About the Project
visuAAL is a four-year (2020-2024) Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Innovative Training Network, funded by the European Union, that aims at bridging the knowledge gap between users’ requirements and the appropriate and secure use of video-based AAL technologies to deliver effective and supportive care to older adults managing their health and wellbeing.
visuAAL will seek to increase awareness and understanding of the context-specific ethical, legal, privacy and societal issues necessary to implement visual system across hospital, home and community settings, in a manner that protects and reassures users; outputs will stimulate the development of a new research perspective for constructively addressing privacy-aware video-based working solutions for assisted living.
visuAAL will provide a transdisciplinary and cross-sectoral combination of training, nonacademic placements, courses and workshops on scientific and complementary skills to 15 high achieving Early Stage Researchers (ESRs). These newly hired ESRs will contribute through their individual research projects to fulfil visuAAL's aims.
visuAAL brings together 5 universities:
• Chair of Communication Science, Human-Computer Interaction Center, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
• The Swedish Law and Informatics Research Institute (IRI), Stockholm University, Sweden
• The Trinity Centre for Practice and Healthcare Innovation, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
• Computer Vision Lab, TU Wien, Austria
• Department of Computing Technology, Universidad de Alicante, Spain (Project Coordinator)
This Consortium is complemented by 14 partner organizations from Austria, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and United Kingdom; that will contribute to the research and training activities.
For more information about visuAAL, see https://www.visuaal-itn.eu/
Project title:
(Dis)Trust in medical technologies and medical support considering (severe) health decisions
Objectives:
Trust as a major component of the acceptance of medical technologies is essential. Especially in severe health- and life-end- decisions, socio-ethical perspectives on lifelogging and medical technology are of paramount impact. Thereby, trust in technologies and decisions of medical personnel are of utmost importance for people who need assistance and care. Yet, trust concepts prevailing are concentrating on different usage contexts and lack of understanding which factors need to be considered in severe illness and under vital conditions. This thesis examines the extent to which trust in technology and medical support impacts technology acceptance and decisions in (severe) health situations.
Expected Results:
The dissertation will explore insights into trust building and the trust requirements in sensible user groups and usage contexts.
Supervisory Committee:
• Main Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Martina Ziefle (RWTH Aachen University)
• Second Supervisor: Prof M. Richart (University of Alicante)
• Co-Supervisor: Dr. Anne Kathrin Schaar (RWTH Aachen University)
• Advisor: Dr. Barbel Brüning (Lebenshilfe NRW)
Planned secondment(s):
• Secondment 1: University of Alicante (Supervisor M. Richart) M18 – M20, Research on benefits and barriers to adoption of lifelogging technologies
• Secondment 2: Lebenshilfe NRW (Supervisor B. Brüning), M31-M33, Case Study Enrolment in Doctoral degree(s): Doctoral Programme in Communication Science, Humanities Department (Dr. phil.), RWTH Aachen University
How to apply:
Submit your application to https://www.visuaal-itn.eu/esr-vacancies. Please, ensure that you select vacancy number ESR 2.
Information:
For questions related to this project proposal, please contact [Email Address Removed]
For all other questions, please use the following email address, clearly indicating the visuAAL vacancy number ESR 2: [Email Address Removed]
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