[AUDITORY] We are looking for a researcher in the field of Auditory Augmented Reality!

[Stephan Werner <stephan.werner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Interested in research on Augmented-Reality- and Robotics-based telepresence interaction?

Interested in a multidisciplinary research consortium tackling topics from technology to user-centric design and evaluation? Thinking of doing a PhD with a longer-term perspective of 3 to 5 years? Then please consider the open position we have to offer (for an initial period of 3 years, with possibility of extension to up to 5 years, starting June 1st, 2021):

“Creation of Co-Presence in Future Telepresence Systems Using Auditory Augmented Reality – Enhancement of Acoustic Properties of Virtual Representations of Real Audio Objects”

https://jobundkarriere.tu-ilmenau.de/jobposting/043d51796633a21b4dc9875eb14b352baa0340c8

We are looking forward to hearing from you!

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    Descriptions: 
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    CO-HUMANICS
        project context
    https://www.tu-ilmenau.de/en/co-humanics/
            
          
    The position is
      part of the collaborative project CO-HUMANICS funded by the
      Carl-Zeiss-Foundation for a duration of 5 years, in a
      collaboration of 5 research groups at @Technische Universität
      Ilmenau. The project investigates how co-presence of people can be
      improved by using AR technologies or telepresence via assistance
      robots. The main target group are senior citizens, with the aim of
      enabling social participation and being together with friends and
      relatives even in phases of limited mobility or temporarily
      insurmountable spatial distance. In the project, different
      versions of co-presence systems will be developed and evaluated by
      means of a user-centric design approach. Non-seniors will also be
      involved in the planned developments and tests. The results will
      thus be valid for a broad group of users.
    
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Research group

    The Electronic
      Media Technology Group (EMT) of the Institute of Media Technology
      (IMT) is part of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and
      Information Technology of Technische Universität Ilmenau. You will
      work in our spatial audio group together with
      colleagues like Annika Neidhardt, Florian Klein, Christian
      Schneiderwind, Ulrike Sloma, Stephan Werner, and others.

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Your Activities

With the help of position-dynamic binaural synthesis it is possible to enrich a real acoustic environment with additional virtual audio objects (auditory augmented reality, #AAR). The listeners and the virtual audio objects can move freely in space. The virtual objects are representations of people on distant places, which are brought into the own place. The goal is to provide the listener with an auditory impression in which he or she perceives the virtual audio objects as plausible as in a real environment.

    Your task is to
      investigate how such an audio system has to be set up to
      adequately fulfill the tasks of co-presence in an Audio-AR
      scenario. In particular, this involves methods to measure and/or
      estimate acoustic source properties like source expansion,
      directional characteristic and near-field effects, development of
      methods to augment the reproduced virtual audio objects in a new
      room with the named features, and the integration in a
      demonstration system including virtual visual representations
      using AR technologies. Starting from the technical realization,
      quality tests are to be performed to evaluate the suitability of
      the different acoustic augmentations.

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Your profile

* University Master degree in one of the fields of media technology or corresponding engineering or natural science subjects, such as electrical engineering, computer science, neuroinformatic, computer linguistics or physics

    * expertise in
      one or better more of the following areas: Audio/video/multimedia
      technology, spatial audio systems, spatial hearing,
      telecommunications / network technology, digital signal
      processing, statistical analysis procedures, implementation /
      analysis of empirical studies
    
    * good knowledge
      in areas such as dynamic binaural synthesis, acoustics,
      psychoacoustics, and real-time implementation of algorithms.
      Knowledge in modelling of perception and/or cognition is a plus
    
    * good knowledge
      in at least one of the programming languages: Python/C/C++/MATLAB.
      Knowledge in using Unity/Unreal or similar is a plus.
    
    * interest in
      multidisciplinary research at the interface between technology and
      human perception
    
    * very good
      communication skills, commitment, enthusiasm, independent working
      style as well as initiative and team spirit
    
    * high
      proficiency in English (spoken and written) is required and
      knowledge of German is a bonus
    
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https://jobundkarriere.tu-ilmenau.de/jobposting/043d51796633a21b4dc9875eb14b352baa0340c8

We are looking forward to hearing from you!

-- 
Technische Universität Ilmenau
Acting head of Electronic Media Technology Group
Dr.-Ing. Stephan Werner
PF 100565
98684 Ilmenau
Germany

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Helmholtzplatz 2, Room H3520, 98693 Ilmenau, Germany

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