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<strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: red;">“A fully-funded Ph.D. position in Robotics and Tactile Intelligence, Jointly between BMW and Imperial College London”</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0cm;"><span style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26);">Dear Colleagues,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0cm;"><span style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26);">We searching for an outstanding and highly motivated Ph.D. candidate in the area of Robotics, AI, and Machine Learning for our available position in EU funded project
in Tactile Intelligence and Robotics.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0cm;"><span style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26);">Project Description:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0cm;"><span style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26);">This research project is part of the INTUITIVE-Project within the framework of the Horizon 2020 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0cm;"><span style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26);">The project focuses on "Robotic active tactile exploration, perception, manipulation and learning”. Therefore, we are looking for a highly motivated Ph.D. student
with a suitable background from robotics, Computer science, physics, mathematics, or computational neuroscience. The project will develop and test versatile exploration strategies based on tactile and vision to interact with the soft and rigid environment
and recognize various objects as humans do.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0cm;"><span style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26);">Host Institutes and supervisors:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0cm;"><span style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26);">The work will be jointly carried out mainly at the BMW Group Research Lab (AI and Robotic Center of Excellence), Munich, Germany, supervised by <strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Prof.
Dr. Mohsen Kaboli</span></strong> and Human Robotics Group (HRG) in the Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, supervised by <strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Prof. Dr. Etienne Burdet</span></strong> (<a href="https://www.imperial.ac.uk/human-robotics" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(74, 110, 224);">https://www.imperial.ac.uk/human-robotics</span></a>). </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0cm;"><span style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26);">The position includes a generous monthly salary. Moreover, all costs related to the research, traveling, publications, etc. will be paid by the BMW and the project
(EU).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0cm;"><span style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26);">How to Apply:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0cm;"><span style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26);">Interested applicants with a suitable background(s) can submit a CV, 1 page of motivation, and Academic records for such a position to </span><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(4, 50, 255);"><a href="mailto:mohsen.kaboli@bmwgroup.com" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="3" style="color: currentcolor;">mohsen.kaboli@bmwgroup.com</a></span></strong><span style="color: rgb(4, 50, 255);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26);">with
the title "BMW-HRG position: <your name>" by </span><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: red;"><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://4" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="4" style="color: currentcolor; text-decoration-color: rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.38);">20th
of September 2020</a></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26);">.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0cm;"><span style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26);">You can also ask for further information at the same address. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0cm;"><span style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26);">Start Date: As soon as Possible</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0cm;"><span style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26);">Best</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0cm;"><span style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26);">Mohsen</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Prof. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Dr.-Ing. Mohsen Kaboli</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Artificial </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Intelligence, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Robotics, Tactile Intelligence, and Cognitive
Systems<br>
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