[CogSci] job: ADAPT Centre Post Doctoral Research Fellow- Speech Interaction at HCI at UCD Group

[Benjamin Cowan]

==1.5 year ADAPT Centre Post Doctoral Research Fellow position at 
HCI at UCD Group ==
====School of Information & Communication Studies===
===University College Dublin====
======Dublin, Ireland======

====Starting Salary: €39,131 - €45,158 p.a====

==Details==
Applications are invited for the post of ADAPT Centre Post Doctoral 
Research Fellow at the HCI at UCD group. The PostDoc, based in the School 
of Information & Communication Studies, will join the Science Foundation 
Ireland ADAPT Centre and will also be a key member of the Speech 
Interaction research team in HCI at UCD, working on future dialogue 
interactions with and through technology. The postholder will be 
expected to contribute to the development of the research programme as 
well as disseminate the research conducted in leading venues.

The post is available to start from 4th January 2021 or as soon as 
possible thereafter. Remote working will be considered.

===ADAPT Centre===
The research vision of ADAPT is to pioneer new forms of proactive, 
scalable and integrated AI-driven Digital Content Technology that 
empower individuals and society to engage in digital experiences with 
control, inclusion and accountability.  Concerned with personalised, 
immersive, multimodal digital engagement, from multiple perspectives – 
individual, algorithmic, enterprises and society – there is a long-term 
goal of a Balanced Digital Society.

This vision recognises that the growing power and sophistication of 
AI-driven Digital Content Technologies in delivering natural, targeted 
and persuasive online experiences has started to overwhelm nearly all 
parts of society.

In order to achieve this mission-oriented vision, the ADAPT research 
programme looks to appoint a postdoctoral research fellow to lead the 
cutting edge research activities within the Interaction and Control 
Research challenge within ADAPT at UCD, in particular with a focus on 
conducting quantitative and qualitative research exploring speech 
interface user experience, language production and voice agent 
interaction, identifying user experience based issues that needs to be 
addressed in future voice driven AI interactions.

===HCI at UCD Group===
The PostDoc will join the HCI at UCD group, a collaboration between UCD 
Computer Science and the School of Information and Communication 
Studies. With 19 members (inc. 3 faculty) it is one of the largest and 
leading HCI labs in Europe.  The group’s research focuses on three key 
research themes; Speech Interaction (led by Assoc. Prof. Benjamin 
Cowan), Mental Health and Wellbeing (led by Assoc. Prof. David Coyle) 
and Design, Ethics and Privacy (Assist. Prof. Marguerite Barry). The 
group has a highly research active community of researchers with a 
collaborative research ethos, regularly publishing in leading HCI 
venues. The postdoc would join the Speech Interaction theme, working 
closely with Assoc. Prof. Benjamin Cowan.

==Person Specifics==
Applicants should have obtained or be close to completion of a PhD in a 
relevant subject (e.g. Human–Computer Interaction, speech technology, 
cognitive psychology, experimental psychology, psycholinguistics and/or 
related discipline). Ideal candidates will have a strong background in 
quantitative research methods and statistics/mixed methods research, 
experiment design and/or conversational user interface research. 
Applicants should have demonstrated potential for research excellence 
(e.g., publication track record in international journals and 
conferences) and a desire to publish in leading venues in their field, 
whilst also demonstrating a desire to apply for/or have attained 
external funding. Applicants should also have demonstrated strong self 
motivation and an ability to work independently. The ideal candidate 
should have a desire to collaborate across disciplines and an ability to 
work as part of a multi-disciplinary research team.

Informal enquiries about the post can be made to Dr Benjamin Cowan 
(benjamin.cowan at ucd.ie).

Deadline for applications is 5pm 17th December 2021. To apply and for 
further information on the post please visit 
https://www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jobs/ > Search jobs for external applicants 
 > search for reference number 013943

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Benjamin R Cowan PhD
Associate Professor
School of Information & Communication Studies
University College Dublin
Twitter: @BCowanHCI

NB- I do not respond or check emails at weekends or in the evening.
If anything is urgent please phone.
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Recent papers:
Garaialde, D., Cox, A.L., & Cowan, B.R. (2021). Designing gamified rewards to encourage repeated app selection: Effect of reward placement. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1071581921000793
Doyle, P., Clark, L. & Cowan, B.R. (2021). What Do We See in Them? Identifying Dimensions of Partner Models for Speech Interfaces Using a Psycholexical Approach. Proceeedings of CHI 2021. https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.02094
Baxter, M. et al., (2021). “You, Move There!”: Investigating the Impact of Feedback on Voice Control in Virtual Environments. Proceedings of CUI 2021. https://dl.acm.org/doi/fullHtml/10.1145/3469595.3469609
Edwards, J., Janssen, C., Gould, S., & Cowan, B.R. (2021). Eliciting Spoken Interruptions to Inform Proactive Speech Agent Design. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2106.02077
Langevin et al., (2021). Heuristic Evaluation of Conversational Agents. Proceedings of CHI 2021. https://faculty.washington.edu/garyhs/docs/langevin-CHI2021-caheuristics.pdf
Wu, Y. et al (2020). See What I’m Saying? Comparing Intelligent Personal Assistant Use for Native and Non-Native Language Speakers. 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services. https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.06328