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~~~~~~~ BRITISH HCI GROUP NEWS SERVICE ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ http://www.bcs-hci.org.uk/ ~~ ~~ All news to: [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ NOTE: Please reply to article's originator, ~~ ~~ not the News Service ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PhD studentship in Human-Computer Interaction (starting Sept/Oct 2002) The Department of Information Systems and Computing at Brunel University is offering a funded PhD studentship to investigate whether giving computers the ability to recognise human emotional reactions can improve human-computer interaction. An experimental approach will be taken to establish the extent to which people will naturally express emotions when interacting with an emotion-detecting computer. The research will also identify the conditions under which the application of emotion detection can lead to improvements in system usability and will provide Human Factors guidelines on the deployment of such technology. The studentship includes registration fees and a living allowance (not less than £9250 per year including London weighting). Eligibility Since the studentship is part-funded by the EPSRC, applicants must be eligible for an EPSRC studentship award (see their web site at www.epsrc.ac.uk). Applicants should have either a first degree (minimum 2i) or a Masters degree in one of the following disciplines (or similar): · Human Factors / Ergonomics / Human-Computer Interaction · Psychology / Cognitive Science · Computer Science Further details at http://www.brunel.ac.uk/~csstksh/studentship.html Applications To apply please send a detailed C.V. together with the names and contact details of two academic referees and a covering letter to: Dr Kate Hone Department of Information Systems & Computing Brunel University Uxbridge Middlesex UB8 3PH Email: [log in to unmask] Closing date for applications: 28 June 2002 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ To receive HCI news, send the message: ~~ ~~ "JOIN BCS-HCI your_firstname your_lastname" ~~ ~~ to [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ Newsarchives: ~~ ~~ http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/bcs-hci.html ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ To join the British HCI Group, contact ~~ ~~ [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ________________________________________________________________________________ This email (and any attachment) is private and confidential. If you were not meant to receive it, please delete it and tell us by phone or email. Although we scan all email and attachments we do not accept responsibility for viruses. ________________________________________________________________________________