Research Fellow in Immersive Audio job opportunity (deadline 23 October 2025)
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Enzo De Sena
Oct 14, 2025, 1:24:23 PM (2 days ago) Oct 14
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Dear WiMIR List,
(Apologies for cross-posting!)
Please see below details of a job opportunity. We are seeking a Research Fellow in Immersive Audio to join us at the Institute of Sound Recording (IoSR). The deadline is 23 October. Please feel free to forward to anyone who may be interested. Thank you!
Best regards,
Enzo
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RESEARCH FELLOW IN IMMERSIVE AUDIO
Institute of Sound Recording, University of Surrey (UK)
Location: Guildford (35 minutes by fast train from London)
Salary: £37,694 p.a. - £42,254 p.a.
Post Type: full-time, fixed-term contract until 19 May 2027
Closing Date: 23.59 hours BST on 23 October 2025
Interview Date: w/c 27 October 2025
THE ROLE
Applications are invited for a Research Fellow to be based in the Institute of Sound Recording (IoSR) and to work on the EPSRC project Challenges in Immersive Audio Technologies (CIAT).
The proposed start date for the post is 20 November 2025, but this may be deferred if required. The post will be offered on a full-time fixed-term contract until 19 May 2027.
Immersive technologies will transform not only how we communicate and experience entertainment, but also our experience of the physical world, from shops to museums, cars to classrooms. Despite significant progress in the computer vision community, long-standing fundamental challenges adversely impact on audio technologies, preventing immersion into realistic acoustic scenes in which the audience feels transported to an alternate reality. Specifically, state-of-the-art immersive audio technologies (a) suffer from computational requirements preventing real-time creation of shared, interactive immersive audio experiences, and (b) are limited in their ability to efficiently deliver shared, high-quality auditory experiences to multiple listeners. CIAT’s vision is to transform the state of the art by developing a principled, scalable and reconfigurable framework for capturing and reproducing only perceptually relevant information.
The post-holder will work on the development of novel psychoacoustic-based spatial audio technologies for 3D sound reproduction, and on designing and carrying out relevant perceptual evaluations. The post-holder will join a team of eight other CIAT-funded Research Fellows and PhD students--two at Surrey, three at King’s College London and three at the University of Southampton.
ABOUT YOU
The successful applicant will have a range of skills, including some of the following: strong, independent research skills; a PhD, or close to completion, in engineering, computer science or related area; an excellent signal processing and/or acoustics background; experience with developing new spatial audio methods and/or with designing and executing formal listening experiments.
Applications are open to both UK and international applicants, and visa sponsorship is available.
WHAT WE CAN OFFER
The successful candidate will be hosted by the IoSR, an internationally leading centre for acoustic engineering research. The IoSR is also home to the renowned Tonmeister degree in Music and Sound Recording, which has produced a stream of highly successful graduates who have collectively received numerous accolades, including three Oscars, twelve Grammys, six Emmys, and twelve BAFTAs.
Successful candidates will gain extensive opportunities for: (i) collaboration and networking between the three partner institutions and with external academic collaborators, stakeholders, and industry partners, including Stanford CCRMA, BBC, Sonos, National Gallery; (ii) travel, including international conferences and workshops, as well as research visits at the partner institutions and Stanford; (iii) access to state-of-the-art research facilities, including the IoSR-hosted £2.2M national strategic infrastructure, AURORA3, currently being built and consisting of a full anechoic chamber and a variable acoustics room capable of adjusting both wall absorption and room volume, a world-first.
We offer a competitive remuneration package, including relocation assistance where applicable, market-leading pension scheme, and staff development opportunities.
HOW TO APPLY
Please apply with your CV and cover letter outlining why you are interested in the position on the University website:
https://jobs.surrey.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?id=15118&forced=2
The University of Surrey reserves the right to close this vacancy early based on volume and calibre of applications. Informal enquiries may be made to Prof Enzo De Sena e.de...@surrey.ac.uk. Applications received via email will not be considered.
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Enzo De Sena
Professor (Full Professor)
Director, Institute of Sound Recording
Department of Music & Media
University of Surrey
Stag Hill, University Campus, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK
Office: 08aBC03
Email: e.de...@surrey.ac.uk
URL: desena.org
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/enzodesena
(Apologies for cross-posting!)
