Forwarded on behalf of Oliver Lemon (School of Informatics, University 
of Edinburgh).

Tim J. Smith
Psychology,
University of Edinburgh

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I am proud to announce a very exciting new project , ECHOES II: 
Improving Children's Social Interaction through Exploratory Learning in 
a Multimodal Environment.

The intention of the ECHOES project is to develop a safe, motivating, 
and inclusive multimodal learning environment allowing Aspergers and 
Typically Developing children to explore different social situations to 
improve their social interaction and communication skills. ECHOES II 
will provide a unique opportunity to explore a place in which learning 
happens and in which learning can be studied.

The ECHOES project is a multi-site (Edinburgh, London, Sussex, 
Birmingham, Dundee, Glasgow, and Cardiff), three year project funded 
jointly by ESRC and EPSRC via the TLRP TEL call. This project which will 
combine the latest innovative methods in participatory design of 
education technology with cutting-edge multimodal interfaces including 
motion, gesture, and facial expression capture, audio reactivity and 
gaze tracking within an augmented reality 3D environment. Further 
details on the project can be found here:

http://www.lkl.ac.uk/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=287&Itemid=91

The ECHOES project is currently at the recruitment stage. We are looking 
for a range of full-time, part-time RAs and PhD students. These posts 
are spread across the various sites. Details are below. If you are 
interested in any of these posts please follow the links below and 
contact the people named in each advert.

*Check each advert for closing date as it varies across posts*

Full-Time Research Fellow (School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh)

The successful applicant will contribute to the design and development 
of an intelligent multimodal interface, using a combination of an 
interactive whiteboard, 3D graphics, speech synthesis, and video input 
technology including motion, gestures, facial expression and gaze 
tracking. The post will involve development of the ECHOES software 
architecture and organisation of software modules developed at the other 
sites. Experience in software engineering and multi-modal interfaces is 
highly desirable.

http://www.jobs.ed.ac.uk/vacancies/index.cfm?fuseaction=vacancies.detail&vacancy_ref=3009321

Part-Time Research Assistant (School of Informatics, University of 
Edinburgh)

Job description same as above except RA will focus more on combining 
existing interface technologies, e.g. motion tracking + gaze tracking, 
into the ECHOES architecture.

http://www.jobs.ed.ac.uk/vacancies/index.cfm?fuseaction=vacancies.detail&vacancy_ref=3009321


Full-Time Research Fellow (London Knowledge Lab, University of London)

The successful applicant will collaborate in the development of the 
ECHOES II environment with other researchers, focusing particularly on 
the design and implementation of the learning activities and 
interventions along with the ‘action engine’ responsible for the 
selection of the activities based on user input .

http://jobs.ioe.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=7AC-CPLKL-4665

Part-Time Research Assistant (London Knowledge Lab, University of London)

The successful applicant will collaborate in the design of the ECHOES II 
environment with other researchers, focusing particularly on the design 
and testing of the learning activities and the evaluation of the 
educational impact of the environment.

http://jobs.ioe.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=7AC-CPLKL-4664

Full-Time Research Fellow (School of Informatics, University of Sussex)

The successful candidate will use participatory design methods with 
children in order to design and implement the interface for the ECHOES 
II environment, and collaborate in the development of the environment 
with the other researchers, focusing particularly on the development of 
3D characters and avatars and “mirroring” the user’s actions through 
video input.

Enquiries should be address to Dr. Judith Good ([log in to unmask]).

Full-Time PhD. (School of Computing, University of Dundee)

The School of Computing invites applications for a PhD student to work 
on the functional communication of children with autistic spectrum 
disorder (ASD) and similar disabilities within a wider project to 
develop and evaluate a technology enhanced multimodal learning 
environment designed to scaffold children’s social interaction and 
communication skills.

The successful candidate will collaborate with other researchers who 
will be designing a system for the exploration and learning of social 
interaction skills, and will be focussing of how the ECHOES environment 
impacts on the interactive communication of children with ASD, 
specifically Asperger Syndrome.

A first class or good 2:1 Honours or Masters degree, or equivalent, in 
Applied Computing, Computer Science, Psychology, Cognitive Science or 
related discipline is essential, as are knowledge of user-centred design 
methods, computer vision, and an ability to organise and run studies 
involving children, parents and professionals. Good written and 
communication skills are essential.

Enquiries and application requests should be addressed to Dr Annalu 
Waller ([log in to unmask] ).


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