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July 12-18, 2021

 

This Week’s Events:       

0. Ongoing Services – updated 7/12/21  
1. GLC CAFÉ 

Administrative Announcements:    
2. GLC FIRST FLOOR CLOSED – GRAD SCHOOL OPEN – 1st posting

Jobs:   
3. 2021-2022 GRADUATE ASSISTANT POSITION – OFFICE OF ENGINEERING ONLINE – 1st posting
4. PEACE CORPS CAMPUS RECRUITER GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIP – NEW DEADLINE! – 2nd posting 
5. TRANSFER EXPERIENCE LIVING-LEARNING COMMUNITY SEEKS GRADUATE ASSISTANT – 3rd posting

Volunteers and research participants sought:  
6. LOW VISION PARTICIPANTS NEEDED FOR VIRTUAL REALITY STUDY – 1st posting
7. PARTICIPANTS NEEDED FOR AUGMENTED REALITY AND VIRTUAL REALITY STUDY – 1st posting
8. PARTICIPANTS WITH PERFECT/CORRECTED NORMAL VISION NEEDED FOR AUGMENTED REALITY STUDY – 1st posting
9. PARTICIPANTS SOUGHT FOR AUGMENTED REALITY TECH STUDY – 3rd posting
10. PARTICIPANTS NEEDED FOR MIND MUSIC AND MACHINE LAB STUDY – 3rd posting 

Upcoming Events: none at this time 

0. Ongoing Services – updated 7/12/21       

1. GLC CAFÉ
Thursday, July 15, 3:30-5:00pm, Graduate School Lobby/Patio
The GLC is back in-person this week. We will meet in the Graduate School Lobby and Patio (closest to Squires). Enjoy tea, coffee and cookies plus something homemade – it’s a surprise! Bring your friends!

2. GLC FIRST FLOOR CLOSED – GRAD SCHOOL OPEN – 1st posting 
The Graduate School offices are open and accessible through the entrance across from Squires, however the first floor (meeting rooms) of the GLC remains closed due to flooding. Check Graduate School social media for updates.

3. 2021-2022 GRADUATE ASSISTANT POSITION – OFFICE OF ENGINEERING ONLINE – 1st posting
The Engineering Online Office in the College of Engineering is seeking a graduate assistant to provide support for Engineering Online and Cardinal Education.  The position will support the development and design of online courses, along with Cardinal Education program management, and managing student communication. A full description of the opportunity and directions to apply can be found here: https://eng.vt.edu/academics/international-programs/vteo-ga.html.    We will begin reviewing applications immediately.

4. PEACE CORPS CAMPUS RECRUITER GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIP – NEW DEADLINE! – 2nd posting 
The Center for International Research, Education, and Development (CIRED) at VT is searching for a graduate student who is a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer to serve as the part-time Campus Peace Corps Recruiter (20 hours/week). The recruiter will be the main point of contact for people interested in joining the Peace Corps. Subject to the availability of funding, position will begin August 2021 and run through Spring Semester 2022. The successful candidate will receive graduate school tuition remission and a stipend. The closing date is Friday July 23 or until filled. For application information go to: https://cired.vt.edu/About/job-opportunities.html 

5. TRANSFER EXPERIENCE LIVING-LEARNING COMMUNITY SEEKS GRADUATE ASSISTANT – 3rd posting
Housed in the Hokie Transfer Community, the Transfer Experience Living-Learning Community (LLC) is made up of transfer students living on-campus for their first year at Virginia Tech and supports them in finding their place on campus. The GA reports to the LLC Program Director and will be an integral part of establishing and running this inclusive community of transfer students. This 20hrs/wk position is responsible for the supervision, planning, and implementation of events and programs within the LLC and the Hokie Transfer Community; work will include some nights and weekends. A flexible schedule and the ability to work in person, on-campus are essential. For more information and to apply, we invite you to visit the following document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c9v7MzejW07J2rdzDlr5rADIcwNcfOTrI8CA4eIURoo/edit?usp=sharing. Questions can be directed to Allison Silknetter asilknetter@vt.edu. 

