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<div>The Human-Centred Computing group, Utrecht University, the Netherlands invites candidates interested in a Marie Skł<font face="Calibri">odowska-Curie individual European fellowship. The call has a deadline of 9 September 2020. General information about
Marie Curie fellowships can be found here:</font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri"><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/actions/individual-fellowships_en"><font color="#0563C1"><u>https://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/actions/individual-fellowships_en</u></font></a></font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri">What we are looking for are candidates who:</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri"> • Have a PhD or at least 4 years’ full-time research experience by the call deadline (9 September 2020).</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri"> • Have not been in the Netherlands for more than 12 months in the 3 years before 9 September 2020.</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri"> • Would love to live in Utrecht during their fellowship and work with us</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri"> • Have an interest in our research areas (see below) and a background that complements these areas</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri"> • Bring something new to our group.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri">Marie Curie welcomes people who want to restart their research career after a break such as parental leave, and we also welcome interest from such candidates.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri">What we offer selected candidates is:</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri"> • An international top university (#30 Shanghai ranking) as host institution.</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri"> • A strong and friendly research group</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri"> • Excellent research infrastructure</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri"> • Mentoring, support, input, and feedback to produce an excellent jointly written fellowship proposal</font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri">If you are intere<font face="Calibri CE">sted in applying for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie individual fellowship with us as host, please</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri"> • Send an expression of interest to the member of staff closest aligned to your research interests by 30 May, 2020, with subject line 'Marie Curie'.</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri"> • Include:</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri"> • Your CV (PDF including publication list)</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri"> • A paragraph explaining what makes you a good candidate</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri"> • A paragraph explaining your research interests and the project you envisage working on during your fellowship</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri"> • A paragraph explaining what skills you would bring to the group. </font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri"> • A paragraph explaining what you would like to learn during your fellowship</font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri">Our research areas include:</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri"> • Virtual humans in Augmented & Virtual Reality and Games (Zerrin Yumak)</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri"> • Human-Robot Interaction (Maartje de Graaf)</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri"> <font face="Calibri CE">• Mobile and Wearable Computing (Paweł W. Woźniak, Egon L. van den Broek)</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri"> • Personalized and adaptive systems (Judith Masthoff, Egon L. van den Broek)</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri"> • User Modeling and Recommender Systems (Judith Masthoff)</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri"> • Affective and empathic computing (Egon L. van den Broek, Judith Masthoff)</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri"> • Persuasive technology, e-coaching, and serious games (Robbert Jan Beun, Judith Masthoff, Joske Houtkamp)</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri"> • Computer-Supported Collaborative Work and Crowd Computing (Ioanna Lykourentzou)</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri"> • Automated analysis of and interaction with humanities’ data (Almila Akdag) </font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri"> • Cognition in User Experience (Christof van Nimwegen)</font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri">These research areas are addressed in many domains, including: health & well-being, sports, education, music, retail, and cultural heritage.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri">Email addresses for all staff can be found on the Utrecht University website.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri">Best regards,</font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri">Zerrin Yumak</font></div>
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<div><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Department of Information and Computing Sciences</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Utrecht University</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Tel: +31 (30) 253 7578</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Web: <a href="http://www.zerrinyumak.com/"><font color="blue"><u>www.zerrinyumak.com</u></font></a></span></font></div>
<div><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Skype ID: zerrin.yumak</span></font></div>
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