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UK: Research Assistant/Postdoc position in Developmental Robotics
Written by Administrator
Tuesday, 26 August 2008
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences School of Computer Science, Adaptive Systems Research Group http://adapsys.feis.herts.ac.uk/
University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom http://www.herts.ac.uk/
Research Assistant/Fellow in Developmental Robotics 20,436 - 24,403 GBP per annum starting salary (depending on qualifications)
Fixed term contract until end of August 2009 (funding may be available after August 2009 pending on the outcome of grant applications)
A postgraduate Research Assistant/Fellow post is available in the EU Framework VI funded project Robotcub. This multidisciplinary project consists of several European partners. You will pursue research into development robotics, in particular in the context of human robot interactive communication. You will be a member of the Adaptive Systems Research Group at University of Hertfordshire in the School of Computer Science. The highly active and multidisciplinary research group has an excellent international research track record including research in developmental robotics and human-robot interaction. You should have a strong postgraduate degree (MSc or PhD) in Computer Science or a related area and are expected to have strong qualifications and experience in biologically-inspired developmental robotics, robot learning, machine learning, robot vision or related areas, as well as excellent research experience in robot programming. The development of software for a humanoid robot (http://kaspar.feis.herts.ac.uk/), and contributions to the iCub (http://www.robotcub.org/), forms a central part in the research.
For informal inquiries please contact the team leader Prof. Kerstin Dautenhahn (
).
Closing date: 29 August 2008 Quote Reference: EN8650 Starting Date: as soon as possible
All formal applications must be made online: http://web-apps.herts.ac.uk/uhweb/apps/hr/research-vacancies.cfm
