Fully-funded Ph.D. Positions in Robotics and Machine Learning at Rutgers University
Abdeslam
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The robotics labs at the Computer Science department of Rutgers University (led by Kostas Bekris, Abdeslam Boularias and Jingjin Yu) are seeking for several highly qualified Ph.D. students with strong interests in one or more of the following research topics:
* Machine Learning for Robotics (especially Reinforcement Learning, Imitation, and Model Learning)
* Robot Grasping and Manipulation
* Multi-robot Systems and Robotic Swarms
* Planning and Control
* Human-Robot Interaction
* Cognitive Robotics
* Learning to Control from Tactile Feedback
* Robot Vision
Outstanding students from the areas of robotics and robotics-related areas including machine learning, artificial intelligence, control or computer vision are welcome to apply. The candidates are expected to conduct fundamental research and at the same time contribute to ongoing projects in the areas listed above. Successful candidates are expected to publish regularly scholarly papers and participate in international conferences, as well as partake in collaborations with top research groups and government labs in North America, Europe, Australia and Japan. Successful candidates will furthermore be given the opportunity to work with undergraduate and M.Sc. students.
More background can be found on the homepages of the faculty advisors:
http://www.pracsyslab.org/bekris
http://www.abdeslam.net/
http://www.cs.rutgers.edu/~jy512/
About the applicant
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A successful candidate should be self-driven and preferably have the following skills:
- Excellent programming skills in C++
- Strong background in mathematics (linear algebra, optimization, probability and statistics)
- Excitement to work with and contribute in the development of open-source software packages in robotics
- B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Computer Science/Mechanical Engineering/Electrical Engineering/Computer Vision/Robotics and related fields
Experience with real robots and prior relevant research experience are appreciated but not required.
How to apply?
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For information regarding the application procedure, please consult:
https://www.cs.rutgers.edu/graduate/faq.whtml
The deadline to be considered for the fall semester of 2016 is January 1st.
All complete applications should be submitted through our online application system found at:
http://gradstudy.rutgers.edu
Robotics at Rutgers
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The robotics labs at Rutgers aim at endowing robots with the ability to learn and plan new tasks and adapt their behavior to their environment. To accomplish this goal, we focus on the intersection between Planning, Learning, Robotics and Perception. Resulting research topics range from algorithm development in planning and machine learning over robot grasping/manipulation to multi-robot coordination and natural human-robot interfaces. The labs collaborate with numerous top institutes and government research labs in Europe, Australia, Canada, the USA and Japan, which are active in robotics and machine learning.
About Rutgers University
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Rutgers University is the eighth-oldest college in the United States, one of the top universities in the world and this year it celebrates 250 years since its establishment. Rutgers is well known for its research and teaching as it regularly ranks in the top 50 universities in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (http://www.shanghairanking.com/). Rutgers University offers an exciting and multidisciplinary research environment and encourages collaborations between Computer Science and other disciplines.
Its location close to major metropolitan areas along the Northeastern US provides many cultural and social opportunities. Rutgers is also in the middle of the greatest concentration of industrial and government research laboratories in the U.S. It takes less than an hour to get from the nearby New Brunswick, NJ train station to Manhattan's Penn Station.