[AUDITORY] Open PhD position at the ARI/ÖAW, Vienna, Austria

[Piotr Majdak <piotr@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear List,

One PhD position (75%, 3 years) is available at the Acoustics Research Institute (ARI) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna, Austria. ARI is an interdisciplinary research institution covering the fields psychoacoustics, numerical acoustics, acoustical phonetics, and mathematical signal processing.

The position is assigned to the EU Horizon 2020 granted project SONICOM, which deals with the way we interact socially within AR/VR environments. It aims to create a new generation of immersive audio technologies, specifically looking at personalisation and customisation of the audio rendering by means of machine-learning techniques. For more information, see the SONICOM website: https://www.sonicom.eu/. ARI’s role within SONICOM is the work on immersion, integration, and the development of the SONICOM ecosystem. The successful candidate will work on immersion by developing a modelling framework integrating models of spatial hearing and active inference. The successful candidate will be supervised by Piotr Majdak (PI).

      Responsibilities:

• Development and implementation of auditory models with the focus in spatial hearing.
  
• Communication of scientific results in scientific publications and at scientific meetings.
  
• No teaching duties.
  

      Requirements
          and qualifications:

• Master’s degree (or equivalent) with excellent scores in a discipline related to research in hearing.
  
• Profound knowledge of written and oral English.
  
• Excellent programming skills in Matlab.
  
• Strong interest in systematic scientific work and integration into a multi-disciplinary research team.
  

The position is initially limited to three years. The starting date is flexible and will depend on the candidate’s availability. This position is part-time 75% (30h/week). The gross salary is € 31.326,42 per year (before taxes, 14 payments a year). The successful candidate will have the option to be enrolled in the Phd program of the University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz.

    Candidates are asked
        to send a CV, copies of relevant certificates, and a brief
        statement describing motivation, personal qualification, and
        research
        interests by e-mail to Piotr Majdak (piotr.majdak@xxxxxxxxxx),
        who also can be contacted for informal inquiries and questions.
      Applications will be accepted until an
        adequate candidate has been found. The first round of evaluation
        will
        start in the September 2021.

The Austrian Academy of Sciences values diversity and is committed to equality of opportunity.

Best regards,

Piotr Majdak

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Piotr Majdak
Hearing Cluster, Member
Acoustics Research Institute, Deputy Director
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Wohllebengasse 12-14, 1040 Wien, Austria
Tel.: +43 1 51581-2511