Post-doctoral and research assistant scholarships in cognitive robotics - University of Aveiro

RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIPS
Transverse Activity on Intelligent Robotics
University of Aveiro, Portugal
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Apply by 2014/08/15
Through previous projects, the Transverse Activity on
Intelligent Robotics of the University of Aveiro (ATRI/UA)
has been working on the integration of reactivity, deliberation,
learning and interactivity for intelligent robots. We address the
development of artificial cognitive systems able to build a
high-level understanding of their world by storing and exploiting
appropriate memories of their experiences.
In this context, the following research scholarships
are open for applications:
1) Post-doctoral research scholarship on open-ended
learning for intelligent service robots:
The work will focus on open-ended learning for intelligent
service robots, addressing methods for continually learning
and refining knowledge by gathering and conceptualizing
different types of experiences. In collaboration with the
existing research team, the work will address open-ended
learning for different domains, including visual object learning
and recognition, affordance learning, human activity
learning for improved responsiveness and robot activity
learning for improved task execution performance.
Additional information on the scholarship:
http://uaonline.ua.pt/pub/detail.asp?lg=en&c=39284
2) Research assistant scholarship for the development
of mechanisms to conceptualize activities in service robotics
applications:
This scholarship focuses on the design and development
of mechanisms for conceptualizing activities in service robotics
applications, including robot activities and human activities in
the robot's environment. As far as robot activities are concerned,
there is a focus on problem solving and failure recovery, as
well as on human-robot interaction for guiding plan-based
robot experiences. Concerning human activities, the learned
activity models can be used for anticipating future events and
improving the reactivity of a robot to user needs.
Additional information on the scholarship:
http://uaonline.ua.pt/pub/detail.asp?lg=en&c=39283
Applications must be submitted by August 15, 2014, via e-mail
to Luis Seabra Lopes (lsl at ua dot pt). The evaluation and ranking
of candidates will be communicated via e-mail.
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UA and ATRI
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The University of Aveiro is in the top 2% universities
in "Times Higher Education World University Rankings
2011-2012", and is also among the top 100 universities
in the world with less than 50 years. UA is attended by about
15,000 students on undergraduate and postgraduate
programmes. ATRI/UA has been conducting projects leading
to the development of integrated architectures for intelligent
robotic systems. This group is well known for its successful
participation in many robotic competitions (RoboCup,
Portuguese Robotics Festival, AAAI, SRVC, etc.)
Additional information:
http://www.ua.pt
http://wiki.ieeta.pt/wiki/index.php/Transverse_Act...