Two (2) PhD & One (1) Postdoctoral Scholarships in Smartphone Sensing of Human Behavior, University of Oulu, Finland (2015)

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Oulu, Finland, is hiring:
- two PhD Students and
- one Post-doctoral Researcher

to work on Smartphone Sensing of Human Behavior.

The positions are available at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Oulu (http://www.oulu.fi/cse), and the successful candidates will work within the Community Imaging Group (http://comag.oulu.fi). The research will focus on the development of mobile sensing techniques to capture and model human behavior. The work is expected to extend the AWARE framework developed by our group (http://awareframework.com), particularly in the context of an ongoing project on cycling and transport.

The Community Imaging group conducts research on the development of tools, techniques, and theories to study communities of people through their use of technology. Our research draws on human-computer interaction, ubiquitous computing, social network analysis, behavioural analysis, and data mining techniques. We experimentally collect data from communities of people through their use of interactive technologies such as mobile phones and social media, and subsequently analyse and model this data to characterise behavioural vectors of these communities.

Candidates should demonstrate strong skills in developing for mobile platforms, particularly Android, and knowledge of data analysis and machine learning techniques. Experience with Human Computer Interaction will be a benefit, particularly experience in conducting experimental studies with human participants. The research will focus on developing novel ways of capturing and interpreting sensor data that modern mobile phones have available, particularly for understanding people’s behaviour.

Further details:
http://comag.oulu.fi