10 May: fyi -- research scientist position, Trento
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** Junior Research Scientist (Voice/Multimodal User Interface-HCI) **
Job description: The research scientist will be investigating
innovative adaptive user interfaces for spoken and/or multimodal
conversational systems. He/she will be a member of the ADAMACH
(`Adaptive and Meaning Machines') research team funded by a Marie
Curie Excellence grant. The perspective candidate will have a key
role in defining new models of human-computer interaction based on
experimental work and evaluation of human-machine interactions.
The
candidate's responsibilities will include the design and
supervision
of the user interface experiments carried out within the
ADAMACH project.
Requirements: The research scientist we are looking for has a Ph.D. in
Computer Science, Cognitive Science or related disciplines. He/She
has a background in human-machine user interface research for
spoken and/or multimodal conversational systems. He/she will have
an international research track record and strong publication
record in the VUI-HCI field. He/She will have strong programming
skills.
How to apply: The University of Trento is an equal opportunity
employer. Interested applicants should submit their CV along with
their statement of research interest and reference letters before
01/11/2007. The position is open until filled, and the
duration of the
contract will be 24 months. It is recommended to contact us
before
submitting a formal application:
Prof. Ing. Giuseppe Riccardi Dr. Sebastian Varges
Email: riccardi@dit.unitn.it Email: varges@dit.unitn.it
www.dit.unitn.it/~riccardi www.dit.unitn.it/~varges
The Research Lab: The Adaptive Multimodal Information and Interface
(AMI2, casa.dit.unitn.it) research lab pursues excellence research
in next-generation interfaces for human-machine and human-human
communication. The AMI2 lab has a state-of-the-art technology
infrastructure
and collaborations with premiere international research centers and
industry research labs.
The Ph.D. research fellowships are funded by the prestigious
Marie Curie Excellence grant awarded by the European Commission for
cutting edge and interdisciplinary research. There have been many
advances in the field of speech recognition and text-to-speech
synthesis in the last decade. However, human-machine conversational
system are still severely limited in the ability to understand and
interact. The general research challenge of the project is to
investigate innovative multimodal interfaces that will be adaptive,
affective, usable and knowledgeable.
About University of Trento and Information and Communication
Technology Department: The University of Trento is constantly
ranked as premiere Italian graduate university institution (see
www.dit.unitn.it). The DIT Department has a strong focus on
Interdisciplinarity with professors from different faculties of the
University (Physical Science, Electrical Engineering, Economics,
Social Science, Cognitive Science, Computer Science) with
international background. English is the official language.
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