PhD studentship in 3D audio interaction at Glasgow (Stephen Brewster )


Subject: PhD studentship in 3D audio interaction at Glasgow
From:    Stephen Brewster  <stephen@xxxxxxxx>
Date:    Wed, 7 Nov 2007 11:21:39 -0000
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C82130.608D236A Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear All I have a PhD studentship that might be of interest. The focus in on 3D audio and its use in interaction for mobile devices. If you know of anyone interested could you pass it on! Thanks Steve -------- PhD studentship DEPARTMENT of COMPUTING SCIENCE UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~stephen/gaime.shtml A three-year PhD studentship is available in the area of novel gestural and audio user interfaces for use on the move on the EPSRC-funded "GAIME: Gestural and Auditory Interactions for Mobile Environments" project. This project will be in collaboration with Nokia Research Centre in Helsinki. The project as a whole will investigate new interactions for mobile devices that allow them to be used more effectively on the move. Most PDAs and smart phones have sophisticated graphical interfaces and commonly use small keyboards or a stylus for input. The range of applications and services for such devices is growing all the time. However, there are problems which make interaction difficult when a user is on the move. Visual attention is needed to operate a device, which may not be available when the user is walking, running or crossing the road. The hands are also needed to or keyboards or pens. These may not be available if the user is carrying bags, holding on to children or operating machinery, for example. The novel aspect of the research is to reduce the reliance on graphical displays and hands by investigating gesture input from other locations on the body combined with three-dimensional sound. The focus of the PhD studentship will be to design and evaluate novel interaction techniques using audio and gestures. Some key areas to be investigated are to: * Design and evaluate sophisticated 3D audio interaction techniques for mobile devices;=20 * Develop ego- and exocentric audio display techniques;=20 * Assess these in mobile and static settings;=20 * Combine the best gestures and 3D audio interaction techniques into complete applications for evaluation in realistic settings to assess their real usefulness. The post is available from 1 January 2008 (the start date is negotiable up to 6 months) for three years and would suit applicants with a good honours or Masters degree in computing science and an interest in human-computer interaction, multimodal interaction, audio and mobile devices. The post would also suit electronics or physics graduates who have excellent computing skills.=20 For more details and application forms see www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~stephen/gaime.shtml Informal enquiries to: Stephen Brewster, email: stephen@xxxxxxxx Web: www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~stephen =20 ________________________________________________ =20 Stephen Brewster EPSRC Advanced Research Fellow Professor of Human Computer Interaction Department of Computing Science University of Glasgow Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK =20 Tel: +44 (0)141 330 4966 Fax: +44 (0)141 330 4913 Web: www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~stephen Email: stephen@xxxxxxxx Skype: stephen_brewster=20 ____________________________________________ =20 =20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C82130.608D236A Content-Type: text/x-vcard; name="Stephen Brewster (stephen@xxxxxxxx).vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Description: Stephen Brewster (stephen@xxxxxxxx).vcf Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Stephen Brewster (stephen@xxxxxxxx).vcf" QkVHSU46VkNBUkQNClZFUlNJT046Mi4xDQpOOkJyZXdzdGVyO1N0ZXBoZW47O1Byb2YNCkZOOlN0 ZXBoZW4gQnJld3N0ZXIgKHN0ZXBoZW5AZGNzLmdsYS5hYy51aykNCk9SRzpVbml2ZXJzaXR5IG9m IEdsYXNnb3cNClRJVExFOlByb2Zlc3NvciBvZiBIdW1hbiBDb21wdXRlciBJbnRlcmFjdGlvbg0K VEVMO1dPUks7Vk9JQ0U6KzQ0ICgwKSAxNDEgMzMwIDQ5NjYNClRFTDtXT1JLO0ZBWDorNDQgKDAp IDE0MSAzMzAgNDkxMw0KQURSO1dPUks7RU5DT0RJTkc9UVVPVEVELVBSSU5UQUJMRTo7O0RlcGFy dG1lbnQgb2YgQ29tcHV0aW5nIFNjaWVuY2U9MEQ9MEFVbml2ZXJzaXR5IG9mIEdsYXNnb3c7R2xh c2dvdzs7RzEyIDhRPQ0KUTtVSw0KTEFCRUw7V09SSztFTkNPRElORz1RVU9URUQtUFJJTlRBQkxF OkRlcGFydG1lbnQgb2YgQ29tcHV0aW5nIFNjaWVuY2U9MEQ9MEFVbml2ZXJzaXR5IG9mIEdsYXNn b3c9MEQ9MEFHbGFzZ293IEcxMiA9DQo4UVE9MEQ9MEFVSw0KVVJMO1dPUks6aHR0cDovL3d3dy5k Y3MuZ2xhLmFjLnVrL35zdGVwaGVuDQpFTUFJTDtQUkVGO0lOVEVSTkVUOnN0ZXBoZW5AZGNzLmds YS5hYy51aw0KUkVWOjIwMDIxMjEyVDEzMzU1NFoNCkVORDpWQ0FSRA0K ------_=_NextPart_001_01C82130.608D236A--


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