Deutsche Telekom Laboratories (T-Labs) is a joint scientific research institute of
Deutsche Telekom AG and Berlin Institute of Technology (TU Berlin). We carry out
pioneering research into innovative information and telecommunication technologies,
addressing in particular human interaction, networking and security issues, see
www.qu.tlabs.tu-berlin.de.
The Quality and Usability Lab (Q&U Lab) of T-Labs is participating in the Bernstein
Focus: Neurotechnology project sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and
Research (BMBF) together with other research groups from Berlin. In the frame of this
project, new quality and usability evaluation methods will be developed which are based
on neurophysiological measurements. Q&U Lab will lead the sub-project "Neuro-Usability"
where various physiological signals will be integrated in usability evaluation and
prediction. This project will open possibilities for several PhD projects, one of which
will be directly connected to brain-based usability evaluation and prediction.
The applicant's tasks include setting up a corresponding test site and running
experiments with exemplary telecommunication applications that focus on video and audio
quality. The findings should be integrated in a model on human quality perception and
judgment on the one hand, whereas the empirical knowledge should lead to a novel
usability evaluation test protocol that can be a scientific contribution of the thesis,
and be transferred to standardization bodies on the other hand.
