[ACT-R-users] Job opening at OFFIS - Cognitive modelling to assess usability aspects of driver assistance systems

[Andreas Luedtke]

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Job opening at OFFIS - Cognitive modelling to assess usability aspects of
driver assistance systems


The OFFIS Research Division Safety Critical Systems (
http://www.offis.de) has an

open position for a research assistant on a full-time basis available
immediately.

You will work in a European Project in the 7th Research Framework
Programme of the EU with leading scientists in the field of Human-Machine
Interaction and with experts from the automotive industry.

Central aim of the project is the design and implementation of a
methodology for the development of cognitive driver models enabling the
assessment of usability aspects of driver assistance systems.

Your task is to work with a team of three colleagues to research and model 
human behaviour.
You will define requirements for a human driver model in cooperation with
experts from the automotive industry; you will specify conceptual
enhancements of an existing model architecture and will implement this
concept into executable code. Furthermore, you will participate to the
definition of simulator experiments to validate the predictive quality of
the driver model and you will perform the validation.

Within OFFIS the project team is embedded in a research cluster of 20 
researchers working 
on Human-Machine Interaction subjects (including other projects dealing 
with human modelling).

You should be highly motivated and posses the competence to work
independently in a team. You should enjoy facing interdisciplinary
challenges. As an application-oriented researcher you are interested in
communicating and cooperating with industrial partners.

Furthermore, we expect an outstanding M.Sc. or Diploma in Computer Science
or a related discipline with a strong programming background.

An interest in, and preferably experience with, either Cognitive Science
or Artificial Intelligence are essential for this position.

German language skills are useful, but not mandatory. OFFIS is located in
Oldenburg (north western Germany). A dynamic university city with a
distinct sense of personality and an unique quality of life offering many
cultural and free time possibilities. Oldenburg is located near Bremen and
Hamburg with the North Sea only few kilometres away.

We offer a salary according to your qualifications and experience.

As a research institute and in cooperation with the University of
Oldenburg OFFIS offers excellent opportunities for scientific careers and,
if formal preconditions are fulfilled, for working towards a doctoral
thesis.

For more information, please contact the Head of the Department:
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Josko (josko (at) offis.de, Tel. +49-441-9722-520)

Please submit your application including the usual documents to: personal
(at) offis.de

Thank you and best regards,
Andreas Luedtke

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Dr. Andreas Luedtke
OFFIS
Safety Critical Systems
Escherweg 2 - 26121 Oldenburg - Germany
Fon: +49 441 9722-530 - Fax: +49 441 9722-102
E-Mail: luedtke at offis.de - URL: http://www.offis.de