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uk: Research Assistant [3 y; good first honours degree in CS or a rel discipline, PhD in Human-Computer Interaction; knowledge of user interaction issues surrounding mobile/ubiquitous computing research advantage; good programming skills in Java/C/C#; £29,853 p.a.] / University of Bristol / deadline July 23

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Department of Computer Science

Based in the Department of Computer Science, you will join Bristol Interaction and Graphics group as part of PATINA project funded by the AHRC and EPSRC through the Digital Economy Programme.

The project is led by the University of Bristol and includes the opportunity of working with partners from Brighton, Greenwich, Newcastle, Southampton and Swansea Universities, as well as with collaborators at the British Library, the Victoria and Albert Museum, Microsoft Research and Nokia Research. This is a unique opportunity to interact closely with a range of institutions and industry in shaping emerging mobile and wearable technologies. The overall aim of the project is to design and build wearable prototypes that can enhance research objects by projecting related information over them, capturing, recording, and replaying activities to support intuitive archiving, sharing and publication of interactions with those objects.

You will take a lead in designing and building the relevant technologies, working across our project partners to coordinate and integrate their input, deploying the technologies in public research settings, and studying and evaluating their use during deployments.

You will have a PhD in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) with a good first honours degree in computer science or a related discipline. You will also have good programming skills in Java/C/C# and the ability to prototype physical, mobile and wearable user interfaces, together with a knowledge of user interaction issues surrounding mobile/ubiquitous computing research is preferable.

Some knowledge of image processing and computer vision techniques is desirable, as is a broad interest in human-computer interaction, particularly physical hardware/device prototyping and qualitative and quantitative evaluation approaches is desirable. Ideally, you will also have experience with real-world deployments and conducting research ‘in the wild’. Salary will be be dependent on qualifications and experience.

If successful, you may be appointed either on a fixed term or a permanent contract depending on the extent of your previous relevant research experience. Further information can be found at www.bristol.ac.uk/personnel/ftc

Grade: Level a – Level a in Pathway 2

Salary: £29,853

Contact for informal enquiries:

Dr M Fraser Mike.Fraser@bristol.ac.uk Tel. 0117 954 5144

Timescale of appointment:

Contract: Fixed Term Contract, three years

Anticipated interview date: 29 July 2010

Anticipated start date: 01 October 2010

Closing date for applications: 9.00 am on 23 July 2010

Further information: https://www.bris.ac.uk/boris/jobs/staff/particulars/partfiles/fff87828/15509fds.doc