Research Assistant (m/f/d) – Ph D Student (m/f/d)

Your Duties and Responsibilities

• Co-supervising user studies to evaluate image and video quality and other attributes in connection with classic video processing and so-called Gen-AI content (using generative AI) as well as volumetric video content.
• Participation in the statistical analysis of test data and co-investigating quality-relevant visual characteristics.

What We Offer

The successful candidate will be employed as a student assistant.
The position is to be filled at the earliest possible date and offered for a fixed term of initially one year.
Continued employment is planned.
This is a part-time contract position.
The standard weekly hours will be 10 hours.
The salary is based on the RWTH Guidelines for Student and Graduate Assistants.
The position corresponds to a pay grade of 15.20 euros per hour.

Your Profile

You are currently enrolled in a degree program at a university or a university of applied sciences.

Desired skills:

• Programming skills in Python and/or R
• Interest in image/video technology and processing
• Interest in visual perception
• Good German and English skills (written and spoken)

Our Profile

The Chair of Signal Processing in Communications Engineering investigates the interaction between multimedia signal processing, human perception and experience, and the associated sustainability of communications technology systems. Systems, primarily for audiovisual communications engineering, are systematically measured in order to feed the results back into system improvements – during ongoing operation or during system development. Various metrics are considered in relation to signal quality, human perception, user behaviour, cognitive performance, quality of experience and resource consumption (human resources, e.g. fatigue, "cybersickness"; energy and material consumption). The integrative research approach involves signal processing at different levels: in relation to the instances of messaging systems under consideration, at different points in the end-to-end chain, and in relation to an analysis of human-to-human and human-machine communication and interaction, based on different types of multimedia and biosignals as well as metadata. The research is currently investigating information systems for audiovisual and immersive communication and extended/virtual/mixed reality (XR) as well as corresponding communication networks.

We offer integration into a dedicated and research-oriented team, a diverse and exciting field of work with a positive working atmosphere and secure employment with flexible working hours.