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<p align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">Leverhulme Magna Carta Doctoral Scholarship</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">Department of Psychology and Department of Computer Science, Royal Holloway, University of London</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">Project: </span></strong><em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">The risk of unknowingly disclosing personal information through eye tracking
and webcam technology</span></em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">Supervisors: </span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">Dr Szonya Durant (Dept. of Psychology), Dr Dawn Watling (Dept. of Psychology)
and Dr Zhiyuan Luo (Dept. of Computer Science)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">Applications are invited for a funded full-time studentship for doctoral research,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">Awarded under the Leverhulme Magna Carta Doctoral Centre starting in September 2017 (with the possibility of extending the start date until January 2018 at the very latest). The scholarship
covers UK and European Union tuition fees and an annual stipend towards living expenses. The 2017/18 value of the stipend is £16,553.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">The Research Project</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">This project will assess the risk of unknowingly disclosing personal information over social media, simply through how we move our eyes when interacting with or scanning social media.
We aim to examine what personal information (e.g. age, sex, aspects of personality) can be determined from eye movement patterns whilst scanning social media using machine learning.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">This interdisciplinary PhD project draws on the fields of sensory neuroscience, in particular, the experimental study of eye movements and the latest cutting edge computer science developments
in machine learning. The novelty of the proposed interdisciplinary approach promises to yield original insights that will expand the knowledge and understanding in both fields of study and have impact for our understanding of issues around internet privacy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">This project is supervised by three experts in their field, the primary PhD supervisor (<a href="https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/szonya-durant(64105598-776f-4034-ab30-7e10b4e1d348).html"><span style="color:#0665A9">Dr
Szonya Durant</span></a>) and two co-supervisors (<a href="https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/dawn-watling(70194d88-af3f-40a8-9b85-60dcfc1d51c8).html"><span style="color:#0665A9">Dr Dawn Watling</span></a>and <a href="https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/zhiyuan-luo(cb78d990-b108-4090-8626-afe8c14f1936).html"><span style="color:#0665A9">Dr
Zhiyuan Luo</span></a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">Both Dr Durant and Dr Watling are based in The Department of Psychology, which has an active and expanding postgraduate research community, is well-equipped for research. It was ranked
6<sup>th</sup> out of 82 UK Psychology Departments in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF), with 93% of the research classified as world-leading or internationally excellent. Research in the Department spans a breadth of topics across psychological
sciences and neuroscience and is supported by excellent facilities - further information on the research environment can be found <a href="https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/psychology/research/home.aspx"><span style="color:#0665A9">here</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">Dr Luo is based in the Department of Computer Science, one of the UK's leading centres for research into Computer Science – further information on the research environment can be found <a href="https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/computerscience/research/home.aspx"><span style="color:#0665A9">here</span></a>.
In the most recent Research Excellent Framework (REF 2014), it was ranked 11th in the UK for the quality of research output, with a third of publications recognised as world leading, and a further half internationally excellent (87% in total).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">Both departments are situated on a beautiful campus close to London.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">Applicants should ideally hold, or be predicted to achieve, a first class undergraduate degree or equivalent in Cognitive or Computer Sciences or related disciplines (minimum requirement:
2.1). An MSc in a Cognitive or Computer Sciences related subject is desirable but not essential. The ideal candidate will have strong skills in computer programming and data analysis<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">. </span></strong>Eye
tracking and experimental design experience would be advantageous. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">The Scholarship</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">The scholarship will fund a full-time PhD for three years, during which time a full academic training programme will be provided. The successful candidate will be engaged in all aspects
of the research project, including engaging with and disseminating findings to external stakeholders. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to the activities of the Magna Carta Doctoral Centre as well as the postgraduate research community
in the Department of Psychology including contributing to teaching.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">For further details about the Leverhulme Magna Carta Doctoral Centre, please see:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><a href="https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/iquad/news/articles/leverhulmemagnacartadoctoraltrainingscholarshipscallforproposals2016entry.aspx"><span style="color:#0665A9;text-decoration:none">https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/iquad/news/articles/leverhulmemagnacartadoctoraltrainingscholarshipscallforproposals2016entry.aspx</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><a href="https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/studyhere/researchdegrees/feesandfunding/leverhulmedoctoralstudentships/home.aspx"><span style="color:#0665A9;text-decoration:none">https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/studyhere/researchdegrees/feesandfunding/leverhulmedoctoralstudentships/home.aspx</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">Informal enquiries about the project should be directed to: <a href="mailto:szonya.durant@rhul.ac.uk"><span style="color:#0665A9;text-decoration:none">szonya.durant@rhul.ac.uk</span></a>.
Fulldetails on how to make an application are shown on our <a href="https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/psychology/prospectivestudents/postgraduateresearch/home.aspx"><span style="color:#0665A9;text-decoration:none">Departmental Website</span></a>(select tab “3.
Leverhulme Magna Carta Studentships”) and in the <a href="https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/studyhere/researchdegrees/applying/applicationprocessforresearchdegrees.aspx"><span style="color:#0665A9;text-decoration:none">College Webpages</span></a>. For further
details on the application process please contact: Sharon Clutterbuck on <a href="mailto:psyoffice@rhul.ac.uk"><span style="color:#0665A9;text-decoration:none">psyoffice@rhul.ac.uk</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">Closing date: 5pm on Tuesday 1<sup>st </sup>August 2017 (may be extended if not enough applications are received for the September start date)</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">Interview dates: 7-18 August (can be flexible around existing commitments)</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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