[visionlist] [Jobs] Last call: 15 PhD scholarships on Privacy-Aware and Acceptable Video-Based Technologies and Services for Active and Assisted Living

Mon Nov 16 17:57:27 -04 2020

Open call for 15 fully funded PhD positions

visuAAL - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network on
Privacy-Aware and Acceptable Video-Based Technologies and Services for
Active and Assisted Living

Deadline: 30 November 2020

More information and application: https://www.visuaal-itn.eu/esr-vacancies 

Specialised training and secondments

Competitive salaries

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie European Training Network visuAAL (Privacy-Aware
and Acceptable Video-Based Technologies and Services for Active and Assisted
Living) invites applications for  <https://www.visuaal-itn.eu/esr-vacancies>
15 early-stage researcher (ESR) / PhD positions, available with a starting
date in the period February 2021 - March 2021. The duration of the
appointment is 36 months, full-time employment contract.

The aim of visuAAL is to bridge the knowledge gap between users'
requirements and the appropriate and secure use of video-based AAL
technologies to deliver effective and supportive care to older adults
managing their health and wellbeing.

visuAAL will seek to increase awareness and understanding of the
context-specific ethical, legal, privacy and societal issues necessary to
implement visual system across hospital, home and community settings, in a
manner that protects and reassures users; outputs will stimulate the
development of a new research perspective for constructively addressing
privacy-aware video-based working solutions for assisted living.

visuAAL is a four-year (2020-2024) Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Innovative Training Network (ITN), which brings together
<https://www.visuaal-itn.eu/consortium/beneficiaries> 5 beneficiaries and
<https://www.visuaal-itn.eu/consortium/partner-organisations> 14 partner
organisations from Austria, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain,
Sweden, and United Kingdom. visuAAL will provide a transdisciplinary and
cross-sectoral combination of training, non-academic placements, courses and
workshops on scientific and complementary skills to 15 high achieving ESRs.
These newly hired ESRs will contribute through their individual research
projects to fulfil visuAAL's aims.

A list of the  <https://www.visuaal-itn.eu/esr-vacancies> 15 PhD positions
/ESR projects is presented below. To apply to a specific position/project,
click on the title and follow the instructions. Please, check individual ESR
projects for details as well as for specific / local acceptance
requirements.

List of available PhD / ESR positions in computer vision and machine
learning:

TU Wien, Austria

*	 <https://www.visuaal-itn.eu/esr-vacancies#rp10> ESR 10: Behaviour
modelling and life logging 
*	 <https://www.visuaal-itn.eu/esr-vacancies#rp11> ESR 11: Algorithmic
governance for active assisted living
*	 <https://www.visuaal-itn.eu/esr-vacancies#rp12> ESR 12: AI for
dementia care

Universidad de Alicante, Spain

*	 <https://www.visuaal-itn.eu/esr-vacancies#rp13> ESR 13: Privacy
preservation in video-based AAL applications
*	 <https://www.visuaal-itn.eu/esr-vacancies#rp14> ESR 14: Context
recognition for the application of visual privacy

Other PhD / ESR positions in visuAAL:

RWTH Aachen University, Germany

*	 <https://www.visuaal-itn.eu/esr-vacancies#rp1> ESR 1: Perceptions
of personal privacy in health monitoring technologies (in different users)
*	 <https://www.visuaal-itn.eu/esr-vacancies#rp2> ESR 2: (Dis)Trust in
medical technologies and medical support considering (severe) health
decisions 
*	 <https://www.visuaal-itn.eu/esr-vacancies#rp3> ESR 3: Acceptance of
artificial intelligence in health-related contexts

Stockholm University, Sweden

*	 <https://www.visuaal-itn.eu/esr-vacancies#rp4> ESR 4: Video-based
AAL technologies and colliding legal frameworks 
*	 <https://www.visuaal-itn.eu/esr-vacancies#rp5> ESR 5: Video-based
AAL technologies and balancing of interests 
*	 <https://www.visuaal-itn.eu/esr-vacancies#rp6> ESR 6: "Digital
twins" as a way to help ensure legal compliance of video-based AAL
technologies 

Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

*	 <https://www.visuaal-itn.eu/esr-vacancies#rp7> ESR 7: Use of camera
systems to support home based multiple chronic disease (multimorbidity)
self-management 
*	 <https://www.visuaal-itn.eu/esr-vacancies#rp8> ESR 8: Application
of behavioural change theory to the design, development and implementation
of camera systems to support home-based multiple chronic disease
(multimorbidity) self-management 
*	 <https://www.visuaal-itn.eu/esr-vacancies#rp9> ESR 9:
Personalisation of self-management education/training for individuals with
multiple chronic health conditions (multimorbidity) using visual based data
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Universidad de Alicante, Spain

*	 <https://www.visuaal-itn.eu/esr-vacancies#rp15> ESR 15: Perceptions
of personal safety and privacy in frail elderly, disabled people and their
caregivers in the context of video-based lifelogging technologies

Requirements

*	Applicants must hold a master's degree (or equivalent) relevant to
the project(s) they apply for
*	Applicants should not have been awarded a PhD degree
*	At the time of recruitment, applicants must have less than four
(full time equivalent) years of experience within a research career
(measured from the date when the applicant obtained the first degree
entitling him/her to embark on a doctorate, even if a doctorate was never
started or envisaged)
*	Applicants must not have resided or carried out their main activity
(work, studies, etc.) in the country of the recruiting institution for more
than 12 months in the 3 years immediately before the recruitment date
*	Proficiency in written and spoken English
*	Additional criteria can apply for each specific research project
(see the details about each project
<https://www.visuaal-itn.eu/esr-vacancies> here)

For more information, contact visuAAL coordinator,
<https://www.dtic.ua.es/~florez/contact.html> Dr Francisco Florez.

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Francisco (Paco) Flórez-Revuelta

 <http://www.dtic.ua.es/~florez/> http://www.dtic.ua.es/~florez/

 <mailto:francisco.florez at ua.es> francisco.florez at ua.es 

Associate Professor

Department of Computing Technology, Research Group on Domotics and Ambient
Intelligence

University of Alicante

Carretera San Vicente s/n, 03690 San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante (Spain)

Coordinator of  <https://paal-project.eu/> PAAL MYBL project and
<https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/861091> visuAAL Marie Skłodowska-Curie
ITN. Chair of the  <https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA19121> GoodBrother COST
Action

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