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PhD Project "Control Structures for Mixed Reality Systems" – (Ph.D.)
Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)
Industrial Design| Application Deadline: | April 1, 2010 | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | Free - ≈ € 10,000 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Eindhoven / Netherlands / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 48 months | Start Date: | May, June, July, August |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)
This PhD project is part of a collaborative project called ALICE which aims to provide an experimental platform for research and design questions for achieving certain types of user experiences with mixed reality. This vacancy concerns the design, development and empirical validation of a control structure for the ALICE mixed reality installation (see at The PhD student will be placed in the Designed Intelligence (DI) group, department of Industrial Design (ID), TU/e. The PhD student will be working in close collaboration with other members of the DI group and the ID department.
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The department of Industrial Design of the Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (TU/e), founded in 2001, is a rapidly growing department with over 400 students, both Bachelor and Master, and around 80 staff members. With a strong emphasis on research the ID department focuses on the design of intelligent products, systems, services and networks. These innovative products enable people to interact with their environment in an optimal and flexible way. The TU/e ID engineer, who has developed a wide range of competencies during his/her education, is capable of integrating technology, user aspects, design and business/marketing insights. This MSc-program is practice oriented, capable to deal with and aware of relevant issues as formulated by industry and society at large. Ambient Intelligence and Ambient (health) Care draw special attention within the TU/e and ID particular, and is an important research and application field. ID encompasses four areas in the near future: Technology covered by the Designed Intelligent (DI) group, User aspects, covered by User Centered Engineering (UCE) group, Design and Business.
The positions are situated within the DI Group, which is a multidisciplinary group addressing the design of the intelligence in adaptive systems, products and related services. The cooperating disciplines include computer science, electrical engineering, software engineering, psychology and industrial design. Compared to the other groups of the department ID, the DI group has the strongest emphasis on technology.
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The candidate has to meet the following requirements:
* A masters degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics or Industrial design with strong programming skills and hands-on experiences in hardware for embedded systems;
* Preferably knowledge of control structures for mixed reality installations;
* Affinity with the topics of user experiences in mixed and augmented reality systems;
* Collaborative skills, in particular the ability to work in multidisciplinary teams;
* Good communication skills in English;
* Independent working style.
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You can contact Recruitment Officer of the Industrial Design Department to ask a question about PhD Project "Control Structures for Mixed Reality Systems" at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e).
Relevant Links
- Research Group "Designed Intelligence"
- ALICE project
- University Homepage
- Information about University
- StudyinHolland.nl : Information on why and what to study in The Netherlands.
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- Governmental Dutch immigration and nationalisation service
- Studychoice.nl: Make a personal comparison of university programmes in The Netherlands
- Student Experiences about The Netherlands - STeXX.eu
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