Please see below details of a job opportunity. We are seeking a Research Fellow in Immersive Audio to join us at the Institute of Sound Recording (IoSR). The deadline is 23 October. Please feel free to forward to anyone who may be interested. Thank you!
Best regards,
Enzo
—
RESEARCH FELLOW IN IMMERSIVE AUDIO
Institute of Sound Recording, University of Surrey (UK)
Location: Guildford (35 minutes by fast train from London)
Salary: £37,694 p.a. - £42,254 p.a.
Post Type: full-time, fixed-term contract until 19 May 2027
Closing Date: 23.59 hours BST on 23 October 2025
Interview Date: w/c 27 October 2025
THE ROLE
Applications are invited for a Research Fellow to be based in the Institute of Sound Recording (IoSR) and to work on the EPSRC project Challenges in Immersive Audio Technologies (CIAT).
The proposed start date for the post is 20 November 2025, but this may be deferred if required. The post will be offered on a full-time fixed-term contract until 19 May 2027.
Immersive technologies will transform not only how we communicate and experience entertainment, but also our experience of the physical world, from shops to museums, cars to classrooms. Despite significant progress in the computer vision community, long-standing fundamental challenges adversely impact on audio technologies, preventing immersion into realistic acoustic scenes in which the audience feels transported to an alternate reality. Specifically, state-of-the-art immersive audio technologies (a) suffer from computational requirements preventing real-time creation of shared, interactive immersive audio experiences, and (b) are limited in their ability to efficiently deliver shared, high-quality auditory experiences to multiple listeners. CIAT’s vision is to transform the state of the art by developing a principled, scalable and reconfigurable framework for capturing and reproducing only perceptually relevant information.
The post-holder will work on the development of novel psychoacoustic-based spatial audio technologies for 3D sound reproduction, and on designing and carrying out relevant perceptual evaluations. The post-holder will join a team of eight other CIAT-funded Research Fellows and PhD students--two at Surrey, three at King’s College London and three at the University of Southampton.
ABOUT YOU
The successful applicant will have a range of skills, including some of the following: strong, independent research skills; a PhD, or close to completion, in engineering, computer science or related area; an excellent signal processing and/or acoustics background; experience with developing new spatial audio methods and/or with designing and executing formal listening experiments.
Applications are open to both UK and international applicants, and visa sponsorship is available.
WHAT WE CAN OFFER
The successful candidate will be hosted by the IoSR, an internationally leading centre for acoustic engineering research. The IoSR is also home to the renowned Tonmeister degree in Music and Sound Recording, which has produced a stream of highly successful graduates who have collectively received numerous accolades, including three Oscars, twelve Grammys, six Emmys, and twelve BAFTAs.
Successful candidates will gain extensive opportunities for: (i) collaboration and networking between the three partner institutions and with external academic collaborators, stakeholders, and industry partners, including Stanford CCRMA, BBC, Sonos, National Gallery; (ii) travel, including international conferences and workshops, as well as research visits at the partner institutions and Stanford; (iii) access to state-of-the-art research facilities, including the IoSR-hosted £2.2M national strategic infrastructure, AURORA3, currently being built and consisting of a full anechoic chamber and a variable acoustics room capable of adjusting both wall absorption and room volume, a world-first.
We offer a competitive remuneration package, including relocation assistance where applicable, market-leading pension scheme, and staff development opportunities.
HOW TO APPLY
Please apply with your CV and cover letter outlining why you are interested in the position on the University website:
https://jobs.surrey.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?id=15118&forced=2
The University of Surrey reserves the right to close this vacancy early based on volume and calibre of applications. Informal enquiries may be made to Prof Enzo De Sena e.de...@surrey.ac.uk. Applications received via email will not be considered.
--
Enzo De Sena
Professor (Full Professor)
Director, Institute of Sound Recording
Department of Music & Media
University of Surrey
Stag Hill, University Campus, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK
Office: 08aBC03
Email: e.de...@surrey.ac.uk
URL: desena.org
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/enzodesena
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