PhD and Postdoc position in Psychology-Inspired Computing for Robot Assistants (Oslo, Norway)
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One PhD and one Postdoc Research Fellow in Psychology-Inspired Computing for Robot Assistants
We are pleased to announce one PhD and one Postdoc position at the University of Oslo, Norway. The application deadline is 14 June 2023.
The goal of the position is to create prediction methods for proactive planning of future robot actions and to design robot acting mechanisms for adaptive response ranging from quick and intuitive to slower well-reasoned. We combine sensing across multiple modalities with learned knowledge to predict outcomes and choose the best actions. The goal is to transfer these skills to human-robot interaction in home scenarios, including the support of everyday tasks and physical rehabilitation. Thus, it is relevant to work with implementation and research within robot perception and control for the robot tasks. User studies through human-robot interaction experiments are to be performed. A PhD fellow and a researcher are already hired for the project and will complement in performing the above outlined research.
The position is a part of the research project Predictive and Intuitive Robot companion (PIRC) funded by the Research Council of Norway. The project is affiliated with RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion at the University of Oslo (see https://www.uio.no/ritmo/english/projects/pirc/ and https://www.uio.no/ritmo/english ).
The PhD fellowship will be for a period of three years and the Postdoc position two years and six months. There is an option for extension of the employments depending on the qualifications of the recruited candidate, the department’s need for teaching, and the centre’s need for assistance. The planned start date is 15 August 2023 for the PhD position and preferably at the latest November 1, 2023 for the Postdoc position.
We have several international collaborators and having a stay of up to 6 months with one of these can be relevant. The University of Oslo is Norway’s oldest and highest rated institution of research and education with 28 000 students and 7500 employees.
Qualifications: Applicants must have a MSc (for the PhD fellowship) or a PhD degree (for the Postdoc position) or other corresponding education equivalent to a Norwegian MSc/doctoral degree in computer science, robotics, computational psychology or other relevant field. Thus, applicants should have a strong background in programming, as well as machine learning/artificial intelligence and robotics. Skills in psychology-inspired computing models, working with different types of real-world sensor data, multimodal sensor data processing/classification, addressing ethical challenges, perception and control are considered advantageous. A number of partners are involved in the project so collaboration skills would also be assessed.
Pay grade (depending on qualifications and seniority):
PhD: NOK 532 200 – 575 400 per year, approx.: € 44,350 – 47,950 or $ 47,097 – 50,920
Postdoc: NOK 575 400 – 657 300 per year, approx.: € 47,950 – 54,775 or $ 50,920 – 58,168
Announcements:
Deadline for applications: 14 June, 2023
Applications are to be submitted through a web page and NOT by e-mail.
Contact for more information: Prof. Jim Torresen E-mail: jim...@ifi.uio.no