PhD Fellowships in Cyprus including topics on VR for Well-Being

The Research Centre on Interactive Media, Smart System and Emerging Technologies in Nicosia, Cyprus (http://rise.org.cy), announces five (5) PhD Fellowships under various Multidisciplinary Research Groups (MRGs):  http://www.rise.org.cy/en-gb/media/news/announcement-of-rise-phd-fellowships/

The opening includes topics on VR for Well-Being:

-          VR-based motor rehabilitation with smart progress monitoring (Topic 7)

-          VR-based mental / social well-being and assessment through bio-measurements (Topic 8)

The successful candidates of the above topics:

-          will be assigned to the Research Centre’s ‘Virtual Reality for Well Being’ MRG, (http://www.rise.org.cy/en-gb/research/research-groups/virtual-reality-for-well-being/), lead by Dr Despina Michael-Grigoriou

-          will be able to attend the Research Centre’s Doctoral Training Program

-          will be based at the Research Centre (Cyprus) and registered at the Cyprus University of Technology

-          will have a placement at the MIRALab (http://www.miralab.ch/), at the University of Geneva (Switzerland), directed by Prof. Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann

Applications Deadline: July 10^th, 2019

Supervisors: 

Dr Despina Michael-Grigoriou

Assistant Professor, Cyprus University of Technology

Team Leader of the Virtual Reality for Well Being MRG  & Leader of the Visual Sciences Research Pillar, Research Centre on Interactive Media Smart Systems and Emerging Technologies

Prof Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann

Founder and Head of MIRALab, University of Geneva & Director of the Institute for Media Innovation, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

For more information about the above topics please contact:
Dr Despina Michael-Grigoriou
email: despina.grigoriou@cut.ac.cy

For more information about the Research Centre’s doctoral training program (DTP), the PhD fellowships and the specific topics (please check topics 7 & 8) and the application process, please visit this link: http://www.rise.org.cy/en-gb/media/news/announcement-of-rise-phd-fellowships/