From: G.Joly@cs.ucl.ac.uk (Gordon Joly)
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.offered
Subject: Video Links adjunct to Sharded Tools : Research at University of York,
Date: 7 Sep 92 11:13:36 GMT


Please address all replies to Andrew Monk <AM1@UK.AC.YORK>, not me.
Thanks,
Gordon.

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>From: Andrew Monk <AM1@UK.AC.YORK.VAXB>
Subject: Know anyone who might be interested?


UNIVERSITY OF YORK, U.K.

RESEARCH POST

DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY

EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF VIDEO LINKS AS AN ADJUNCT TO SHARED 
TOOLS

Applications are invited for a three-year research post 
funded by  the Joint Council Initiative in Cognitive 
Science/HCI. The appointee will be responsible for 
developing and running an experimental programme to study 
remote interpersonal communication using shared computer-
based tools and video. It is expected that the appointment 
will be made within the 1 A salary scale, starting point in 
the range #12,129 to #15,688.

Informal enquiries may be made by telephone to Andrew Monk 
(0904-433148, email AM1@uk.ac.york). Closing date Friday 25 
September 1992.

To appear in The Independent (9th September) and Education 
Guardian (15th September).

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1.
Applications are invited for a three-year research post 
funded by  the Joint Council Initiative in Cognitive 
Science/HCI.  While this project is firmly set in the 
discipline of experimental psychology the interpretation of 
the data obtained depends on contributions from other 
disciplines. In order to maintain and develop these 
interdisciplinary links senior scientists from the 
disciplines of Computer Science,  Sociology and Linguistics 
in universities and industrial research laboratories will 
act as project monitors. The grant includes funds to visit 
these people and major European and American HCI and CSCW 
conferences.
2.
The project is concerned with measuring the quality of 
communication provided by different configurations of video 
link when used as an adjunct to a shared editor or drawing 
tool. Dependent variables are to be developed that reflect 
concepts from theories of conversation from several 
disciplines, for example, conversational coherence and 
common ground. Results will be interpreted in terms of a 
theoretical framework encompassing findings from 
conversational analysis, linguistics and psycholinguistics. 
The appointee will be responsible for developing and 
running this experimental programme. 

The appointee will work with Andrew Monk in the Department 
of Psychology. He or she should have a degree in Psychology 
and post graduate experience in some relevant discipline. 
3.
It is expected that the appointment will be made within the 
1 A salary scale, starting point in the range #12,129 to 
#15,688, starting date to be negotiated. The candidate 
appointed will be required to be a member of the 
Universities Superannuation Scheme. 
4.
The Departments of Psychology and Computer Science  are 
involved in a variety of Human-computer Interaction 
research including other research council and EC funded 
projects.  The appointee will be joining a large group of 
HCI researchers. 
5.
Applications, with a full curriculum vitae and naming three 
referees, should be sent to: The Personnel Office, 
University of York,  York YO1 5DD. Informal enquiries may 
be made by telephone to Andrew Monk (0904-433148, email 
AM1@uk.ac.york). Closing date Friday 25 September 1992.



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