Professorial Chair in Auditory Research

[Julian Knowles <j.knowles@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear microsounders..

please pass this amongst your networks. It is a high level 
professorial position, I will be posting a couple more vacancies at a 
lower level in the electronic arts area at UWS (Senior Lecturer and 
Associate Lecturer) in the coming week or two. Stay tuned...

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>For distribution (multiple postings may occur)
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>UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY
>College of Arts, Education and Social Sciences
>MARCS Auditory Laboratories
>Chair in Auditory Research
>Academic Level E
>$106,478 pa
>Bankstown Campus, Sydney, Australia
>Ref No: H2002/112
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>MARCS Auditory Laboratories, University of Western Sydney (UWS), Sydney,
>Australia is calling for applications for the position of Chair in Auditory
>Research. Applicants must have an outstanding track record in an area or
>areas of auditory research, e.g., speech perception, language development,
>auditory-visual speech processing, speech science (including ASR and
>synthesis), signal processing, music technology, music
>perception/production, mathematical modelling, hearing/hearing impairment,
>auditory physiology, or related areas. Applicants must have a distinctly
>laboratory-based approach to research, and the ability to work in a
>cross-disciplinary environment. This is a research-only position with
>primary emphases on grant-winning, higher degree research (HDR) student
>(Masters & PhD) supervision, and publications. There are no prescribed
>undergraduate teaching, or administrative duties.
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>MARCS is a University Research Centre under the direction of Professor Denis
>Burnham, situated within the College of Arts, Education, and Social Sciences
>at the University of Western Sydney (UWS), Bankstown Campus (see
>http://www.uws.edu.au/marcs/ for details). It has close ties with the UWS
>School of Psychology, and with UWS Centre for Advanced Systems Engineering.
>MARCS enjoys strong national and international collaborations with
>universities, research institutes, and industry. MARCS has internal funding
>and support from UWS and the College of Arts, Education, and Social
>Sciences, and numerous external grants in various areas of auditory research
>from government and independent agencies within and outside Australia. MARCS
>has state of the art laboratory and HDR student facilities, extensive
>research staff (Adjunct Fellows, Postdocs, Research Assistants), a lively
>bunch of HDR students, and support staff (Laboratory Manager, Business
>Manager, shared Commercialisation Manager, Software Engineer, Administrative
>Assistant). MARCS is a vibrant laboratory, with a strong research
>trajectory. The successful applicant will be a productive researcher of
>international standing who will significantly contribute to this trajectory.
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>Application Packages: Please visit the UWS website
>http://www.uws.edu.au/vacancies/ for full documentation covering this
>position including the Role and Attribute Statement (Selection Criteria).
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>Enquiries: Professor Denis Burnham, (02) 9772 6681 or email
>d.burnham@xxxxxxxxxx
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>Closing