Connectionists: Post-doctoral position at INRIA, France

[Yann Renard]

                     *Post-doctoral position on*
      *The use of Brain-Computer Interfaces for 3D Interaction*
              *with Videogames and Virtual Environments*

2-year post-doctoral position is available at INRIA (National Institute
of Research in Computer Science and Control), Rennes, France.

The project is in the area of virtual reality (VR) and Brain-Computer
Interfaces (BCI). It concerns the use of BCI for the purpose of 3D
interaction with virtual worlds and videogames. The postdoc is strongly
related to OpenViBE software for BCI and VR (http://openvibe.inria.fr)
and to OpenViBE2 research project, which targets “future BCI usages for
videogames”. The postdoctoral fellow will work within a research team
devoted to BCI and VR and under the supervision of Dr. Anatole Lécuyer
(http://www.irisa.fr/bunraku/anatole.lecuyer).

The post-doctoral stay is funded for 2 years. The post-doctoral program
aims at designing and testing novel 3D interaction techniques with
virtual worlds based on Brain-Computer Interfaces. Brain-computer
Interfaces (BCI) enable a user to send commands to a computer using only
variations of his brain activity. Traditionally, BCI aim at providing
communication to those who have lost their voluntary muscle control.
They can also be used for multimedia applications, such as for the
purpose of interacting with videogames and 3D virtual worlds.

Main objective of the post-doctoral work is to investigate and design
novel interaction techniques specifically adapted to the use of a
brain-computer interfaces for 3D virtual environments. These BCI-based
techniques are expected to improve 3D tasks such as navigation in the
virtual world or selection and manipulation of virtual objects “by
thought”. A series of experiments with participants will be conducted to
evaluate the various proposed techniques.

The candidate must have a PhD and an excellent background in either:
virtual reality, 3D user interfaces, brain-computer interaction,
human-computer interfaces, or other relevant topics.

>> Interested candidates should send CV, selected publications and 
names and addresses of three references to :

/Dr. Anatole Lécuyer/
/INRIA Rennes/
/EMail:/ anatole.lecuyer at irisa.fr

*REFERENCES*

     * F. Lotte, A. Van Langhenhove, F. Lamarche, T. Ernest, Y. Renard,
B. Arnaldi, A. Lécuyer, "Exploring Large Virtual Environments by
Thoughts using a Brain-Computer Interface based on Motor Imagery and
High-Level Commands", Presence : teleoperators and virtual environments,
vol. 19, no 1, 2010 (in press)
     * Y. Renard, F. Lotte, G. Gibert, M. Congedo, E. Maby, V. Delannoy,
O. Bertrand, A. Lécuyer, “OpenViBE: An Open-Source Software Platform to
Design, Test and Use Brain-Computer Interfaces in Real and Virtual
Environments”, Presence : teleoperators and virtual environments, vol.
19, no 1, 2010 (in press)
     * J.B. Sauvan, A. Lécuyer, F. Lotte, G. Casiez, “A Performance
Model of Selection Techniques for P300-Based Brain-Computer Interfaces”,
ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (ACM CHI), 2009
     * F. Lotte, J. Fujisawa, H. Touyama, R. Ito, M. Hirose, A. Lécuyer,
"Towards Ambulatory Brain-Computer Interfaces: A Pilot Study with P300
Signals", Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology Conference
(ACE), 2009
     * A. Lécuyer, F. Lotte, R. Reilly, R. Leeb, M. Hirose, M. Slater,
“Brain-Computer Interfaces, Virtual Reality, and Videogames”, IEEE
Computer, vol. 41, num 10, pp. 66-72, 2008