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Marie Curie Fellow, Philips Research
Nov 21 04
Source: CHI-Jobs
Title: Marie Curie fellow
Job ID: 19446
City, Country: Eindhoven, Netherlands
Experience Required: 1-3 Years
Vacancy Type: Full-Time Regular
PD/NO Description: Philips Research is part of Philips Electronics N.V. Besides the main laboratory in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, there are also laboratories of Philips Research in Germany, France, England, Belgium, China, India and the United States (collectively some 2100 people). Our scientists work in a wide range of disciplines, from information technology, software, multimedia and digital signal processing to physics and chemistry; from mathematics to mechanics. We provide a challenging and stimulating environment, where our scientists generate options for new and improved products and processes by realizing concepts or making prototypes, in close cooperation with the Philips Product Divisions. About 1% of Philips' sales is spent on these corporate research activities. Our activities have led to the milestone of 100,000 patents, and the publishing of many thousands of technical and scientific papers. For more information on Philips Research: www.research.philips.com
Department Description: This project is placed within the Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI) cluster of the research group Media Interaction (MI) of the Philips Research Laboratories in Eindhoven. The goal of the MI group is to develop, analyse, and prototype concepts for novel media systems. Within this group, the IUI cluster concentrates on the conceptualisation of enjoyable interaction styles based on user understanding. For this IUI investigates the use of innovative interaction technologies, extends knowledge on human cognition and develops methodologies for designing and evaluating interactive systems. The cluster's emphasis is on designing user experiences through empirical research of user - system interaction.
Site Description: High Tech Campus Eindhoven
Essential/Key Areas of Responsibility: This project is part of an Early Stage Training (EST) project: “Consumer-oriented access to media content”, funded via the EC Marie Curie program.
Within this project, three more fellows will participate.
· Potential for excellence, demonstrated by finishing the project with a Ph.D.
· Become familiar with state-of-the art knowledge about personalization technologies in the area of content filtering
· Get familiar with models on personality structures
· Learn to conduct empirical research for relating content filtering approaches to user profiling mechanisms
· Establish a model for relating content preferences to personality structures beyond the level of correlations
· Follow complementary training at the Technical University Eindhoven through courses on User-System Interaction, experimentation and data analysis, technical writing
· Learn to work successfully in a project-oriented environment
· Participate in regular project meetings with the other MC fellows of this project, stimulate exchange across disciplinary boundaries
· Build up a personal network with international contacts in industry and academia
· Write manuscripts for publication in international, peer-reviewed journals
· Contribute to and participate in international conferences
· Demonstrate application relevance of the work by contributing to invention disclosures and patent filings
Essential/Job Requirements: Masters Degree in Psychology or Sociology
· Strong intrinsic motivation of the candidate to follow a research training in an industrial research laboratory and to follow complementary university courses.
· Candidates need to have a specialization in or experience with experimental research methodologies
· Additional experience in personality psychology is desired.
· High level of social skills needed for the successful working in a professional, international and strongly interdisciplinary oriented environment.
· Good command of the English language both in writing and speaking.
· Candidates need to demonstrate a broad interest in a user-centered approach, even if their main skills lie in algorithmic or other technical areas.
· Due to EC regulations, candidates must not have more than 4 years of experience (i.e., no more than 4 years elapsed since the aquisition of the university degree of master or equivalent).
· Candidates must be nationals of one of the EU member states (excluding the Netherlands)
Some extra relevant info on the Marie Curie program requirements: The Marie Curie program offers numerous opportunities to individual researchers to participate in a research team in another country. Funding is available for researchers to move both within Europe and internationally. And, in an effort to enhance networking between researchers, the EU provides funding for researchers coming from non-EU countries to train in Europe. To take part in most of the Marie Curie programs, a researcher must be prepared to move country. Mobility is defined using the following criteria:· Firstly, the researcher should not be a national of the state in which they plan to move and carry out their research;· Secondly, the researcher has not lived, worked or studied in that country for more than 12 months out of the three years immediately prior to either the time of application, or the start of their work (depending on the action). Exceptions from the first rule may be granted for European researchers that have been working outside the EU for a long period.More info on following links: http://europa.eu.int/eracareers/index_en.cfmhttp://mc-opportunities.cordis.lu/
Contact Information: boris.de.ruyter@philips.com