Funded PhD studentship on Automatic Social Behaviour Analysis

The School of Electronic, Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Birmingham offers a funded PhD studentship for a UK/EU student on Automatic Social Behaviour Analysis.

The successful applicant will work on a topic relating to one or more of the following:

- Automatic analysis of non-verbal behaviour for affect recognition

- Socially perceptive and interactive virtual agents and robots

- Modelling of large-scale human behaviour

Personal applications for any area related to automatic social behaviour analysis are also welcomed. We are looking for an excellent student with a strong first degree or Master degree in computer science or related areas relevant to the PhD topics. Interest in disciplines such as psychology and social sciences would be desirable. Good programming skills are required. The student will work in close collaboration with the Centre for Human-Computer Interaction recently established at the University of Birmingham. The studentship is fully funded and is open only to UK or EU candidates.

Applications should include a CV and a covering letter detailing ideas for a research proposal and two academic referees (max 2 pages). The CV should include the final grades of your undergraduate degree.

The post is available for three years.

The deadline for applications is November 28th 2011.

Applications should be sent to Dr. Ginevra Castellano (g.castellano@bham.ac.uk), School of Electronic, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Birmingham.

Informal enquiries to: Dr Ginevra Castellano (g.castellano@bham.ac.uk)