We have announced the ‘PhD Fellowships – RISE Doctoral Training Program’ at RISE CoE (rise.org.cy). If you are interested to apply at positions of the GET Lab’s affiliated Multidisciplinary Research Group, VR for Well Being, please look at the topics under “MRG: Virtual Reality for Well-Being (VR-Well-Being)”
http://www.rise.org.cy/en-gb/vacancies/job-listings/phd-fellowships-rise-doctoral-training-program/
Thematic Area: VR for Well Being: Physical Well-Being (with smart monitoring)
Short Description:
The main goal is to push the capabilities of the VR systems beyond their current state of the art capabilities, aiming to contribute to people’s physical well-being targeting motor rehabilitation of patients or/and to the physical condition improvement of non-patients. Concepts such as neuro-plasticity, exergaming, embodiment illusion, can be explored towards this end. For further enhancement, existing Machine Learning techniques can be integrated in the system/framework. Supervising DTP committee experience covers Virtual Reality, Machine Learning, Computer Graphics, and Well-Being through extensive previous work on these topics.
Candidates for this post should possess:
- Bachelor’s degree and postgraduate degree of Master’s level in a relevant field (e.g. Interactive
Media, Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Neuroscience,
Psychology) from an accredited institution - Strong computer programming skills and expertise with a game engine (e.g. Unity)
- Expertise with Virtual and/or Augmented Reality technologies
- Familiarisation with Interactive virtual environments, 3D modelling concepts and softwares
- Experience in experimental research (related to VR)/ statistical analysis
- An interest/knowledge in Neuroscience/Psychology aspects
- At least very basic understanding of Machine Learning or Neural Networks concepts
- Very good knowledge of English language.
- Ability to organize and carry out research work.
- Excellent computer skills and ability to learn quickly.
Preferred qualifications include:
Experience in biosignals’ acquisition and biomeasurements’ analysis
Responsible MRG:
The successful candidates will be assigned to RISE’s VR for Well Being MRG. The successful candidate will be registered at the Cyprus University of Technology and will be based at RISE.
For more information please contact:
Dr Despina Michael-Grigoriou, VR for Well Being Team Leader, email: d.grigoriou@rise.org.cy
RISE DTP Committee:
- Dr Despina Michael-Grigoriou, VR for Well Being Team Leader, RISE Research Centre & Cyprus University of Technology, email: d.grigoriou@rise.org.cy
- Prof. Anthony Steed, University College of London & RISE Research Centre
- Dr Vassilis Vassiliades, RISE Research Centre
Thematic Area: VR for Well Being: Social Well-Being
Short Description:
The work within this PhD thesis will be based on experimental studies investigating interventions through VR applications to be developed. The goal of the thesis is to push the capabilities of the VR systems beyond their current state of the art capabilities. Concepts such as neuro-plasticity, exergaming, embodiment illusion, placebo idea and others can be explored towards this end. The assessment will be based on the acquisition of biosignals their analysis. Supervising DTP committee experience covers Virtual Reality, Computer Graphics, Well-Being, Social Inclusion through extensive previous work on these topics.
Candidates for this post should possess:
- Bachelor’s degree and postgraduate degree of Master’s level in a relevant field (e.g. Interactive
Media, Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Neuroscience,
Psychology) from an accredited institution - Strong computer programming skills and expertise with a game engine (e.g. Unity)
- Expertise with Virtual and/or Augmented Reality technologies
- Familiarisation with Interactive virtual environments, 3D modelling concepts and softwares
- Experience in experimental research (related to VR)/ statistical analysis
- An interest/knowledge in Neuroscience/Psychology aspects
- Experience in biosingals’ acquisition and biomeasurements’ analysis
- Very good knowledge of English language.
- Ability to organize and carry out research work.
- Excellent computer skills and ability to learn quickly.
Responsible MRG:
The successful candidates will be assigned to RISE’s VR for Well Being MRG. The successful candidate will be registered at the Cyprus University of Technology and will be based at RISE.
For more information please contact:
Dr Despina Michael-Grigoriou, VR for Well Being Team Leader, email: d.grigoriou@rise.org.cy
RISE DTP Committee:
- Dr Despina Michael-Grigoriou, VR for Well Being Team Leader, RISE Research Centre & Cyprus University of Technology, email: d.grigoriou@rise.org.cy
- Prof. Kiyoshi Kiyokawa, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
- Dr Demetris Antoniades, RISE Research Centre