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HCI Internship, CSIRO
Jun 09 05
Source: CHI-Jobs
HCI Internship at CSIRO, Canberra, AUSTRALIA
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We are looking for a smart intern who is excited about creating novel research in the field of human-computer interaction!
(Flexible start date, duration 4-6 months, paid, full-time)
We are a newly formed research group that investigates the opportunities that long-distances and time-difference hold, and design and create novel interaction technologies, drawing from various disciplines, to create an increased connectedness between people in distant locations.
We are part of CSIRO, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, in the ICT (Information and Communication Technology) Centre. CSIRO is Australia's premier research organisation with over 6000 staff, and does research in almost every aspect of Australian life.
We offer a place to expand your skills in new directions and an opportunity to bring society forward through research.
You will be researching what brings people closer together: in their social environments, personal relationships, work environments and through physical excercise.
Our aim is to enable people to interact in novel, engaging and stimulating ways; by providing them technology that helps overcoming barriers such as physical distance and time difference. We are interested in research on how people communicate with other people, using technology when necessary: We are not aiming tointroduce technology to a working interaction, however, if the participants are living in two different countries, or even in different time-zones, technology can enable a communication that is otherwise not possible.
Current advances such as videoconferencing, instant messenger and email are mainly supporting factual information exchange, but do not pay justice to the rich interaction modalities humans utilize.
We are working on solutions that do that.
Our research draws on work in human-computer interaction, interface design, ubiquitous computing, social science, design, mechanical engineering and psychology. We are now looking for someone who can bring a unique asset to this mix: could be supporting one of these areas, adding a new expertise, or be a multi-disciplinary background.
We need someone who:
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Is a left- and right-brain thinker
Is creative
Is cutting-edge and aware of research results
Is willing to learn many new things quickly
Is a team-player
Is excited to program, build hardware, design graphics, calibrate sensors, read technical papers and hold presentations all in one day
Can challenge his/her own thinking and ideas
Is excited about what "seems impossible"
Is able to do background literature research
Ideally has experience in research in HCI, CSCW or interactivity
The position is in Canberra, Australia, and pays $A400 per WEEK (tax-free).
Please send your CV (and links to portfolio/website/papers/etc if you have any) and a sentence about which asset you can provide towards our research.
If you have any questions, (there is no website available yet, this is a new group) please feel free to email me:
Florian 'Floyd' Mueller
floyd.mueller@csiro.au