Amanuens in Biomechanics, interactive biofeedback and serious gaming
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, School of Engineering Sciences

KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm has grown to become one of Europe’s leading technical and engineering universities, as well as a key centre of intellectual talent and innovation. We are Sweden’s largest technical research and learning institution and home to students, researchers and faculty from around the world. Our research and education covers a wide area including natural sciences and all branches of engineering, as well as architecture, industrial management, urban planning, history and philosophy.

Job description

Programming and development of interactive biofeedback in the new KTH MoveAbility Lab, in accordance with the faculty and PhD students. Staff and students in this experimental laboratory environment measure movement patterns, muscle activations and external forces in persons with and without motor disorders. Data from these measurement instruments can be live-streamed and used as input in both “serious gaming” and in intelligent assistive devices. The person should participate by programming within this theme, and generally assist and contribute to ongoing research projects in the research group.

The person should also be generally helpful during movement data collection of able-bodied persons and of patients. The person should also help in analyzing data and compile results, both written and orally.

Qualifications

• You should be admitted to education at the basic or advanced level in computer science, programming or equivalent program at KTH.
• You have good programming skills in Unity, Python and C#.
• You have also good scientific writing skills in English.
• Moreover, you take initiative, are self-motivated and willing to work in a multi-disciplinary team

Great emphasis will be placed on personal competence and suitability.

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Application

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Type of employment: Temporary position longer than 6 months
Contract type: Part-time
First day of employment: 2020-05-15
Salary: Monthly salary
Number of positions: 1
Working hours: 20-50%
City: Stockholm
County: Stockholms län
Country: Sweden
Reference number: S-2020-0617
Contact: Elena Gutierrez Farewik , lanie@kth.se
Published: 17.Apr.2020
Last application date: 18.May.2020 11:59 PM CET

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