft Research Laboratory and Corpus Christi College on a date to be arranged. Election will be made as soon as possible thereafter, to commence from 1 October 2008. Travelling expenses for interviewees will be covered.