andrew@dgbt.uucp (Andrew Patrick DGBT/DBR) (10/13/89)
The Division of Behavioural Research in the federal Department of
Communications will have openings for one or two NSERC Visiting Fellows
in 1990/91 (subject to budgetary approval). These positions require
completion of a Ph.D. and would be of interest to psychologists who
have concentrated their studies in one of the areas listed below.
The Division of Behavioural Research is a group of psychologists at the
Communications Research Centre in Ottawa who study the human response to
new communications and information technologies. This research covers a
broad range of topics in perception, cognitive psychology, social
psychology and artificial intelligence.
It is anticipated that the Visiting Fellows would work in the
Interactive Dialogues laboratory. This lab is developing natural
language systems for browsing through electronic databases. These
systems are being used in advanced interactive television design,
electronic telephone and government directories, public education
services about AIDS, and employment search skills training. This
research provides an exciting opportunity to work on the development of
natural language information systems, and to evaluate them in real-world
tests with the general public.
These fellowships are offered for one year with a possible renewal for a
second year. Currently, the fellowship has an annual value of $32,239.
Any person who will have defended a doctoral thesis in experimental
psychology by the Summer of 1990 is eligible. An interest in computers
or computer usage would be an asset. Specific knowledge about
communications technologies or communications research is
NOT required.
Interested persons should request an APPLICATION FOR THE VISITING
FELLOWSHIPS PROGRAM immediately from:
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Research Manpower Program
200 Kent Street
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
K1A 1H5
(613) 996-4363
This application MUST be completed and returned to NSERC
before 15 December 1989. As well, people who have expressed an interest
in working at the Division of Behavioural Research in the Department of
Communications on their NSERC application should inform:
Thomas Whalen
Division of Behavioural Research
Communications Research Centre
Department of Communications
3701 Carling Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
K2H 8S2
(613) 990-4683
E-mail: thom@dgbt.crc.dnd.ca
Further information about the Visiting Fellowships in Canadian
Government Laboratories Program may be obtained directly from NSERC.
For further information about the Division of Behavioural Research, I
may be contacted directly.
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Andrew Patrick, Ph.D. Communications Research Centre
(613) 990-4675 Department of Communications, Ottawa, CANADA
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