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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21">In the spirit of the doctoral School on Bioengineering and Robotics the PhD Program for the curriculum “Cognitive Robotics, Interaction
and Rehabilitation Technologies” provides interdisciplinary training at the interface between technology and life-sciences. The general objective of the program is to form scientists and research technologists capable of working in multidisciplinary teams
on projects where human factors play a crucial role in technological development and design.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21">The 5 fellowships offered this year by the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia as part of this curriculum will be assigned to the best applicants
to one of the six themes offered within the curriculum, that can be found at the following address under the "Cognitive Robotics Interaction Rehabilitation technologies" Research themes: https://www.iit.it/phd-school/phd-school-genoa
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Here you can find the direct link to the list of themes in: List of Themes (PDF): https://www.iit.it/phd-school-docs/phd-2020/722-cognitive-robotics-interaction-rehabilitation-technologies/file<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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The deadline for the application is at 12:00 (Italian time) of the 15th June 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21">The interested applicants can find more details on the application and unofficial tip & tricks page to the application process: https://www.iit.it/phd-school/phd-school-admission-guide<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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All IIT units involved in this curriculum are located in the “Erzelli” site of the Italian Institute of Technology and share research facilities including, besides two iCub humanoid Robots, a fully equipped motion capture room with simultaneous electromyography
recording and force-platforms, a Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Lab, an Electrophysiology Lab for EEG recording and meeting rooms.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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The ideal candidates are students with a higher level university degree willing to invest extra time and effort in blending into a multidisciplinary team composed of neuroscientists, engineers, psychologists, physicists working together to investigate brain
functions and realize intelligent machines, rehabilitation protocols and advanced prosthesis.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Interested applicants are encouraged to contact the perspective tutors for clarifications before submitting their application. International applications are encouraged and will receive logistic support with visa issues and relocation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21">Within this curriculum, RBCS Robotics, Brain and Cognitive Sciences department sponsors:<br>
*) Autonomous learning in human-robot interaction: towards transparent robot symbiosis in skill acquisition<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21">*) The role of social signals in human-robot interaction in group<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21">*) Cortical networks for affective communication in human robot interaction<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:#1C1E21">*) Altered reality for rehabilitation and training of low-vision individuals<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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