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UK: PhD project: Human-Agent Collaboration for Distributed Sensemaking (Open U. & NASA Ames) |
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Written by Administrator
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Friday, 25 July 2008 |
Open University (UK) and NASA Ames Research Center (USA)
PhD Project: Human-Agent Collaboration for Distributed Sensemaking
and Action
http://kmi.open.ac.uk/studentships/studentship7.cfm
This exciting PhD project is a collaboration between the Hypermedia
Discourse research programme at the Knowledge Media Institute, Open
University UK, and the Brahms agent-based Work Systems Simulation
activity in Human-Centered Computing at NASA Ames Research Center.
The successful candidate will join a team with an international
reputation and established collaboration track record, based at the
Knowledge Media Institute, receiving world class doctoral training,
and working closely with NASA using e-PhD collaboration tools,
including funding for NASA placements.
The project leaders and supervision team are Simon Buckingham Shum
(KMi), Paul Mulholland (KMi) and Maarten Sierhuis (NASA).
The Challenge
In many fields, cross-disciplinary teams must collectively making
sense of complex, changing, potentially ambiguous information, often
under time pressure (e.g. in scenario analysis, collaborative
learning, space exploration, science teams, emergency response,
strategic planning, intelligence analysis). As we tackle problems of
an unprecedented scale and complexity, new tools are needed to bring
stakeholders together for effective dialogue, analysis and
coordinated action.
What will scientific publishing, collaborative modelling, or internet
argumentation look like when ideas might be agents, arguments can be
monitored, and agents can provide active support to analysts working
over time and space? What are the human and computing challenges, how
would you investigate them, and how would you validate your work?
You are...
...passionate about developing tools for mapping human knowledge, and
inventing and understanding new kinds of user experience with
software agents. You will have a keen interest in human-centred
computing, bringing Java and/or Web programming skills, and a
relevant background in one or more of: multi-agent systems,
conceptual modelling, argumentation, knowledge engineering,
collaboration tools, user interface design, usability evaluation. You
will be a team player, capable of working collaboratively at a
distance and across timezones, able to initiate new ideas, and work
to agreed objectives.
To apply...
We invite candidates to read the linked resources, and write a
research proposal following the guidelines.
Full details of how to apply for this position are at:
http://kmi.open.ac.uk/studentships/studentship7.cfm
Studentship for 3 years: £12,978 (2008/09) / 13,367.34 (2009/10) /
13,768.36 (2010/11) plus laptop, travel costs to present papers, and
NASA placements.
We are aiming to fill this position as soon as possible. Please let
us know if you intend to apply, with an informal email outlining your
background and interests.
Application deadline: 1700 GMT Monday 18th August 2008
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