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PRiMMA: Privacy Rights Management in Mobile Applications
( http://crc.open.ac.uk/primma)
Post: Research Fellow in Human Computer Interaction
Department of Computing (Centre for Research in Computing)
The Open University, UK
RF Salary range: £27,466 - £32,796 (Ref:4320)
Based in Milton Keynes, UK
Duration: 3 year fixed-term contract
PRiMMA is an interdisciplinary project on Privacy Rights Management in Mobile Applications, in collaboration between The Open University and Imperial College London.
This recently funded three-year EPSRC research project, starting in June 2008, will investigate human and technical aspects of privacy management for mobile computing applications. The project will empirically investigate mobile computing users' requirements and policies for privacy in different settings. The objective is to develop usable technologies that support management of these requirements and determine how to enforce privacy policies.
Background: Ubiquitous Computing is approaching fast: most people in the UK over the age of 8 carry mobile phones, which are becoming increasingly sophisticated interactive computing devices. Location-based services are also increasing in popularity and sophistication. There are many tracking and monitoring devices being developed that have a range of potential applications, from supporting mobile learning to remote health monitoring of the elderly and chronically ill. However, do users actually understand how much of their personal information is being shared with others? In a recently released report from the UK Information Commissioner, we were warned that the UK in particular is 'sleepwalking into a surveillance society', as ordinary members of the public give up vast amounts of personal information with no significant personal or societal advantage gained. In general, there will be a trade off between usefulness of disclosing private information and the risk of it being misused. This project will investigate techniques for protecting the private information typically generated from ubiquitous computing applications from malicious or accidental misuse. The project will investigate privacy requirements across the general population for a specific set of ubiquitous computing technologies. These requirements will be used to produce a Privacy Rights Management (PRM) framework that enables users to specify privacy preferences, to help visualize them, to learn from the user's behaviour what their likely preferences are, and to enforce privacy policies.
The project will address a number of research issues, including:
* how do people perceive privacy in ubiquitous systems?
* what types of privacy controls would people like to have when using ubiquitous systems?
* how to develop privacy control tools that are easy to use via simple interfaces (e.g. mobile phones) as well as large screen devices?
Applications are invited for a Research Fellow (RF) position with a background in Human Computer Interaction. The successful candidate will work closely together with another Research Fellow (focussing on technical aspects) as part of an interdisciplinary team, comprising Professor Bashar Nuseibeh, Dr. Arosha Bandara, Blaine Price, Professor Yvonne Rogers and Dr. Adam Joinson from the University of Bath. The OU research team will work collaboratively with researchers at Imperial College London. Experience and training in social-science and human-computer interaction research methods, and experience of collecting and analysing quantitative and qualitative data is essential. Interest and expertise in the areas of privacy management is an advantage.
For further details about the position please contact the project principal investigator, Prof Bashar Nuseibeh: [log in to unmask] Informal enquiries are encouraged.
More information about the project is available at: http://crc.open.ac.uk/primma.
For detailed information on how to apply go to www3.open.ac.uk/employment , call the Recruitment Secretary on +44 (0)1908 654161 or email [log in to unmask] the reference number.
Disabled applicants who meet the essential job requirements will be interviewed. Further particulars are available in large print, disk or audiotape (minicom 01908 654901).
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