Research Intern, Gesture Input and Learning

2 weeks ago


Toronto, Ontario, Canada Oculus Full time
**Research Intern, Gesture Input and Learning (PhD) | Chercheur stagiaire, saisie gestuelle et apprentissage (doctorat) Responsibilities**:

- Plan and execute cutting-edge research to advance human-computer interaction research. | Planifier et exécuter des recherches de pointe pour faire progresser la recherche sur l'interaction homme-machine.
- Collaborate with dynamic teams of engineers, designers and researchers. | Collaborer avec des équipes dynamiques d'ingénieurs, de concepteurs et de chercheurs.
- Independently organize and lead research activities such as designing and building prototypes, experimental design, as well as data collection and analysis. | Organiser et diriger de façon indépendante des activités de recherche telles que la conception et la construction de prototypes, la conception expérimentale, ainsi que la collecte et l'analyse de données.
- Write and publish high quality scientific articles. | Rédiger et publier des articles scientifiques de haute qualité.
- Communicate research activities and findings to collaborators across a variety of disciplines. | Communiquer les activités et les résultats de la recherche à des collaborateurs de diverses disciplines.

**Minimum Qualifications**:

- Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining, a PhD in the field of computer science, human-computer interaction, engineering, or a related scientific field. | Possède actuellement, ou est en train d'obtenir un doctorat dans le domaine de l'informatique, de l'interaction homme-machine, de l'ingénierie ou d'un domaine scientifique connexe.
- 3+ years of experience with programming languages such as C++, C#, Python. | Plus de trois ans d'expérience avec les langages de programmation, tels que C++, C# et Python.
- 2+ years of experience in experimental design of user studies and statistical analysis to interpret results. | Plus de deux ans d'expérience en conception expérimentale d'études sur les utilisateurs et en analyse statistique pour interpréter les résultats.
- Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment. | Doit obtenir une autorisation de travail dans le pays d'emploi au moment de l'embauche et maintenir une autorisation de travail continue pendant l'emploi.

**Preferred Qualifications**:

- Proven track record of achieving research results and innovation as demonstrated by at least 1 first-authored peer-reviewed publications in relevant venues such as ACM CHI, ACM UIST, ACM IMWUT, IEEE ISMAR or IEEE VR. | Des antécédents prouvés en matière de résultats de recherche et d'innovation, comme en témoignent au moins une publication à comité de lecture comme premier auteur dans des publications pertinentes, telles que ACM CHI, ACM UIST, ACM IMWUT, IEEE ISMAR ou IEEE VR.
- Prior research experience in one or more of the following would be an asset - novel input devices & wearables, design of interaction techniques, multimodal input (including voice and eye tracking), gesture recognition (including computer vision, IMU, and EMG based sensing), accessibility in AR/VR, learning technologies, ergonomics & human factors, statistics & machine learning. | Une expérience de recherche antérieure dans un ou plusieurs des domaines suivants serait un atout, nouveaux dispositifs d'entrée et accessoires, conception de techniques d'interaction, entrée multimodale (y compris le suivi de la voix et des yeux), reconnaissance des gestes (y compris la vision par ordinateur, l'IMU et la détection basée sur l'EMG), accessibilité en réalité augmentée/virtuelle, technologies d'apprentissage, ergonomie et facteurs humains, statistiques et apprentissage automatique.
- Prior development experience in one or more of the following would be asset - C (Arduino), C# (Unity), Python (TensorFlow, Keras, PyTorch, Pandas, Matplotlib). | Une expérience préalable du développement dans un ou plusieurs des domaines suivants serait un atout : C (Arduino), C# (Unity), Python (TensorFlow, Keras, PyTorch, Pandas, Matplotlib).
- Experience prototyping with wearable devices and sensing. | Expérience du prototypage avec des dispositifs portables et de la détection.
- Intent to return to degree-program after the completion of the internship/co-op. | Intention de retourner au programme diplômant après avoir terminé le stage/coopération.

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