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Are you an HCI researcher who combines academic rigour with a hands-on, human-centred design attitude and who enjoys collaborating across disciplines and countries? University of Twente is looking for you!

Can technology learn to listen to how athletes feel, and not just to what the sensors measured?

In the ASPIRE project, we develop knowledge for the new generation of sports tracking technology that integrates athletes’ subjective experiences (such as perceived exertion, motivation, enjoyment and fatigue) with objective physiological and biomechanical data.

ASPIRE is a collaboration between the University of Twente and Saarland University, funded under the DFG-NWO WEAVE programme.

As a postdoctoral researcher, you will lead the human-computer interaction side of the project. You will investigate how everyday athletes and coaches currently use tracking and feedback technologies, design and develop interactive systems and interfaces that capture subjective experiences and deliver timely, context-aware feedback before, during and after training, and evaluate these systems in real-world studies. The details of the work plan may be adjusted depending on the profile of the preferred candidate; there is budget for support in technology development.

You will work closely with a PhD researcher at the German partner who focuses on the underlying machine learning models, and you will help coordinate the joint work across the two teams.

The position offers a strong publication trajectory at leading HCI venues (e.g. CHI, DIS, TEI, SportsHCI), access to the Sports Tech Center Twente and the Dutch Sportinnovator network, and a stimulating international research environment. You will be embedded in the Human-Media Interaction (EEMCS) and Interaction Design (IxD) research groups and collaborate closely with the Sports Interaction Technology Lab at the University of Twente.