[Clam-devel] Job offers at Barcelona Media: 3D audio developers

[Xavier]

(Oops. not intended to reply to the list)

Xavier wrote:
> Quin perfil busqueu? Es a dir, quant paguen? :-) Ho dic perque potser 
> puc moure l'anunci. Tambe estaria be que posesiu una versio online 
> (encara que sigui al teu blog), es pot promocionar molt millor.
>
> Pau Arumí wrote:
>> Dear All, The following position may be of interest to you.
>>
>> Please forward to anyone interested. Apologies for double posting.
>>
>>
>> ==== About the Barcelona Media Audio Group ====
>>
>> Fundacio Barcelona Media Universitat Pompeu Fabra is a research centre
>> created to foster the competitiveness of the Catalan and Spanish media
>> and communication industry through innovative research activities and
>> projects. BM promotes technology generation and development; research
>> and creativity; transfer of research results to industry; promotion of
>> the research results to society at large; training in all areas of
>> communication; and social awareness of the communication industry in a
>> culture of innovation.
>> The Audio Group research embraces the whole chain of audiovisual
>> productions, focusing specially on 3D surround sound technologies, from
>> capturing, to postproduction, to exhibition. Two main general goals are
>> to automatize the workflow (by automatic audio adaptation to given 3D
>> scenes), and to make it easily adaptable to any final exhibition system
>> (surround 5.1, 7.1, 22.2, binaural or 3D stereo, etc.).
>>
>> One strong line of research of the group is the reproduction of acoustic
>> fields in 3D virtual environments, using computer simulations to predict
>> what any source would sound like in a given virtual world.  The group
>> applies and improves the algorithms of Finite-Differences in Time-Domain
>> for low frequencies, Ray-Tracing for high frequencies. Such technologies
>> are then integrated in real-time, interactive multimedia systems.
>> Audio group home page: http://www.barcelonamedia.org/linies/10/en
>>
>> ==== Profile ====
>>
>> We are looking for one or more experienced software developers.  The
>> candidate should be self-motivated, results-oriented, and hard-working.
>> The candidate should preferably have a degree on Computer Science,
>> although other profiles might be taken into account.
>>
>> ==== Required skills ====
>>
>>       * Software-engineering techniques and methods for developing large
>>         software systems (design patterns, agile methodologies, version
>>         control systems, etc. ).
>>       * Real-time programming techniques including lock-free and
>>         multi-threading.
>>       * Programming languages: C, C++, Python.
>>       * Operating systems: GNU/Linux and Mac OS X.
>>       * A keen sense for the aesthetics of code, documentation, and user
>>         interfaces. Thoroughness in all aspects of software development.
>>       * The ability and willingness to interact in a team, using agile
>>         methodologies.
>>
>>
>> Not required, but valuable skills:
>>       * Real-time multimedia environments (PureData, Max/MSP,
>>         Supercollider, CLAM, etc.).
>>       * Plugin architectures: LADSPA, LV2, VST, Audio Units, etc.
>>       * Knowledge of common protocols such as OSC, MIDI, etc.
>>       * Knowledge in digital signal processing and/or acoustics
>>       * 3D modeling: Blender or Maya or 3D studio
>>       * Qt
>>       * Scons
>>
>> ==== What we offer ====
>>
>> We offer an opportunity to work in creative projects in the field of 3D
>> audio for media productions, with applications ranging from 3D digital
>> cinema, to sports broadcasting, and videogames.
>> Side opportunities: perform strategic research in a new promising
>> domain, working in a small-medium multidisciplinary team, collaborate
>> with people from the industry and from other academic research groups,
>> to establish contacts with the international audio research community
>> through the attendance to international conferences...
>>
>>
>> ==== How to apply ====
>>
>> To apply, send email to jobs at barcelonamedia.org / cc:
>> toni.mateos at barcelonamedia.org, pau.arumi at barcelonamedia.org with the
>> subject "3D Audio Jobs"
>>
>>       * A brief presentation letter stating your interest in the offer.
>>       * A CV
>>       * Optionally, code samples (non open-source samples will be
>>         treated as confidential)
>>
>>
>> ==== More background about Barcelona Media ====
>>
>> BM grew from the Communication Station set up by Universitat Pompeu
>> Fabra in 2001. It is a member of the Catalan and Spanish network of
>> Technology Centres, and is the only one devoted to the Media sector.
>> BM’s trustees are representatives of the Media industry, the Catalan
>> Government, Barcelona City and four universities. BM has an extremely
>> strong record in European collaborative R&D and Innovation projects,
>> both as partner and co-ordinator. BM is currently involved in 14 EU
>> funded research projects in information and communication technologies
>> with over 5 million € EC funding. BM was co-ordinator of an FP6 IP and 2
>> STREPs, including IP-RACINE which researched and developed digital
>> cinema technologies ‘from scene to screen’. It is now co-ordinating the
>> FP7 ICT IP 2020 3D Media, developing 3D digital cinema and home
>> entertainment. Other directly relevant projects are IP SALERO
>> (‘intelligent content’ objects with context-aware behaviours), SEMEDIA
>> (Search Environments for MEDIA) and FP5 SPEED-FX (very high resolution
>> real-time graphic interaction for digital cinema).
>>
>>
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