[iva] PhD vacancy University of Twente / Social Signal Processing

[d.k.j.heylen at utwente.nl]

https://www.utwente.nl/en/organization/careers/vacancies/!/vacature/278285



The 4TU research centre Humans & Technology (H&T) has a vacancy for a PhD candidate to be based at the Human Media Interaction research group of the University of Twente and working on sensing and social signal processing.

The research is to be carried out as part of a larger project – S4 -  that will be studying Smart Social Systems and Spaces that assess and improve humans’ behaviours and experiences in their social contexts – in the office and at home. Six PhD candidates and three postdocs will improve the technology for sensing and interpretation of the situated behaviours and experiences ("Sensing and Modelling"), and develop methods and techniques to support the well-being through ambient intelligence and “persuasive” companions that assist in keeping up a happy and healthy lifestyle ("Happy and Healthy Life Style Support). Furthermore, we will focus on methodological innovations in the new fields where design, technology and the social sciences meet ("Methodology").

The main question for this PhD is: "How can we improve the interactive technology that measures and interprets human behaviour and experiences?"

Via current sensing technology, a rich set of data can be collected on human behaviours and experiences. However, more accurate interpretations of these data are needed (addressing the personal and contextual influences), for instance by looking deeper into multimodality. Besides measuring the individual (affective, mental, and physical state and dynamics) it is also important to look at the group level.

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