2008-12-19: Job: Postdoc in Visual Perception, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

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Faculty/department: Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
Level: PhD
Maximum employment: Maximum of 38 hours per week (1 FTE)
Duration of contract: Three years
Salary scale: Maximum of Euro 4284 per month gross
http://www.vacaturesindelft.nl/vacature.php?id=1390&lang=eng

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

The faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS) is known world wide for its high academic quality and social relevance of its research programs. The faculty’s excellent facilities accentuate its international position in teaching and research. The faculty offers an interdisciplinary setting for its 500 employees, 350 PhD students and 1700 undergraduates. Together they work on a broad range of technical innovations in the fields of sustainable energy, telecommunications, microelectronics, embedded systems, computer and software engineering, interactive multimedia and applied mathematics. EEMCS: Your Connection to the Future.

The section Man-Machine Interaction aims to design and build intelligent support systems and gain an understanding of the way humans experience such systems. The group works at the cross-roads of visual perception, virtual reality, multi-modal communication, cognitive engineering, and artificial intelligence applied in domains as negotiation, health care, crisis management, display quality and experiences.

Job description

MMI wishes to expand its research in applied visual perception related to virtual reality (VR). Several display devices have been developed, ranging from very small displays on mobile devices to large, CAVE-like VR systems. This range of displays is primarily developed with different applications in mind, and thus, the constraints to image quality also differ. For each display type, we want to understand how to optimize image quality to provide an optimal viewing experience. Additionally, it is assumed that these different types of display systems evoke different levels of immersion and experience. Thus, it is important to know to what extent these different levels of immersion affect the sense of presence in the displayed image content for the viewers, and as such, influence their feelings, performance, natural behaviour and attitude in various contexts such as: 1) Feeling connected to or present with other (virtual) people in a social context, e.g. education, gaming, or electronic partners; 2) Therapy to overcome phobias such as fear of heights or social contacts, or screening for post-traumatic stress disorder; 3) Trust in human-human (human-avatar) social communication, e.g. during negotiation; 4) Trust in the evaluation of products, e.g. in the context of selling/buying a product. An additional parameter is the way the context is rendered on each display device.

Requirements

We seek a post-doc who is highly motivated to conduct research in the field of visual perception in collaboration with other group members. Ideally, candidates should have a PhD in the area of applied visual perception and an affinity for the field of Human-Computer Interaction. The post-doc is also expected to participate in writing research proposals, for example a NWO-VENI. Furthermore, the post-doc will be involved in the daily coaching of both Dutch and international PhD students working in the area of visual perception research. The candidate will work closely with Prof. Dr. I. Heynderickx, Dr. Ir. W-P. Brinkman, and Dr. S. Oomes. For more information, please contact W-P Brinkman (W.P.Brinkman@tudelft.nl), or Ingrid Heynderickx (Ingrid.Heynderickx@tudelft.nl).

Conditions of employment

This position has a temporary employment basis of three years. The estimated starting salary is € 2,916 (based on scale 10.5) with a maximum of € 4,284 per month gross (based on scale 11, with a full-time appointment and depending on experience). TU Delft offers an attractive benefits package, including a flexible work week, free high-speed Internet access from home, and the option of assembling a customized compensation and benefits package (the 'IKA'). Salary and benefits are in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities.

Information and application

For more information about this position, please contact Willem-Paul Brinkman, phone: +31(0)15-2783534, e-mail: W.P.Brinkman (at) tudelft.nl. To apply, please send a detailed CV and publication list along with a letter of application by 16 January, 2009 to Mekelweg 4, 2628 CD Delft, The Netherlands, or e-mail to: peno-ewi (at) tudelft.nl. When applying for this position, make sure to mention vacancy number EWI2008-57.

Website:
EEMCS - http://www.ewi.tudelft.nl/en
MMI - http://mmi.tudelft.nl/

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