[alife] Phd Position, University of Tübingen, Germany

[Compsens]

PHD POSITION: LEARNING OF COGNITIVE REPRESENTATIONS FOR HUMAN-ROBOT  
INTERACTION
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The Section for Computational Sensomotorics at the Center for  
Integrative Neurosciences and the Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain  
Research at the University of Tuebingen invites applications for a  
Postdoc or a PhD student, preferably
with a good mathematical background for a maximum duration of 4 years.

The position is funded within the EC research project COGIMON that  
includes multiple other European partners. This highly  
interdisciplinary project aims at the development of control  
algorithms and strategies for the interaction between humans and  
humanoid robots, ultimately leading also to biomedical applications.  
The available project focuses on the development of machine learning  
algorithms for the representation and control of interactive full-body  
movements, in close interaction with experiments with human subjects.  
This includes work with human motion capture data and marker-less  
tracking, techniques from computer animation, and related problems in  
control, exploiting appropriate techniques from machine learning.

Our group has long expertise with the modeling and perception of  
complex human body motion. We are part of the Hertie Institute for  
Clinical Brain Science (HIH), one of the leading European institutions  
in Clinical Neuroscience and of the Excellence Center for Integrative  
Neuroscience (CIN) that hosts a large spectrum of experimental and  
theoretical groups in neuroscience at the University and the Max  
Planck Institutes.

Ideal candidates should have the following qualifications:
* Masters (PhD) degree in Computer Science, Electrical /
   Mechanical / Biomedical Engineering, Physics, or related
   fields with good mathematical training
* programming experience (Matlab, C/C++, ...)
* Knowledge about control theory or machine learning
* English speaking and writing skills.

Committed to Equal Opportunities.

Please send applications preferentially electronically (including CV,  
marks and 2 letters of reference) as soon as possible to Prof. Dr.  
Martin Giese, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research & Center  
for Integrative Neuroscience,
Otfried-Müller. 25, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany;
email: martin.giese at uni-tuebingen.de

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    Section for Theoretical Sensomotorics
    Dept. for Cognitive Neurology
    Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research &
    Center for Integrative Neuroscience
    University of Tuebingen
    Otfried-Müller Str. 25
    D-72076 Tuebingen
    GERMANY
    Tel.: +49 7071 2989124
    Fax:  +49 7071 294790
    Email: martin.giese at uni-tuebingen.de
    Web: http://www.compsens.uni-tuebingen.de/
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