6. LOW VISION PARTICIPANTS NEEDED FOR VIRTUAL REALITY STUDY – 1st posting
Researchers at Microsoft Research are looking for low-vision voluntary participants for our research study entitled “Virtual Reality for Low Vision”. The participants in the study will have a chance to experience the latest technology of Virtual Reality (VR). Come join our research study of a novel VR-based tool for interacting with computers and receive a $100 Amazon gift certificate for your time. This study is intended to explore how virtual reality and virtual monitors can be used to help improve the productivity of people with low vision. Eligible participants will come to the COgro Space at the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center in Blacksburg, VA and will be asked to perform a few tasks on a computer, which include reading, finding information, and filling out forms and questionnaires. The experiment is expected to take around 90 minutes (1h 30m). Free parking and accommodation for transportation is available for study participants. You may qualify for this research if you are at least 18 years old, have low vision, are able to read and write in English, and frequently use a desktop or laptop computer, including the ability to type using a keyboard. Your participation is entirely voluntary, and you can choose to terminate your participation in the experiment at any time for any reason. This study has been approved by Microsoft IRB (IRB #10028, RCT #4313). If you have any questions concerning the project, email the research team at: t-sdavari@microsoft.com and andrew.begel@microsoft.com Click on this link to indicate your interest: http://aka.ms/VR4LVInterest Submitted by graduate student Shakiba Davari.

7. PARTICIPANTS NEEDED FOR AUGMENTED REALITY AND VIRTUAL REALITY STUDY – 1st posting
The 3D Interaction (3DI) group is seeking participants for an Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) paid study, conducted in the Sandbox, Moss Art Center. The study is on comparing the two mixed reality methods in the performance of a historical analysis task. The study is performed in 2 separate 90 minute sessions and participants will be compensated $50 for their time. Participants will get the chance to interact with state-of-the-art virtual/augmented reality equipment and experience futuristic methods of interacting with digital content. For more information please contact Lee Lisle (llisle@vt.edu).

8. PARTICIPANTS WITH PERFECT/CORRECTED NORMAL VISION NEEDED FOR AUGMENTED REALITY STUDY – 1st posting
3D Interaction group in the Sandbox, Moss Art Center, is looking for participants to take part in a user study.  We invite you to take part in this research study if you are an English speaker of age 18 years or older with perfect or corrected normal vision (contact lenses are supported). In this experiment, the participants will be asked to access digital information in one of our two contexts: a) a solo context where they are reading a piece of paper, b) a social context where they are talking to someone else (the investigator, in this experiment). The participants will be asked to use one of our three interfaces (a smartphone interface and two Interfaces designed for wearable AR eyeglasses) to access information from a set of mobile applications.  The study will be recorded for further analysis. We anticipate that completion of this study will take approximately 75 minutes. Participants who complete the task will be compensated $15 for their work. This study has been approved by Virginia Tech IRB (IRB #21-258). To find more details about the study, please contact Shakiba Davari (sdavari@vt.edu). 

9. PARTICIPANTS SOUGHT FOR AUGMENTED REALITY TECH STUDY – 3rd posting
The Center for Human-Computer Interaction (CHCI) group seeks participants for a research study with augmented reality (AR) technologies, investigating the best ways to interact with AR and comparing various cue configurations and their effect on collaborative brainstorming tasks. Study sessions take place in McBryde Hall and are audio and video recorded. Participants will be asked to complete interaction tasks such as object selection, manipulation in AR and then comment comments about the in-app visual collaborative cues. The entire experimental session will take about 110 minutes. Participants will be compensated with ~$12 per hour ($18 for full session). For more information, contact Nathaniel Llorens at lnathaniel@vt.edu. The project is supervised by Dr. Doug A. Bowman and Dr. Sang Wong Lee in Computer Science. IRB #21-170 

10. PARTICIPANTS NEEDED FOR MIND MUSIC AND MACHINE LAB STUDY – 3rd posting
The Mind Music and Machine Lab at Virginia Tech is seeking individuals to participate in a study (IRB# 21-227) that will explore the way autistic and non-autistic adults collaborate on tasks. You will be screened over the phone by a member of our research team. If you meet our study’s criteria, you will attend an online meeting to complete a measure of your cognitive abilities in order to be eligible for the experimental tasks. You will complete a packet of online questionnaires afterward. The experimental tasks will occur during an in-person visit to the lab to complete a series of tasks in Minecraft Hour of Code Simulator with a virtual partner. In the end, you can receive a summary of your individual cognitive abilities results and $20 for the experimental session. For more information and to fill out our initial screener, follow this link: https://redcap.vtc.vt.edu/surveys/?s=T39NPL4FD4. Contact person: Megan Fok (vtautismcenter@vt.edu)