IT Officer

We are looking for one IT Officer (student assistant) in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), for a project funded by the Villum Experiment program. The assistant will help design and run user study to collect user experience and description of haptic signals (e.g., “This vibration feels exciting like drums or heartbeat.”) from three types of haptic hardware that display vibrations, synthetic textures, and contactless ultrasound haptic signals.

Further information on the Department can be found on www.di.ku.dk/english.

The position is open from 1 September 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter. The position is temporary and will expire on 31 March 2025. The working hours will be 10 hours per week.

The University wishes our staff to reflect the diversity of society and thus welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal background.

Job description
The IT Officer (student assistant) will contribute to various aspects of the project, including designing the user study, programming haptic signals, recruiting and running participants, preparing the transcripts, and processing/analyzing the data for a machine learning pipeline. Depending on the student background, they will have flexibility to be involved in developing the algorithms or participate in future publications and report.

Terms of salary and employment
The appointment will be based on the multi-union collective agreement for the Confederation of Teachers Unions and the Danish Confederation of Public Employees of 2010 (LC/CO10) and the trade union agreement for public service IT employees (PROSA).

Your application
If you find the job interesting, please send an electronic application with attachment via Jobportalen (click on the link "Apply Now" at the bottom of the post) no later than on 10 July 2024.

Please include:

• Curriculum vitae
• Diploma and transcripts of records (e.g. BSc)
  

Interviews will take place in July 2024.

The University of Copenhagen seeks to reflect society and encourages applications irrespective of personal background.

Questions
For further information about the position please contact Hasti Seifi ([email protected])

The Faculty of Science at the University of Copenhagen – or SCIENCE – is Denmark's largest science research and education institution with 4,000 employees and 9,700 Bachelor and Master's students in 12 departments. The Faculty has an annual budget of DKK 3 billion. Learn more about The Faculty of Science at www.science.ku.dk.

Københavns Universitet giver sine knap 10.000 medarbejdere muligheder for at udnytte deres talent fuldt ud i et ambitiøst, uformelt miljø. Vi sikrer traditionsrige og moderne rammer om uddannelser og fri forskning på højt internationalt niveau. Vi søger svar og løsninger på fælles problemer og gør ny viden tilgængelig og nyttig for andre.

Kontakt
Hasti Seifi
E-mail: [email protected]

Info
Ansøgningsfrist: 10-07-2024

Ansættelsesdato: 01-09-2024

Arbejdstid: Deltid

Afdeling/Sted: Human-Centred Computing