Post-Doctoral and Equivalent Jobs
(Note: includes Assistant and Associate professor in the US)
LAAS-CNRS and Verimag, Toulouse/Grenoble, France
Title: Toward a validated and verifiable architecture for autonomous robots
We are looking for two postdocs for 2 years each. The postdoc whose background will be closer to robotics will be at LAAS, and the one whose background is more in the validation and verification field will be at Verimag. Both postdocs will do cross regular visits at the other places and will take part in a number of projects related to this research topics.
Requirements: PhD in a related field (embedded real time system, robot
control architecture, temporal planning with contraint based approach,
model based software architecture, formal validation and verification,
etc).
Applicants should send:
- a resume/bio,
- pointers to their most important publications and/or their PhD (French or English documents),
- recommendation letter(s).
Contacts:
- Félix Ingrand (felix(at)laas.fr)
- Saddek Bensalem (saddek.bensalem(at)imag.fr)
(Added April 12, 2009.)
Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Five postdoctoral positions in the following fields:
- Sensor Guided Object Grasping and Manipulation
- Spatial Modeling
- Navigation and SLAM
- Fault diagnosis and recovery
- Reasoning and Planning
- Active vision systems
- Systems integration
CAS performs research in autonomous systems including mobile robot systems for domestic and field applications. Research at
CVAP considers all aspects of computer vision and machine learning.
The candidates will work in the context of various national and European research projects such as
GRASP,
CogX,
PACO-PLUS. The focus of the research will depend on the background of the candidate and personal initaitive. The research environment will offer possibilities for strong international collaboration.
Candidates should have a Ph.D. or equivalent in one of the areas of Computer Science, Automatic Control, Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence or Machine Learaning. Candidates are also expected to be experienced with programming in C++ and Matlab. The appointment will be full time for a period of one year to three years.
Applications should include a letter of motivation, a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, and the names and contact information of two referees. For more information, contact dani at kth.se. The applications should be sent by email to dani(at)kth.se.
(Added April 12, 2009)
Various European Postdoc Positions (France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Sweden, UK).
The Partners of the EU-funded (FP7) collaborative project
HANDLE invite motivated young scientists, in the fields of robotics, to apply for Postdoctoral positions.
The HANDLE project aims at understanding how humans perform the manipulation of objects in order to replicate grasping and skilled in-hand movements with an anthropomorphic artificial hand, and thereby move robot grippers from current best practice towards more autonomous, natural and effective articulated hands. The project implies not only focusing on technological developments but also working with fundamental multidisciplinary research aspects in order to endow the robotic hand system with advanced perception capabilities, high level feedback control and elements of intelligence that allow recognition of objects and context, reasoning about actions and a high degree of recovery from failure during the execution of dexterous tasks.
Successful candidates must hold an excellent academic degree (PhD) in an engineering discipline related to robotics, have a strong interest in bio-inspired research, and have a good level in both written and spoken English.
All applications should include a cover letter indicating the motivation and research interests of the candidate, a CV including a list of publications, proof of academic qualifications and should provide the names and contact details of two referees.
Applications will be considered until all positions have been filled. Interested candidates are invited to contact the centre of their choice from:
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6- France). Véronique Perdereau (veronique.perdereau at upmc.fr)
- Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain). Dr. Mohamed Abderrahim (mohamed at ing.uc3m.es)
- University of Coimbra: Faculty of Science and Technologies (Portugal). Dr. Jorge Dias (jorge at deec.uc.pt)
- King's College of London (UK). Dr Kaspar Althoefer (K.Althoefer at kcl.ac.uk) or Prof. Lakmal Seneviratne (lakmal.seneviratne at kcl.ac.uk)
- Örebro University (Sweden). Dr. Boyko ILIEV (boyko.iliev at oru.se )
- Hamburg University (Germany). Prof. Jianwei Zhang (zhang at informatik.uni-hamburg.de)
- Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisbon Portugal). Dr. Alexandre Bernardino (alex at isr.ist.utl.pt) or Prof. José Santos-Victor (jasv at isr.ist.utl.pt).
(Added April 12, 2009)
Institute for Systems and Robotics, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal.
Planning under Uncertainty for Multiagent/Multi-robot Systems
Due to restrictions in communication, centralized planning solutions are not always viable. Decentralized partially observable Markov decision processes (Dec-POMDPs) form a formal approach for multiagent planning. They handle uncertainty in acting and sensing in a principled way, and recent years have seen great progress in planning algorithms for Dec-POMDPs. In this grant, we intend to advance the state of the art in decentralized planning algorithms and their scalability. Apart from algorithmic contributions, we will be considering case studies to expand the applicability of Dec-POMDP planning, for instance in decentralized control of multi-robot teams or irrigation channels.
The grant has duration of (a maximum of) two years, and candidates should have obtained a relevant PhD degree (e.g., Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Electrical Engineering). The ideal candidate has expertise in Markov decision processes and decentralized control.
Applications should include CV, a statement of research interests and two recommendation letters, and be sent to Dr. Matthijs Spaan at mtjspaan at isr.ist.utl.pt or fax: +351-21-8418291, who can also be contacted for more information. Application deadline is April 27, 2009.
(Added April 12, 2009)
ALTAIR Robotics Laboratory, University of Verona, Italy.
The
Robotics Laboratory Altair at the University of Verona is seeking applicants for a postdoctoral position. The bulk of the research to be carried out will be in the context of the EU FP7 project
FILOSE, and is concerned with studying robotic fish sensing and locomotion. The project aims at developing basic knowledge and technical validation of the interaction between the fish lateral line sensing and its muscular structure.
Candidates must have a strong research record and a solid background in signal processing and filtering. The task will be to analyze the data generated by the artificial lateral line, to identify the hydrodynamic environment, and to control the navigation behavior of the robotic fish. Experience with control systems, robotics, and identification is highly desirable.
Duration: 1 years, renewable (by mutual consent) up to 3 years
Please send your CV and letters of recommendation to Paolo Fiorini (paolo.fiorini at univr.it), and to Maarja Kruusmaa (maarja.kruusmaa at biorobotics.ttu.ee). If you have any questions related to the position, please don't hesitate to contact prof. Fiorini by e-mail.
Convergent Information Technology GmbH, Steyr, Austria.
To extend our R+D team, we are recruiting senior computer scientist, mathematicians and engineers. Their robotic research and technology development will cover the fields of automatic planning, robust machine intelligence, learning and optimization, visual computing and human machine interaction. Responsibilities, tasks and job description will be developed together with the candidates considering their prior experience and interests. We expect a strong background and history in software development and software engineering for robotic systems. Responsibilities include:
- Pre-development of new SW technologies, methods and algorithms within corporate or cooperative R&D projects
- SW Development of Tools for automated on-line or off-line planning and programming
- Research in corporate, national and international financed research projects
- Lead/Management of SW-development projects, small and medium sized research projects and applied projects
- Lead/Management of cooperative research projects of larger size (up to 4 years)
- Lead/Management for corporate product development programs and research programs
Applications should hold a PhD in Computer Science / Mathematics / Engineering with background in software engineering and interest or experience in some of the topics:
- Robotics
- Automated Planning
- Simulation
- Computer Graphics or Computer Games or Visual Computing???
- Professional SW Engineering, Development of Algorithms in C++ and C#
- Development of complex SW-Systems
Please find more information at
www.convergent-it.at (Job Offers) or contact Christof Eberst: ce.convergent-it at ris.at mobile: +43-681 10722671.
Please send applications to office at convergent-it.at
Multi-Scale Robotics Lab, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
Immediate opening for Postdoctoral Associates at ETH Zurich in the area of robot control and modeling and/or Microfabrication. The Multi-Scale Robotics Lab in the Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems at ETH Zurich has immediate postdoc openings. We are looking for someone with a strong background in the area of robotic control and modeling interested in working with our microrobotics group on the control of wirelessly guided magnetic microrobots for biomedical applications. No microtechnology experience is required, but it would be useful. A biomedical background would help as well.
