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~~~~~~~ BRITISH HCI GROUP NEWS SERVICE ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ http://www.bcs.org.uk/hci/ ~~ ~~ All news to: [log in to unmask] ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ NOTE: Please reply to article's originator, ~~ ~~ not the News Service ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IPO, Center for User-System Interaction, at the Eindhoven University of Technology, has established a two-year international Postgraduate Programme in User-System Interaction, leading to the Master's Degree in Technological Design. IPO is looking for university graduates interested in working as user interface specialists in multi-disciplinary design, research and development teams in industry, business services and government institutions. Accepted candidates are funded for $50.000, covering tuition and cost of living in the form of monthly installments. The programme provides engineers, designers, computer scientists and behavioural scientists with a professional education in user-system interaction and a practical training in user-centred design methods. Students are trained to work in multi-disciplinary teams on projects and cases in various application domains. Students gain practical experience working on industrial projects at companies such as Philips, KPN, Lucent, Ericsson, Baan. Programme features: * Design focus - students receive professional training in technological design. * Practical training - in their second year, students work on a project in industry or government institution, supervised by staff from the IPO and the host organisation. * Application orientation - students work on assignments and case studies throughout the programme. * Teamwork - students with backgrounds in the engineering, behavioural and physical sciences work in small multi-disciplinary teams. * Cross-cultural and international experience - our students come from all over the world. * Lectures conducted by well-known specialists in the domain of user-system interaction. To apply for the USI programme you must have a graduate degree (MSc or equivalent) in engineering, behavioural science or design (including computer science, business engineering, mathematics, physics, linguistics, psychology and cognitive sciences). Applicants with professional qualifications or practical experience are also welcome. Applications may be accepted until July 15th, depending on the availability of places. Applications consist of a letter of application, extensive curriculum vitae, two letters of recommendation, and certified copies of diplomas, courses and grades (in Dutch or English). [see http://www.tue.nl/ipo/usi/usiform.pdf] For more information about the programme look at our web sites: http://www.tue.nl/ipo/usi/index.html http://www.tue.nl/ipo/index.html or contact: IPO, Center for User-System Interaction Eindhoven University of Technology P.O.Box 513 5600 MB Eindhoven The Netherlands +31 40 247 2786 +31 40 247 5200 (IPO secretariat) e-mail to: [log in to unmask] Send your application to: Stan Ackermans Institute Eindhoven University of Technology P.O.Box 513 5600 MB Eindhoven The Netherlands ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ To receive HCI news, send the message: ~~ ~~ "JOIN BCS-HCI your_firstname your_lastname" ~~ ~~ to [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ Newsarchives: ~~ ~~ http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/bcs-hci/ ~~ ~~ archive.html ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ To join the British HCI Group, contact ~~ ~~ [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%