<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><h2 class="sectionedit2" id="phd_student_position_in_robot_learning_or_computer_vision_at_u_innsbruck" style="color: rgb(0, 45, 112); padding: 0px; line-height: 1.2; clear: left; margin: 0px 0px 0.666em; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Ph.D. Student Position in Robot Learning or Computer Vision at U. Innsbruck</h2><div class="level2" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; padding: 0px;">The research group in <a href="https://iis.uibk.ac.at/" class="wikilink1" title="/" style="outline: none; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 136, 0); background-color: inherit;">Intelligent and Interactive Systems</a>, led by Profs. Justus Piater and Antonio Rodríguez-Sánchez, has an opening for a Ph.D. student, on a university assistant position that includes minor teaching requirements. The research will be loosely aligned with ongoing <a href="https://iis.uibk.ac.at/research/projects" class="wikilink1" title="research:projects" style="outline: none; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 136, 0); background-color: inherit;">research projects</a> in the lab:</p><ul class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; list-style: square outside;"><li class="level1" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><div class="li" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">deep learning in computer vision or robotics</div></li><li class="level1" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><div class="li" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">computational models of biological vision</div></li><li class="level1" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><div class="li" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">biologically-inspired computer vision</div></li><li class="level1" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><div class="li" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">robot vision and closed-loop sensorimotor interaction</div></li><li class="level1" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><div class="li" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">open-ended and intrinsically-motivated robot learning</div></li><li class="level1" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><div class="li" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">concept discovery by learning robots</div></li><li class="level1" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><div class="li" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">goal-oriented exploratory learning</div></li><li class="level1" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><div class="li" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">prediction of action effects</div></li><li class="level1" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><div class="li" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">robot skill optimization</div></li><li class="level1" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><div class="li" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">human-robot interaction and collaboration</div></li></ul></div><h3 class="sectionedit5" id="how_to_apply" style="color: rgb(0, 45, 112); padding: 0px; line-height: 1.2; clear: left; font-size: 1.125em; margin: 0px 0px 0.888em; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">How to Apply</h3><h3 class="sectionedit3" id="your_profile" style="color: rgb(0, 45, 112); padding: 0px; line-height: 1.2; clear: left; font-size: 1.125em; margin: 0px 0px 0.888em; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div class="level3" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: normal;"><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; padding: 0px;">Interested applicants should send a letter of motivation, a curriculum vitae including URLs of English-language theses and dissertations, scanned transcripts and diplomas, and contact information of at least two references in PDF to <a href="mailto:Justus.Piater@uibk.ac.at" class="mail" title="Justus.Piater@uibk.ac.at" style="outline: none; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(43, 115, 183); padding: 0px 0px 0px 18px; background-image: url(https://iis.uibk.ac.at/lib/images/email.png); background-position: 0px 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Justus.Piater@uibk.ac.at</a>.</p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; padding: 0px;">Applications will be considered as they are received, until all positions are filled. Starting date is October 2018 or earlier.</p><div class="">More details on <a href="https://iis.uibk.ac.at/jobs" class="">https://iis.uibk.ac.at/jobs</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></h3><div class=""><span class="" style="float: none; display: inline !important;">Priv. Doz. Antonio Rodríguez-Sánchez, PhD</span><br class=""><span class="" style="float: none; display: inline !important;">Intelligent and Interactive Systems</span><br class=""><span class="" style="float: none; display: inline !important;">Dept. of Computer Science - Institut für Informatik</span><br class=""><span class="" style="float: none; display: inline !important;">University of Innsbruck - Universität Innsbruck</span><br class=""><span class="" style="float: none; display: inline !important;">Austria – Österreich</span><br class=""><span class="" style="float: none; display: inline !important;"><a href="https://iis.uibk.ac.at/public/antonio/" class="">https://iis.uibk.ac.at/public/antonio/</a></span></div></body></html>