Motivation

Rapid progress in BCI and BNCI research is creating a number of new opportunities across a much wider range of potential users than previously recognized. Unfortunately, the many new developments and new research groups lead to two problems. First, key terms and definitions are confusing, outdated, nonexistent, and/or only sporadically accepted by people and groups from different backgrounds. This impedes development of standards and roadmaps for both academic and commercial efforts. It is also difficult to organize conferences, workshops, special journal editions, expositions, or electronic collaboration resources. Second, there are widely differing views on how to capitalize on recent progress and which avenues for future development merit the most attention. identify which opportunities are (and aren’t) promising across all four components of a BCI system: sensors and signals; signal processing; applications and devices; and interfaces and operating environments. Hence there is a need to develop key terms, definitions and standards to be disseminated through roadmaps, conferences, workshops and publications. 

Requirements

The research will be performed in a multi-disciplinary team that is part of the Centre of Telematics and Information Technology of the University of Twente, the international coordinated action Future of BNCI and the large national project BrainGain (www.braingain.nl). He/she will work in close collaboration with Ph.D.'s and researchers who work on BCI for healthy users, especially BCI based game interfaces. The candidate is likely to have a background in cognitive neuroscience, biomedical engineering, cognitive psychology, or another relevant field. with a record of publications. Moreover he/she needs to have excellent communication skills. We offer a position for two years with earliest starting date February 2010.

Organization

The University of Twente (UT) is an entrepreneurial research university, located in Enschede, the Netherlands. Organized over  five faculties, the UT offers twenty educational programs ranging from applied physics, public and business administration,  communication studies and diverse programs in engineering technology. Research takes place within the context of institutes  and focuses, among other things, on information and communication technology, nanotechnology, biomedical technology, policy  studies, construction management & engineering, and mechanics. More than 7,000 students and 2,700 staff members live and  work at the UT, the Netherlands' only campus university.

The Computer Science department of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS) is one  of the largest academic institutions in computer science in the Netherlands, with 270 faculty members and 1200 students. It  provides courses in Human Media Interaction, Technical Computer Science, Business Information Technology, and Telematics.  The research of the department is part of the multidisciplinary research institute Centre for Telematics and Information  Technology (CTIT). The Human Media Interaction group is one of the most influential research groups in Europe. It is heavily involved in large-scale  Dutch and European research projects, Networks of Excellence and Coordinated Actions. The main research themes are  multimodal interaction, ambient intelligence, entertainment technologies, multimedia access and generation, and brain-computer  interfacing. 

Conditions of employment

We offer you a contract for a period of two years with earliest starting date February 2010. The monthly salary ranges from € 2379,00 gross to € 4374,00 gross - according to the Collective Labour Agreement (CAO) for Dutch Universities - depending on qualifications and experience. Additionally, the University of Twente provides excellent facilities for professional and personal development, a holiday allowance and an end-of-year bonus, and a number of additional benefits.

More information and how to apply

More information about the HMI group can be obtained by visiting http://hmi.cs.utwente.nl/.  For information about this particular position you can contact by email Dr. Mannes Poel (mpoel@cs.utwente.nl) or Prof.dr. Anton Nijholt (anijholt@cs.utwente.nl). Applications including a curriculum vitae and the names and email addresses of two references can be sent to the same addresses .