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• The Study Office Changes Opening Hours

  [14 May 2013] The student office has adopted new office hours.

• Instagram - more than self-portraits and pictures of food

  [17 Apr 2013] The photo-sharing application Instagram is used by millions of people around the world daily. In the media, the social media phenomenon is sometimes dismissed as trivial pastime. However, according to a fresh study at the University of Gothenburg, a lot of effort often goes into a picture before it is shared.

• Three job openings in interaction design

  [15 Apr 2013] The division for interaction design is looking to fill three open positions.

• Twenty Interaction Design Students to Present their Research at International Conference

  [10 Apr 2013] Twenty students from the Master programme in interaction design and technologies are presenting their research at the Student Interaction Design Research (SIDeR) Conference in Aarhus. The conference, which runs from April 9 to 10, is an international forum where students of interaction design can showcase their research and exchange ideas.

• Gothenburg University Scientists to Develop Pedagogical Robots

  [4 Mar 2013] Can robots improve teaching in schools? This is something that Dr. Wolmet Barendregt, senior lecturer at the Department of Applied IT at the University of Gothenburg, will investigate together with researchers from four countries in the research project EMOTE, which is financed by European Union. Over the next three years, the researchers will work to develop, apply and evaluate whether robots with the ability to interpret and act on emotions can contribute to the learning of school children.

• Job opportunity: Senior lecturer in Information systems

  [12 Nov 2012] The call refers to a Senior lectureship in Information Systems with specialization in IT Management. The applicant must cover the following research themes: Enterprise Architecture, IT Strategy, Change Management and IT infrastructure. The department offers education and carries out research within the areas informatics, interaction design, learning, communication, cognitive science and visualization in close collaboration with industry and public sector. Development of the individuals knowledge and ability to analyze, understand and handle different aspects of IT, interaction between people and interaction between people and technology are at focus. Closing date 2012-12-11.

• Job opportunity: Lecturer in Communication and Cognition

  [12 Nov 2012] The department offers education and carries out research within the areas informatics, interaction design, learning, communication, cognitive science and visualization in close collaboration with industry and public sector. Development of the individuals knowledge and ability to analyze, understand and handle different aspects of IT, interaction between people and interaction between people and technology are at focus. Closing date 2012-12-11.

• PhD position in the field of Learning, Communication and IT in Applied Information Technology

  [5 Nov 2012] The University of Gothenburg invites applications for one PhD-position in Applied IT. The Ph.D. position is partially financed by the EU project EMOTE (EMbOdied-perceptive Tutors for Empathic-based learning). EMOTE is a project that brings together experts to carry out interdisciplinary research on affect recognition, learner models, adaptive behaviour and embodiment for human-robot interaction in learning environments, grounded in psychological theories of emotion in social interaction and pedagogical models for learning facilitation. Participants come from several European countries, such as Great Britain, Portugal, and Germany. The position is placed at the Department of Applied Information Technology within the division for Learning ICT and Communication. The start of the position is planned for 1 December, 2012 (or later after agreement). Closing date 2012-11-27.

• Post doc in Communication

  [31 Oct 2012] The Department of Applied Information Technology provides education and research in communication and cognitive science with an interdisciplinary profile. The department is part of both Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg. The Division of Communication and Cognition is part of the department of Applied IT, which also hosts the SCCIIL (Swedish: SSKKII) Interdisciplinary center with a focus on cognition and communication. The department is now announcing a two- year postdoc position in Communication in the Division of Communication and Cognition, attached to the SCCIIL Center. Closing date 2012-11-27.

• Job opportunity: Researcher in Social Signal Processing

  [10 Sep 2012] The Department of Applied Information Technology is looking for a researcher in Social Signal Processing

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