[iva] Research Position (Postdoc or PhD level) on Cognitive Interaction Technology for Education

[Philipp Cimiano]

Cognitive Interaction Technology for Education

The Cognitive Interaction Technology Excellence Center (CITEC) at 
Bielefeld University hosts over 250 researchers working on fields as 
varied as robotics, cognitronics, semantic technologies, human machine 
interaction, machine learning, computer graphics, psychology, biology, 
and sport science.

CITEC is seeking to intensify its research in the field of cognitive 
interaction technology for education. The goal is to develop next 
generation technology that can support lifelong learning by humans. 
CITEC seeks to develop a new generation of intelligent coaches that are 
characterized by the fact that they have a deep understanding of subject 
matters and of the needs and progress of learners. Further, they should 
be able to give feedback in real-time and monitor learners’ performance 
as a basis to develop plans on how to foster their progress. The 
intelligent coaches that CITEC seeks to develop have the following 
characteristics: they are interactive and engaging, they are 
personalized long-term companions, and they effectively use different 
multimodal channels to communicate and engage with the learner.

CITEC is looking for a motivated research fellow that can support the 
research on cognitive interaction technology for education. The 
successful candidate will have a computer science background (Master or 
Ph.D level) and have expertise in as many as possible of the research 
areas mentioned below:

- IT-supported interactive learning and teaching concepts
- Engagement and interaction in intelligent systems
- Personalization and adaptivity
- Serious games or games with a purpose for education
- Human machine interfaces
- Multimodal and affective computing

Applicants are expected to have strong and demonstrated programming and 
software engineering skills.

The following qualifications are a plus:

- Experience with software engineering in larger software projects
- Experience with web application development (PHP, HTML, JavaScript, 
AJAX, ...)
- Background in educational technology
- Experience in performing usability analysis
- Background in psychological aspects of learning

The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to the 
development of prototypes for interactive intelligent education systems. 
The position can be used to work towards a doctoral degree.

The following skills will be expected from the candidate:

- strong analytical skills
- strong communicative skills
- ability to quickly get acquainted with new areas and fields of application
- willingness to work in an interdisciplinary research environment

Knowledge of German is not required for the position, but a plus.

The salary is based on Germany's academic salary level TV-L 13. The 
entry level salary amounts to approx. 4.500 EUR per month (gross income).

The appointment will be for a full time position for a period of two 
years starting from January 2017. The contract can be renewed after the 
initial period depending on the successful evaluation of the candidate 
and on funds availability.

Applications including a CV, university degree certificates and letter 
of motivation should be sent to Prof. Dr. Philipp Cimiano at 
cimiano at cit-ec.uni-bielefeld.de until October 31st at the very latest.


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Prof. Dr. Philipp Cimiano
AG Semantic Computing
Exzellenzcluster für Cognitive Interaction Technology (CITEC)
Universität Bielefeld

Tel: +49 521 106 12249
Fax: +49 521 106 6560
Mail: cimiano at cit-ec.uni-bielefeld.de

Office CITEC-2.307
Universitätsstr. 21-25
33615 Bielefeld, NRW
Germany