Full-time Faculty Position (with tenure or tenure-track)【Cognitive Science (Computational)】

1 Feb 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Waseda University

Research Field

All
Other

Researcher Profile

Leading Researcher (R4)
Established Researcher (R3)

Country

Japan

Application Deadline

29 Mar 2024 - 23:59 (UTC)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Not Applicable

Hours Per Week

See description

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

[Background of the recruitment and description of the project]
* Background of the recruitment and description of the project
Cognitive Science is the interdisciplinary study of human cognition and behavior encompassing the fields of philosophy, psychology, linguistics, computer science and AI, neuroscience, and anthropology. In our liberal arts program, some gaps remain in these fields, and we seek a candidate who can complement our existing program through expertise in the field of computational study of cognition.
We particularly welcome candidates well versed in classic cognitive architectures, such as, connectionist modeling and ACT-R, capable of teaching computational modeling to liberal arts students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. In addition to giving undergraduate lectures, the candidate is expected to have the experience and/or capacity to teach courses for MA and PhD students and direct their research.
Furthermore, the candidate is expected to maintain an active research record in scientific studies of human cognition (e.g., vision, social cognition, decision-making, memory) through a computational approach.

[Work content and job description]
The successful candidate will be required to perform the following core tasks:
1） Undergraduate teaching in the School of International Liberal Studies (SILS)
2） Contributing actively to the research development of the University (independent research activities, international publications, fund-seeking applications, conference organization, collegial academic life with SILS and Graduate School of International Culture and Communication Studies (GSICCS) members)
3） Fulfilling administrative duties in SILS and GSICCS as required by the University (entrance examination, committee work, etc.)

Example classes could include:
SILS
- First Year Seminar, Intermediate Seminar, Advanced Seminar
- Introduction to Cognitive Architectures (introductory level)
- Social Cognition (intermediate or advanced level)
- Human and Artificial Intelligence (intermediate or advanced level)
- Computational Modeling of Human Cognition (intermediate or advanced level)

We also welcome suggestions for other courses, provided that they do not overlap with our existing courses. Before making suggestions, please check our existing courses by searching on our Syllabus Search system:
(https://www.wsl.waseda.jp/syllabus/JAA101.php?pLng=en ).

Note: We are on a 14-week semester system, in which each class period (koma) is 100 minutes long. In general, a full-time faculty member teaches at least nine koma a year, with four or five koma per week each semester.
While this is an undergraduate teaching position, there is the possibility of supervising MA-level and PhD-level students jointly with other faculty members within the School.

* Assigned department
Existing departments

[Work location]
* Address
169-8050 Tokyo 1-6-1 Nishi-Waseda, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8050, Japan
In principle, at the Waseda Campus

[Number of hired]
Number of hired:1 person(s)

Requirements
Additional Information
Benefits

[Compensation]
Annual salary:6 million yen
Wages description:Provided in accordance with the university regulations.
Working hours:00:00-00:00
Holidays :New Year Holidays, National Holidays, and University Anniversary Day (excluding national holidays designated by the university as workdays)
Vacations are (1) non-working days designated by Japanese laws and ordinances, such as Labor Standards Law, and (2) those designated by the university (e.g., summer/winter vacation periods and periods when offices are closed)
Overtime and other explanations:Scheduled working days and working hours (start time, finish time, rest periods) are as specified in the university regulations.
As for research work, the Discretionary Labor System of Japan (Deemed working hours: 8 hours/day) applies.
Hence, working hours for research as well as how research should proceed are at the discretion of each faculty member.
Employment type:Regular employee
Employment type description:Full-time
Contract period:Nontenured-Tenure-track
Contract period description:If employed as tenured, there is no contract term.
In principle, the contracted term of service for Associate Professor (tenure-track) or Professor (tenure-track) is three years.
Probationary period:Probationary period absent

[Various systems]

[Insurance]
Employees' Health Insurance:available
Employees' Pension Insurance:available
Worker's accident insurance:available
Employment insurance:available

[Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace]

[Supplementary explanation of compensation]

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Waseda University

Country

Japan

City

Tokyo

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Where to apply

Website

https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorDetail?fn=0&ln=1&id=D124010248&ln_jor=1

STATUS: EXPIRED