In this project, you will work on accessibility of programming langauges, tools and techniques for blind and visually impaired children. You will examine existing tools, adapt them where needed and/or develop new one. You will work in close collaboration with Visio, who runs schools for the blind/vi in the Netherlands and supports blind/vi children in regular education.

A PhD in computer science, or developmental psychology or design studies. Since the project is so broad and multidisciplinary, background is less important than interest in the topic and the willingness to learn.

Candidate must be able to speak Dutch, or very motivated to learn, since we will do experiments with Dutch children. 

Fixed-term contract: 2 years.

TU Delft offers a customisable compensation package, a discount for health insurance and sport memberships, and a monthly work costs contribution. Flexible work schedules can be arranged. An International Children’s Centre offers childcare and an international primary school. Dual Career Services offers support to accompanying partners. Salary and benefits are in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities.

Faculty Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

The Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS) is known worldwide for its high academic quality and the social relevance of its research programmes. The faculty’s excellent facilities accentuate its international position in teaching and research. Within this interdisciplinary and international setting the faculty employs more than 1100 employees, including about 400 graduate students and about 2100 students. Together they work on a broad range of technical innovations in the fields of sustainable energy, telecommunications, microelectronics, embedded systems, computer and software engineering, interactive multimedia and applied mathematics.

The Department Software Technology (ST) is one of the leading Dutch departments in research and academic education in computer science, employing over 150 people. The department ST is responsible for a large part of the curriculum of the bachelor’s and master’s programmes in Computer Science as well as the master’s programme Software Engineering. The inspiration for its research topics is largely derived from technical ICT problems in industry and society related to programming productivity, and software testing.  

The Software Engineering Group aims in its research to obtain a deep understanding on how people build and evolve software systems. Furtmermore, we develop novel methods, techniques and tools that advance the way in which software is built and modified. SE researchers endeavour to be their research of siginificant impact on software development practices. The SE section is responsible for the programming and software engineering education of the bachelor and masters students of the Delft computer science studies.(www.se.ewi.tudelft.nl)

https://www.tudelft.nl/en/eemcs/the-faculty/