[iva] 2 Research Assistant/Associates (PhD Candidates or PostDocs) in HCI/social robotics/media psychology

[Rosenthal-von der Pütten, Astrid]

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The newly formed group "Individual and Technology" at RWTH Aachen University, Germany (Prof. Dr. Astrid Rosenthal-von der Pütten) is looking for two highly motivated research assistants/associates (PhD candidates or PostDocs). The group Individual and Technology is part of the Interdisciplinary Center for Science and Technology Research and affiliated with the Human Technology Center (HumTec) at RWTH Aachen University (http://www.humtec.rwth-aachen.de). Our research and teaching focuses on media psychology, human-technology interaction, artificially intelligent systems, and media neuroscience.

Your profile

- You have (or soon will obtain) an University degree (Master or equivalent) or a Doctorate/PhD for PostDocs in psychology, computer science, HCI or cognitive science
- You have profound knowledge in one (or ideally more) of the following areas: media psychology, human-technology interaction, social robotics, artificially intelligent systems, and/or media neuroscience
- You have a strong interest in interdisciplinary research and research questions at the intersection of (media) psychology, cognitive science and computer science
- You have experience in planning and conducting human-technology interaction studies and in statistical analysis of self-report and interaction data
- You have experience with neuroscience methods (EDA, EEG, fMRI) or are interested and willing to familiarize yourself with these methods
- You have programming skills or are interested and willing to familiarize yourself with programming
- Experience with a robot platform (e.g. Nao, Pepper, Saywer, Baxxter) is a plus, but not a requirement; also programming skills in ROS would be a plus but not a requirement
- Excellent English skills

Moreover, you are responsible, motivated, and team-minded and have strong communicative skills

Your responsibilities

You will engage in research and teaching.
This means you will conduct research within the scope of the Chair's research focus. We offer the possibility to pursue a PhD or a Habilitation.
Additionally you will be planning and giving courses in an English speaking interdisciplinary Master's program (with lectures on social and/or media psychology or HCI).

What we offer

The successful candidate will be employed as a public servant.
The position is to be filled as soon as possible and for 3 years.
This is a full-time position. It is also available as part-time employment per request. If interested in a part-time position, please indicate this in your motivation letter (to make sure: asking for a part-time contract does not diminish your chances! We are a Diversity-oriented and Family-Friendly University and support your wish for part-time contracts).
The successful candidate has the opportunity to pursue a doctoral degree or a habilitation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habilitation) in this position.
The salary corresponds to level EG 13 TV-L (You will be employed under the TV-L tariff. The appointment qualifies for the salary group EG 13 TV-L. To give an impression: gross salary of about €3670 per month, 39:50 working hours per week, 29 days of paid vacation per year; for living costs in Aachen please check out: https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/in/Aachen).

RWTH Aachen University is certified as a Family-Friendly University.
We particularly welcome and encourage applications from women, disabled persons and ethnic minority groups, recognizing they are underrepresented across RWTH Aachen University.
The principles of fair and open competition apply and appointments will be made on merit.


Link to job description:

http://www.rwth-aachen.de/cms/root/Die-RWTH/Jobs-Ausbildung/Jobboerse/~kbag/JOB-Einzelansicht/?file=22267&lidx=1


You may direct your applications to Astrid Rosenthal-von der Pütten using the postal adress below or email (arvdp at humtec.rwth-aachen.de). Please note, however, that communication via unencrypted e-mail poses a threat to confidentiality as it is potentially vulnerable to unauthorized access by third parties.

Deadline is March 9th 2018. Consideration of applications after this deadline cannot be guaranteed.


Please feel free to contact me in case of questions!

Please feel free to forward this information to potential candidates!


Kind regards,

Astrid Rosenthal-von der Pütten


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Prof. Dr. Astrid Rosenthal-von der Pütten

Chair Individual and Technology

Human Technology Center

RWTH Aachen University

Theaterplatz 14

52062 Aachen

Mail: arvdp at humtec.rwth-aachen.de

http://www.humtec.rwth-aachen.de/
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