Funded PhD studentship at the University of Birmingham, UK

***Funded PhD studentship at the University of Birmingham, UK***

Deadline for applications: September 5th 2011

*PhD topic*

The School of Electronic, Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Birmingham offers a funded PhD studentship on the topic of affective computing and social signal processing.

*Application details and requirements*

The post is available from 1 October 2011 for three years. We are looking for an excellent student with a Master degree in computer science or related areas. Interest in disciplines such as psychology and social sciences would be desirable. Good programming skills are required. The student will work in strict collaboration with the new Human-Computer Interaction centre recently established. The studentship will fully fund a UK or EU student. We have a number of projects that we are interested in supporting, but we welcome personal applications for any area of affective computing and social signal processing, including affective/social robotics and intelligent interaction. Applications should include a CV, two academic references and a covering letter detailing ideas for a research proposal (max 2 pages).

The deadline for applications is September 5th 2011.

Applications should be sent to Dr. Ginevra Castellano (ginevra.castellano@gmail.com) and Prof. Chris Baber (C.BABER@bham.ac.uk), School of Electronic, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Birmingham.

Informal enquiries to:

Dr Ginevra Castellano Email: ginevra.castellano@gmail.com