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Announcement of Faculty Position (Intelligent Robotics - 201004)

1. Affiliation: Department of Complex Systems Intelligence, School of Systems Information Science

2. Open Position (One person): Professor or Associate Professor

3. Field of Research: Intelligent Robotics
(Cognitive Robotics, Developmental Robotics, Human-robot Interaction, Multimodal Interaction,
 Robot Interface, Network Robot, Intelligent Mechatronics, etc.)

4. Subjects to be Taught: About four (4) subjects from the following
Discrete Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Programming Language Theory, Algorithms and Data Structures,
Cognitive Psychology, Computer Architecture, Operating System, Human Interface, Robotics, Interactive System,
Artificial Intelligence and Media

5. Eligibility
・Applicants must have or be expected to have a doctoral degree by the time of employment.
・Applicants must be enthusiastic about education and research in Intelligent Robotics.

6. Starting Time of Employment: April 1, 2011 in principle

7. Documents to be Submitted: (in either English or Japanese)
(1) Please specify the position you are applying for. (Professor or Associate Professor)
(2) Resume (including attached photograph, current address, contact numbers (telephone and e-mail),
     academic history (up to high school graduation), employment history, research experiences,
     association(s) you belong to, degree(s), patent(s), and rewards and punishments)
(3) List of research achievements (such as research papers, publications,
     and vocational achievements (patents, etc.))
(4) Reprints or clear copies of 3 major publications (one for each)
(5) Educational achievements
(6) The outlines of your past research, and the future research plans (within 2 pages of A4 sized paper in length)
(7) Educational aspirations (1 page of A4 sized paper in length)
(8) List of 2 referees including their names, affiliations, contact addresses
    (postal address, phone number(s), and e-mail address(es))

8. Due Date for All Materials to be Received: Thursday, September 30, 2010

9. Mailing address for submitting application documents
Administrative Affairs Section, Administrative Affairs Department
Future University Hakodate
116-2 Kameda Nakano-cho, Hakodate 041-8655 JAPAN
Tel:  0138-34-6448

Please send the documents by registered mail and mark “application documents for faculty position
(Intelligent Robotics)” in red ink on the envelope. The submitted documents will not be returned.

10. For further information in reference to this application, please contact,
Prof. Yasuhiro KATAGIRI
Chair of the Complex Systems Intelligence
Future University-Hakodate
Tel:  0138-34-6428 (Direct Line)
E-mail:


11. Other:
The selection is made based on your past achievements and the comments of your referees if necessary.
Achievements are evaluated by the number of research papers published, contents of major achievements,
internal and external reputation, and industrial/technological contributions.
This university considers that equal opportunity and diversity are important factors for the selection
of the faculty members and actively recruits women and non-Japanese. In the screening process,
we may ask you to explain about the submitted documents and/or give a lecture.
We will treat your application as confidential.

Application form is available to be downloaded from the University Homepage.
http://www.fun.ac.jp/recruit/