21 October: fyi -- phd funding, Berlin
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PhD position in Service Quality Evaluation at TU Berlin
Telekom Innovation Laboratories (T-Labs) is a joint scientific
research institute of Deutsche Telekom AG and Technische Universität
Berlin (TU Berlin). We carry out pioneering research into innovative
information and telecommunication technologies, addressing in
particular human interaction, networking and security issues. The
Laboratories are located on the campus of TU Berlin, with the goal of
promoting the interaction between science and business through
physical proximity.
For the Quality and Usability Lab of T-Labs/TU Berlin, we seek
applications for a PhD position (German scientific researcher,
"Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter", salary according to the TVL E13
scale) in the area of Service Quality Evaluation. The aim is to
investigate how quality perceptions are formed in multi-service
scenarios, over longer usage periods, and how such quality perceptions
can be described by algorithms. It includes the design of new
experimental paradigms for quality measurement, the set-up of the
corresponding experiments, including hardware and software testbeds,
the organization of the experiments, the statistical analysis of the
results, and the algorithmic description of the results. The work is
integrated into a collaborative project with the Deutsche Telekom AG,
and depends on the agreement of funding still to be finalized.
The ideal candidate would have a Master degree in Electrical
Engineering, Computer Science, Communcation Sciences or a related
discipline, good hands-on experience with modern telecommunication
services and the underlying technologies, some background on quality
perception and judgment processes, as well as good organizational and
self-management skills. The willingness to work in an international
and interdisciplinary team with communication in English is a must;
however, because German test participants have to be dealt with and
German test data has to be analyzed, a good knowledge of the German
language is also helpful. The position is linked to a project with an
expected length of 24 months, with an initial start-off period of 3-6
months; for the subsequent period of the PhD, additional funding is
expected which however cannot be guaranteed at this moment. The
project should start as soon as possible.
Applications including a CV, a motivation letter, copies of the most
important certificates and 1-2 references should be sent to
Irene Hube-Achter irene.hube@telekom.de
TU Berlin seeks to increase the percentage of female employees and
particularly encourages female candidates to apply. In case of equal
qualifications, female candidates will be preferred.
Handicapped candidates will be preferred in case of equal
qualifications.
Applications are accepted until the position is filled.
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Sebastian Möller
Quality and Usability Lab
Telekom Innovation Laboratories
TU Berlin
Ernst-Reuter-Platz 7
D-10587 Berlin, Germany
Tel: +49 30 8353 58465
Fax: +49 30 8353 58409
E-mail: sebastian.moeller@telekom.de
Web: www.qu.tlabs.tu-berlin.de
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