1 PhD Research Position in Automatic monitoring and detection of activities of daily living (ADLs) within Home Environments | Εθνικό Κέντρο Έρευνας και Τεχνολογικής Ανάπτυξης (ΕΚΕΤΑ)

Objectives: Responding to the needs for patient (focusing on them with Dementia & Parkinson's disease) and elderly-dedicated environments, currently there is a strong focus on assisted living solutions and the development of more sophisticated monitoring systems in order identify and classify activities of daily living (ADL) and learn the habits of supervised subjects. Furthermore, because of the complexity of mental conditions (both in terms of their pathogenesis and the variety of resulting symptoms), comprehensive sensing approaches must be integrated that can cover and significant part of the user’s behaviour and lifestyle.

Specifically, this project (as a continuation of other previous projects in CERTH/ITI (e.g. national project Ennoisis) will investigate the use of wireless acoustic and motion sensor networks for daily activity monitoring and automatic activity recognition within Smart Home Environments of elder patients. Therefore, a combination of sensors will be used to detect an individual’s activities at home.

Eligibility criteria Successful candidates must adhere to the following eligibility criteria-

• At the time of recruitment by the host beneficiary (CERTH/ITI), the candidates must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of their host beneficiary(Greece) for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to their recruitment under the project. Compulsory national service and/or short stays, such as holidays, are not taken into account.
• At the time of recruitment by the host beneficiary (CERTH/ITI), the candidates should be in the first four years (full-time equivalent research experience) of their research careers. This is measured from the date when they obtained the degree which formally entitles them to embark on a doctorate.
• At the time of recruitment by the host beneficiary (CERTH/ITI), the candidates should have not been awarded a doctoral degree