<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:16.866666793823242px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Cambria,serif">A 3.5-year fully funded PhD position is available in the Centre for Robotics Research (CoRe), Department of Informatics, King’s College London, UK. The position is in the areas of human-centred robotics and machine vision. <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:16.866666793823242px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Cambria,serif"> <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:16.866666793823242px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Cambria,serif">Review of the applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Early applications are encouraged. <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:16.866666793823242px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Cambria,serif"> <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:16.866666793823242px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Cambria,serif">Link: </span><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif"><a href="https://nms.kcl.ac.uk/oya.celiktutan/open.html"><span style="color:blue">https://nms.kcl.ac.uk/oya.celiktutan/open.html</span></a><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:16.866666793823242px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Cambria,serif"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:16.866666793823242px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Cambria,serif">Studentship <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:16.866666793823242px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Cambria,serif"> <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:16.866666793823242px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Cambria,serif">Suitable for UK/EU students only<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:16.866666793823242px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Cambria,serif">3.5-year scholarship <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:16.866666793823242px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Cambria,serif">£16.5K tax free stipend per year <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:16.866666793823242px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Cambria,serif">Fees are waived <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:16.866666793823242px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Cambria,serif">Starting date: September/October 2019<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:16.866666793823242px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Cambria,serif"> <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:16.866666793823242px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Cambria,serif">Research Project<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:16.866666793823242px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Cambria,serif"> <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 12pt;line-height:21.26666831970215px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Cambria,serif">The success of robots that are designed to work interactively with humans significantly depends on their ability to recognise human’s expressive gestures and activities and adapt themselves accordingly. This research project is broadly concerned with developing novel approaches to learning visual representations of human behaviour and investigating how these representations can be used by robots. Specifically, the candidate will research advanced computer vision and deep learning techniques to aim at addressing one of the following research problems: (i) recognition/anticipation of human actions/activities; (ii) recognition of social signals such as facial expression, head pose and eye gaze; (iii) interpretation of human behaviours to estimate higher level phenomena such as cognitive states and emotional states; (iv) synthesis of human behaviours via robots, within a context of practical applications in human-robot interaction. Alternatively, the candidate can propose another relevant problem in a closely related domain. <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:16.866666793823242px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Cambria,serif">Qualifications<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:16.866666793823242px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Cambria,serif"> <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:16.866666793823242px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Cambria,serif">The ideal candidates will have a relevant degree in computer science, electrical engineering, physics, mathematics, or equivalent. They will have outstanding technical skills and prior experience in at least one of the following fields: computer vision, machine learning, deep learning, and human-robot interaction. Experience in writing research papers is a plus.<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:16.866666793823242px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Cambria,serif"> <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:16.866666793823242px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Cambria,serif">The ideal candidates will have a passion for contributing to development of smart robotic systems that can facilitate an effective interaction with human users for the purpose of assisting them. Applicants are expected to be self-motivated and able to work independently. They should be committed to advancing the state-of-the-art research and publishing in top research venues. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:16.866666793823242px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Cambria,serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:16.866666793823242px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Cambria,serif">Research Group<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:16.866666793823242px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Cambria,serif"> <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:16.866666793823242px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Cambria,serif">The selected candidate will join the Centre for Robotics Research (CoRE) group within the Department of Informatics at King’s College London. The mission of the CoRE group is to develop creative robotics approaches to society’s most critical challenges. The centre brings together expertise in sensing, high-precision manipulation, machine learning, intelligent control and human-robot interaction to address a broad range of problems facing health, manufacturing, agriculture, emergency response domains and much more. The selected candidate will be a member of Dr Oya Celiktutan’s research lab, and will contribute to ongoing research activities at CoRe in the areas of computer vision, deep learning and human-robot interaction.<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:16.866666793823242px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Cambria,serif"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:16.866666793823242px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Cambria,serif">How to Apply<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:16.866666793823242px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Cambria,serif"> <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:16.866666793823242px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Cambria,serif">Please contact Dr Oya Celiktutan (<a href="https://nms.kcl.ac.uk/oya.celiktutan/">https://nms.kcl.ac.uk/oya.celiktutan/</a>) with your CV to discuss your application.<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:16.866666793823242px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Cambria,serif"> <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:16.866666793823242px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Cambria,serif">To submit a formal application please follow the steps at <a href="https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/apply/research-courses.aspx"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/apply/research-courses.aspx</span></a>.<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:16.866666793823242px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Cambria,serif"> <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:16.866666793823242px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Cambria,serif">You MUST:<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:16.866666793823242px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Cambria,serif"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:16.866666793823242px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Cambria,serif">(i) Apply to King’s College London for a research degree programme using the online admissions application (<span style="color:rgb(8,63,66)"><a href="https://apply.kcl.ac.uk/"><span style="color:rgb(8,63,66);text-decoration:none">https://apply.kcl.ac.uk/</span></a></span>);<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:16.866666793823242px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Cambria,serif">(ii) Enter “Oya Celiktutan” in the supervisor name field of the KCL Application Form;<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:16.866666793823242px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Cambria,serif">(iii) Ensure you tick the box and enter the code STUDENTSHIP4HRI (please copy and paste this code exactly) at item 5 (Award Scheme Code or Name) on the funding part of the KCL Application Form. <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:16.866666793823242px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Cambria,serif"> <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:16.866666793823242px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Cambria,serif">Please upload all the relevant documentation, including a CV, a personal statement (max. 1 page), a research proposal (max. 2 pages), transcripts of your previous qualifications, two academic references and any English language qualification that you have (if your first language is not English).  </span><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(173,61,164)"><span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:16.866666793823242px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Cambria,serif"><br></span></p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">---</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">Dr Oya Celiktutan</b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"> </span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">Lecturer (Assistant Professor) | Centre for Robotics Research (CORE)</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px">Department of Informatics | King’s College London | United Kingdom</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>