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PhD fellowships in Exercising Games for Healthy Ageing

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The Faculty of Information Technology, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering (http://www.ntnu.edu/ime) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) has a vacancy for up to two fully funded PhD research fellow positions in Exercising Games for Healthy Ageing at the Department of Computer and Information Science (IDI)  (http://www.ntnu.edu/idi).

 

The appointment is for a term of 3 years without teaching duties or 4 years with teaching duties, depending of the candidate-s match with the teaching needs of the department.

 

Information about the department

 

Currently there are 24 professors and 14 associate professors at the department. In addition there are 16 adjunct associate professors, 23 postdoctoral researchers, approx. 65 active PhD students, and 18 technical/administrative staff. Five of the tenured scientific positions are held by women, and eight are from other countries than Norway. Research activities are organized into groups and strategic European and National projects as documented here http://www.ntnu.edu/idi/research.

 

Work description

 

The candidate(s) will be member of the EXACT ("Exergaming for active healthy ageing and rehabilitation") project team (https://www.ntnu.edu/health/exergaming) within the department's Information Systems and Software Engineering research group. The aim of the EXACT project is to develop next generation health care technology based on the concept of exercising games (exergames) as a playful way of exercising to increase overall physical activity, and to administer and monitor patient-specific exercises in rehabilitation programs. The project is multi-disciplinary, drawing on expertise in the team from physiotherapy, movement science, user-centered design, and human computer interaction. The PhD candidate(s) will work on the design, development and evaluation of exergames, both screen-based and based on non-traditional user interfaces (biosensors, wearables, tangibles, ubicomp). The overall research approach in the project will be a combination of creative research-through-design, prototyping, field evaluations and controlled laboratory studies. The PhD supervisors have an extensive international network in Human-Computer Interaction and Game Design and Development.

Qualifications

 

Startup in the PhD fellowship requires a completed master's degree in computer science, interaction design or a related area, or education of an equivalent level, where the weighted average grade of the two years of the Master program is of B or higher in accordance with NTNU's grading system.

 

Applicants must have well-developed analytical and problem solving skills, be motivated for doctoral studies, and be able to work independently. Good levels of cooperative and communicative skills are important.

 

We are looking for applicants with either:

(1) a relevant background in Interaction Design / User-Centred Design or

(2) a technical background relevant for the project.

 

Applicants

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Arbeidsgiver Navn: NTNU - Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelig

Arbeidsgiver adresse: O.S. Bragstads plass 2E 7491 TRONDHEIM

Job kort beskrivelse: University and higher education teachers

Land: Norge

Region: Sør-Trøndelag

Kilde til jobbtilbud: NAV, Offentlige arbeidsformidlinger, Norge

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