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Dear Colleagues,
The Industrial Design and Human Factors Division at Imperial College London wishes to appoint a Research Assistant to conduct research within the 3D-Tune-In Horizon2020 project. The 3D-Tune-In project brings together relevant stakeholders: the SME digital games industry (Reactify, Vianet, XTeam and Nerlaska); academic institutions (Imperial College London, De Montfort University, University of Nottingham, University of Malaga); a large European hearing aid manufacturer (GN); and hearing communities to produce digital games applied to hearing aids. With Europe’s ageing population the demand for assistive hearing devices is likely to rapidly increase. While hearing aid technology has dramatically advanced in the last 25 years, new functions are often unexploited or inaccessible, particularly for children and older adults. Producers of hearing aid devices find that individuals prefer to use simpler less flexible devices, even though functionality offered by digital devices can considerably improve hearing in different acoustic environments (e.g. restaurant, street). 3D-Tune-In aims to exploit existing, overlooked or neglected hearing aid functionalities to improve people’s quality of life and their interactions with other people and their surrounding environment. This will be achieved through creating a toolkit based on advances in 3D visual, audio and haptic technologies, to enable SMEs in digital games to generate a set of game applications for supporting hearing impairment. The Research Assistant will be involved in the software and hardware development and integration work-packages within 3D-Tune-In, and in the evaluation stages. Specific tasks will include the development of 3D audio algorithms, of acoustic virtual reality functions, of hearing loss and hearing aid simulators, and the integration of these within desktop and mobile applications. A first degree (or equivalent experience and/or qualifications) in an area pertinent to the research subject (e.g. computer science, engineering), experience in signal processing, development and/or integration of computer interfaces and excellent knowledge of at least one programming language (e.g. C++, C#, Objective C) are essential requirements for this post. Experience in sound processing, hearing aids technology, human factors and subjective experiment design are desirable criteria. It is not necessary to have a PhD for this role. However if you wish to take a PhD while doing this role, the Dyson School of Engineering will subsidise tuition fees. Informal enquiries may be made to Dr Lorenzo Picinali at l.picinali@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx or +44(0) 7967 089889. Our preferred method of application is online via our website. Please click ‘apply’ below or go to http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/employment (Select “Job Search” then enter the job title or vacancy reference number into “Keywords”). Please complete and upload an application form as directed quoting reference number EN20150134SF. The deadline for this post is 16 April 2015 (midnight GMT) Please, circulate this advert to who you believe could be interested! Thanks Lorenzo --
Dr Lorenzo Picinali
Dyson School of Design Engineering Imperial College London
South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ
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