Research Fellow UBHave: Ubiquitous and social computing for positive behaviour change University of Birmingham - School of Computer Science
Starting salary £27,428 a year, in a range up to £35,788 a year, with potential progression to £37,990 a year. Post is available for 20 Months. http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/ADK057/research-fellow/ The School of Computer Science is looking for a Research Fellow within the EPSRC funded project UBHave: Ubiquitous and social computing for positive behaviour change. The UBHave project aims to devise tools to study and influence human behaviour through mobile phone and social networking technology. Our objective is to lay foundations for a systematic science that can underpin future developments of digital behaviour change interventions. The project is in collaboration with the University of Southampton, the University of Cambridge, the University of Oxford and University College London. The Research Fellow will conduct internationally-leading research in mobile and socially-aware systems. S/He will develop research objectives and proposals for own or joint research and will contribute to writing future bids for research funding. S/He will also analyse and interpret research findings and results with the aim of disseminating them in top international journals and conferences. To apply you must hold a first degree in the areas of computer science, electronic engineering, mathematics or a related discipline, and normally, a PhD relevant to the research area or equivalent qualifications. Also, you should have demonstrated your research competence through high-quality and high-impact publications in top conferences in the area of mobile and sensing systems and/or machine learning. You should have a high level of analytical capability and ability to communicate complex information clearly. You should be fluent in relevant models, techniques or methods and the ability to contribute to developing new ones. Knowledge of machine learning and/or data analysis techniques (or willingness to acquire them) is really appreciated. Informal enquiries may be made to Dr Mirco Musolesi (http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~musolesm/) at the School of Computer Science. Closing date: 18th November 2011 Reference: 43760 To download the details and submit an electronic application online visit: www.hr.bham.ac.uk/jobs alternatively information can be obtained from 0121 415 9000. -- Mirco Musolesi School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham Edgbaston B15 2TT Birmingham, United Kingdom Web: http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~musolesm _______________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) - for discussions on computer networking and communication. [email protected] https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc
