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UMIST
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTATION
LECTURERS IN HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION
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We are seeking to appoint 1-2 lecturers in HCI to join the Interactive
System Design group within the department. We welcome applications from
researchers with interests in:
* Multimedia and multimodal user interfaces
* Collaborative systems and E-commerce
* Assistive technology and User Interfaces for the elderly
* Adaptive and context aware UIs
* Socio-technical Systems design
We are looking for researchers who wish to join an expanding team with
interests in the above areas, however we also encourage applications from
researchers with interests in any area of HCI especially those from a
psychology/ cognitive science background.
The Interactive Systems Design group researches the theory, methods and
tools to improve the quality of human computer interaction. The Group
focuses on HCI-in-the-large, (user centred design of socio-technical
systems) as well as HCI-in-the-small (design of interactive artefacts).
Our research has a strong commitment to theory, in the context of developing
practical methods, techniques and tools. The group is composed of 11 staff,
organised into 3 cognate areas:
Human Computer Interaction, led by Professor Alistair Sutcliffe, is
concerned with the development of models, methods and tools to bring
cognitive engineering research to bear upon software development processes
and products. Research is conducted into cognitive science, design
methodology and development of novel interface designs. Other current
research interests include design for elderly users, multimodal dialogue
design, visual HCI, information extraction and retrieval, human factors in
safety-critical systems, requirements analysis and systems engineering. The
section incorporates the Centre for HCI Design.
E-Commerce System Design led by Professor Linda Macaulay investigates how
the technical system design can be informed by user needs and behaviours.
Research is conducted into e-consumer concerns about privacy and security
and how new design processes and technologies can improve the level of trust
in e-commerce. Research is also conducted into how systems should be
designed to support new methods of e-enabled collaborative working for
example in distributed software engineering teams, in virtual business
meetings and in the conduct of e-business among clusters of SMEs. This
research is located in the Centre of expertise in e-Commerce.
Assistive Technology and Multimodal User Interfaces, led by Professor Paul
Blenkhorn researches development of assistive technology in two main areas
of visual impairment and profound and multiple disabilities. Research themes
include multimodal solutions for assistive technology integrating speech,
screen readers and image processing for gesture recognition and
investigating how elderly and extraordinary users can effectively interact
with computer based information. The sub group is a leading force in
supporting people who experience difficulty accessing print (blind,
dyslexic, foreign language learners, etc) and research prototypes have been
commercialised in several products including the Narrator screen reader
embedded in Microsoft products.
The Department of Computation has an established international teaching and
research reputation with strong industrial links. The Department's graduates
are highly rated by employers and the appointees will be required to play a
full role in the research, teaching and administrative activities of the
Department. The Department is seeking to expand by making appointments in
the following research areas:
o Data and Decision Engineering
Research enhances enterprise competitiveness and tactical decision making by
using data, and by deriving higher-order knowledge from large complex data
streams.
o Information Systems
Research focuses on processes and architectures for designing software
systems that evolve and adapt to rapidly changing business and social needs.
o Interactive Systems Design
Research focuses on human computer interaction and the design of e-commerce
systems.
Further information about UMIST and the Department of Computation can be
viewed at: http://www.co.umist.ac.uk/department/vacancies.htm
For informal inquiries please contact Prof Alistair Sutcliffe at
[log in to unmask], phone 0161-200-3315 or Prof Linda Macaulay
[log in to unmask] 0161 200 3354
Formal advert appears in THES & Guardian week beginning 20th Oct, closing
date 20th Nov.
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