We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher with a background in Artificial Intelligence to work on the ERC-funded HHAIR project for either 4 years (0.6 FTE) or 3 years (0.8 FTE) (depending on your capabilities, the position may be extended to 1 FTE with teaching duties). HHAIR stands for Hybrid Human-AI Regulation and is directed at developing a new tool to support young learners' self-regulated learning skills in Adaptive Learning Technologies. 
Hybrid systems that combine artificial and human intelligence hold great promise for training human skills. In this project we will develop a Hybrid Human-AI Regulation (HHAIR) to support young learners' Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) skills within Adaptive Learning Technologies (ALTs). HHAIR targets young learners (10-14 years) for whom SRL skills are critical in today's society. Many of these learners use ALTs, such as Gynzy, to learn mathematics and languages every day in school. ALTs optimise learning based on learners' performance data but even the most sophisticated ALTs fail to support SRL. In fact, most ALTs take over (offload) control and monitoring from learners. HHAIR on the other hand aims to gradually transfer regulation of learning from AI-regulation to self-regulation. Learners will increasingly regulate their own learning progressing through different degrees of hybrid regulation. In this way HHAIR supports optimised learning and transfer and development of SRL skills for lifelong learning. This project is ground-breaking in developing the first hybrid systems to train human SRL skills with AI.

The design of HHAIR starts with investigating ALTs' trace data in exploratory studies (WP1), applying these insights to develop HHAIR in design studies (WP2), investigating immediate effects on deep learning in short-term field studies (WP3) and effects on SRL skills for future learning in long-term field studies (WP4). The AI@EDU infrastructure will connect HHAIR to ALTs used daily in schools across Europe. As a postdoctoral researcher you will develop advanced measurement of SRL and an algorithm to drive hybrid regulation for developing SRL skills in young learners.

The HHAIR team consists of Dr Inge Molenaar (Educational Science), Dr Max Hinne (Artificial Intelligence) and Prof. Eliane Segers (Educational Science), one postdoctoral researcher and two PhD candidates. The full project description is available upon request.

We are looking for a recent PhD graduate in a relevant field, for instance, artificial intelligence or computer science. You should have:

• Profound knowledge of machine learning and probabilistic modelling in particular.
• Knowledge of self-regulated learning in the context of technology-enhanced learning. You will apply this knowledge in refining the measurement of SRL and the design of personalised dashboards to support SRL.
• The ability to support field studies with young students and teachers.
• The ability to collect and synchronise log data across platforms. The project uses log data to measure SRL. You should be able to collect and process these data types and ideally have experience with developing algorithms based on these data.
• Ample experience with writing academic publications.
• Experience with designing educational interventions and developing software needed for the design of the degrees of hybrid regulation.
• Good collaboration skills and an excellent command of the English language, both spoken and written, are needed to work on this interdisciplinary project.
• Dutch language skills are an advantage for collaboration with the schools involved, but not strictly required.

Fixed-term contract: 4 years (0.6 FTE) or 3 years (0.8 FTE) (depending on your capabilities the position can be extended to 1 FTE with teaching duties).

• Employment: 0.6 - 0.8 FTE.
• A maximum gross monthly salary of € 5,127 based on a 38-hour working week (salary scale 11).
• The exact salary depends on the candidate's qualifications and amount of relevant professional experience.
• In addition to the salary: an 8% holiday allowance and an 8.3% end-of-year bonus.
• Duration of the contract: 4 years (0.6 FTE) or 3 years (0.8 FTE) and depending on your capabilities the position can be extended to 1.0 FTE with teaching duties.
• The intended start date is 1 May 2021.
• You will be able to use our Dual Career and Family Care Services. Our Dual Career and Family Care Officer can assist you with family-related support, help your partner or spouse prepare for the local labour market, provide customized support in their search for employment  and help your family settle in Nijmegen.
• Have a look at our excellent employment conditions. They include a good work-life balance (among other things because of the excellent leave arrangements), opportunities for development and a great pension scheme.

Radboud University

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Faculty of Social Sciences

The Faculty of Social Sciences is one of the largest faculties at Radboud University (Nijmegen, Netherlands). The faculty currently employs about 650 employees. The faculty’s ambition is to become one of the top social science institutes in Europe, providing high-quality research programmes and study programmes that rank among the best in the Netherlands.

The Behavioural Science Institute (BSI) is part of the Faculty of Social Sciences. BSI is a multidisciplinary behavioural research institute where researchers collaborate across the boundaries of psychology, educational science and communication science. It has seven research programmes covering three main research themes: (1) development and learning, (2) psychopathology, health and well-being, and 3) social processes and communication. BSI conducts applied/translational research as well as fundamental research. The BSI Graduate School (recognised by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research) is responsible for the training of PhD candidates. BSI has state-of-the-art research facilities for observational studies, experiments, eye-tracking studies, EEG measurements and GSR recording, psychobiological research, and behavioural measurements in both real and 3D virtual environments.

You will work within BSI’s Learning and Plasticity group. This programme deals with the micro-analysis of learning processes. The project is situated in the Adaptive Learning Lab (ALL) which is a technologically intensive research lab that is recognised as a pioneer in developing innovative learning technologies applying Learning Analytics and Artificial Intelligence techniques. ALL currently consists of 1 postdoctoral researcher, 2 junior researchers and 6 PhD candidates, and is led by Associate Professor Inge Molenaar. ALL conducts research in different educational contexts, with projects in primary education, secondary education and higher education. Moreover, ALL collaborates with a number of international partners in the EARLI Centre of Innovative Research (E-CIR). We offer a highly innovative context at an advanced research university with ample opportunities to travel, publish and develop yourself over the course of this project.