Please email your CV and list of references directly to Brad Nelson (bradley.nelson at iris.mavt.ethz.ch). The positions will be filled once excellent candidates are found.
Task-based design of robots' architecture using EA and simulation, ISIR, Paris, France
One postdoctoral position is available at
ISIR/UPMC/CNRS in Paris. This position is opened within the framework of the
TeleMach project funded by ANR. This project is devoted to the tele-operation of maintenance tasks in the cutting head of tunnel boring machine. More specifically, ISIR is focusing on the development of a software dedicated to the task-based design of robot architectures for complex tasks. A preliminary version of this software was developed using evolutionary algorithms (EA) as the core optimization technique and a kinematic simulator for the evaluation of solutions. A second version of the software has to be developed using
SFERES. The implementation of control laws for redundant serial manipulators is also in the scope of the work of the postdoctoral scholar.
Pre-requisites :
- good experience in C++ programming;
- experience in Matlab programming;
- good experience in robot modelling and control;
- experience in simulator developement;
- fluent in English or French;
- autonomy.
Some knowledge on the implementation of optimization techniques based on evolutionary algorithms would also be appreciated but is not mandatory.
The candidates should send their curriculum and motivation letter to Vincent Padois (vincent.padois at upmc.fr).
(Added on February 24 2009)
Managing Researcher for Camera-based Indoor Surveillance, Department of Informatics at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen.
As a post-doctoral researcher, you will guide and manage a research group consisting of Ph.D. students, master students and undergraduates that aims at visually analyzing living environments, and collecting information about persons and objects, such as their position, identity, gesture, and activity.
Contact:
Prof. Dr. Bernd Radig, Dr. Matthias Wimmer
wimmerm at in.tum.de, radig at in.tum.de
(Added on February 8th, 2009.)
The Robot Learning Group at the Swiss AI Lab IDSIA
The Robot Learning Group at the Swiss AI Lab IDSIA is currently seeking 5 outstanding postdocs with experience / interest in topics such as
adaptive robotics,
curiosity-driven learning & intrinsic motivations based on the theory of surprise and interestingness, computer vision,
reinforcement learning & policy gradients for partially observable environments,
artificial evolution,
recurrent neural networks (RNN),
RNN evolution,
hierarchical reinforcement learning, statistical / Bayesian approaches to machine learning,
statistical robotics,
unsupervised learning,
general artificial intelligence,
universal learning machines.
(Added on February 8th, 2009)
Underwater robotics at Jacobs University
There are several job openings at the Jacobs University Robotics Group
(
http://robotics.jacobs-university.de).
The positions are suited for candidates at postdoc as well as doctorate
student level. Furthermore, there is an opening for a technician:
1) Postdoc or PhD position "3D Underwater Perception and Mapping". The
candidate should have experience in underwater mapping, especially in
form of applied knowledge of available commercial range sensors.
Experience with high resolution underwater sensors, especially imaging
sonars is an asset for this position. The ideal candidate has a degree
in Computer Science, but candidates with a background in Electrical
Engineering are also welcome.
2) Postdoc or PhD position "Underwater Multi Robot Simulation". The
candidate should have experience with high fidelty 3D robot simulators
like USARsim or Gazebo, respectively with general 3D visualization and
physics engines. Previous work within underwater robotics is an asset
but not a must. The ideal candidate has a degree in Computer Science.
3) Postdoc or PhD position "Cognitive AUV Control". The candidate should
have experience with high level, deliberative control and mission
planning, ideally in the context of underwater robotics. Previous work
on cooperative systems or semantic mapping is an additional asset. The
ideal candidate has a degree in Computer Science.
4) Research Technician. The candidate should have experience with system
integration and the development of mechatronics. Previous work on the
hardware side of mobile robots is an asset. The candidate should be
experienced with electronics design software (e.g. Eagle) or CAD
software (e.g., Autocad, SolidWorks). Excellent German language skills
(spoken and written) are required for this position for interactions
with local companies.
Send applications to Andreas Birk a.birk AT jacobs-university.de with Mrs. Marta Mueller mar.mueller AT jacobs-university.de on cc.
(Added 2009-01-26.)
