[iva] Marie Skłodowska-Curie individual fellowships at Utrecht University

[Yumak, Z. (Zerrin)]

The Human-Centred Computing group, Utrecht University, the Netherlands invites candidates interested in a Marie Skłodowska-Curie individual European fellowship. The call has a deadline of 9 September 2020. General information about Marie Curie fellowships can be found here:

https://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/actions/individual-fellowships_en

What we are looking for are candidates who:
        * Have a PhD or at least 4 years' full-time research experience by the call deadline (9 September 2020).
        * Have not been in the Netherlands for more than 12 months in the 3 years before 9 September 2020.
        * Would love to live in Utrecht during their fellowship and work with us
        * Have an interest in our research areas (see below) and a background that complements these areas
        * Bring something new to our group.

Marie Curie welcomes people who want to restart their research career after a break such as parental leave, and we also welcome interest from such candidates.

What we offer selected candidates is:
        * An international  top university (#30 Shanghai ranking) as host institution.
        * A strong and friendly research group
        * Excellent research infrastructure
        * Mentoring, support, input, and feedback to produce an excellent jointly written fellowship proposal

If you are interested in applying for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie individual fellowship with us as host, please
        * Send an expression of interest to the member of staff closest aligned to your research interests by 30 May, 2020, with subject line 'Marie Curie'.
        * Include:
                * Your CV (PDF including publication list)
                * A paragraph explaining what makes you a good candidate
                * A paragraph explaining your research interests and the project you envisage working on during your fellowship
                * A paragraph explaining what skills you would bring to the group.
                * A paragraph explaining what you would like to learn during your fellowship

Our research areas include:
        * Virtual humans in Augmented & Virtual Reality and Games (Zerrin Yumak)
        * Human-Robot Interaction (Maartje de Graaf)
        * Mobile and Wearable Computing (Paweł W. Woźniak, Egon L. van den Broek)
        * Personalized and adaptive systems (Judith Masthoff, Egon L. van den Broek)
        * User Modeling and Recommender Systems (Judith Masthoff)
        * Affective and empathic computing (Egon L. van den Broek, Judith Masthoff)
        * Persuasive technology, e-coaching, and serious games  (Robbert Jan Beun, Judith Masthoff, Joske Houtkamp)
        * Computer-Supported Collaborative Work and Crowd Computing (Ioanna Lykourentzou)
        * Automated analysis of and interaction with humanities' data (Almila Akdag)
        * Cognition in User Experience (Christof van Nimwegen)

These research areas are addressed in many domains, including: health & well-being, sports, education, music, retail, and cultural heritage.

Email addresses for all staff can be found on the Utrecht University website.

Best regards,
Zerrin Yumak

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Assistant Professor
Department of Information and Computing Sciences
Utrecht University
Tel: +31 (30) 253 7578
Web: www.zerrinyumak.com<http://www.zerrinyumak.com/>
Skype ID: zerrin.yumak
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