Research Fellow
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12 month fixed term, available from the 1st March 2017 or as soon as possible thereafter.
Apply by 2 January 2017 at http://tinyurl.com/gncnocp
We are looking for a Research Fellow to work on the EPSRC-funded Self-Care Advice, Monitoring, Planning and Intervention (SCAMPI) project at City, University of London. The project is an exciting EPSRC-funded project in collaboration with Cass Business School, the Department of Computer Science and the School of Health Sciences, along with leading charities, London-based Care Commissioning Groups (CCGs) and Evalucom Consulting to develop a new form of computerised toolkit that will allow someone living in their own home with a chronic condition, together with their relatives, carers and healthcare professionals, to self-manage both their care of the condition and life with it.
The role's main aim to investigate and design a new form of intelligent visual care plan that is natural and simple-to-use, enabling a person living at home with a chronic condition to customise their life and care according to their individual needs and preferences, with pro-active support for monitoring and assessing care goals and qualities with intelligent smart home technologies.
This new post will be based in the Centre for Human Computer Interaction Design (HCID), a specialist research centre within the Department of Computer Science. Our primary focus is exploring the relationship between people and innovative technology with the aim of creating more useful, usable and accessible systems. The successful candidate will work closely with colleagues in City's Cass Business School and School of Health Sciences.The Centre for HCI Design (HCID), based in the Department of Computer Science, was originally established 25 years ago and has a reputation as one of the largest and most successful HCI research groups in the UK. HCID's activities focus on designing systems for real-world use that are informed by engaging with a variety of stakeholders, centred around innovative applications for embedding smart technology in everyday environments, novel ways of communicating with the user, and new ways for a diverse range of users to access and retrieve information.
We are looking for someone who is familiar with user-centred design, including experience in interaction design, designing and conducting user research and usability evaluation. We are also looking for knowledge of research in end-user programming, end-user software engineering or end-user development and visual programming languages, particularly for IoT and other physical computing devices. Experience of and being comfortable with working with people with long-term conditions such as dementia and Parkinson’s is desirable. The successful candidate will be able to work independently with minimal supervision, and have excellent verbal and written communication and inter-personal skills.
For an informal discussion prior to applying, please contact Dr Simone Stumpf ([log in to unmask])
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