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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The Italian Institute of Technology IIT,
<a href="https://www.iit.it/">https://www.iit.it/</a> in collaboration with University of Genoa
<a href="https://unige.it/en">https://unige.it/en</a> funds 5 PhD scholarships@ Monica Gori's lab, Unit for Visually Impaired People (U-VIP,
</span><a href="https://www.iit.it/it/research/lines/unit-for-visually-impaired-people">https://www.iit.it/it/research/lines/unit-for-visually-impaired-people</a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Official site with links to documents: <a href="https://unige.it/en/usg/en/phd-programmes">
https://unige.it/en/usg/en/phd-programmes</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Research topics and details: <a href="http://phd.dibris.unige.it/biorob/media/PhD%20themes%2038o%20-%20Cognitive%20Robotics,%20Interaction%20And%20Rehabilitation%20Technologies%20%20(2022).pdf">
http://phd.dibris.unige.it/biorob/media/PhD%20themes%2038o%20-%20Cognitive%20Robotics,%20Interaction%20And%20Rehabilitation%20Technologies%20%20(2022).pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">How to apply: <a href="http://phd.dibris.unige.it/biorob/index.php/how-to-apply">
http://phd.dibris.unige.it/biorob/index.php/how-to-apply</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>*DEADLINE* <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Deadline for application is *<b>June 30, 2022 at 12 PM (noon, Italian time/CEST)</b> *
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">*<b>STRICT DEADLINE, NO EXTENSION</b>*.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Apply before deadline, the application process is not immediate: dont wait for the final day.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">*<b>U-VIP: Unit for Visually Impaired People - Dr. Monica Gori
<a href="mailto:monica.gori@iit.it">monica.gori@iit.it</a></b>* <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">The main aim of the unit is to identify spatial impairments possibly conditioning the life of children and adults with and without visual disability, with the ultimate goal to develop new technological solutions
suitable since the first years of life to overcome impairments and enhance learning skills. In particular the focus of the group is to investigate how integration between sensory and motor signals develops during childhood and identify solutions (technologies
and rehabilitation procedures). 5 PhD positions are available:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>*1) Cortical mechanisms of spatial representation in children with and without visual impairment*<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="IT">Tutor: Monica Gori<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="IT">Institute: IIT (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Research Unit: Unit for Visually Impaired People (<a href="https://www.iit.it/it/linee/unit-for-visually-impaired-people">https://www.iit.it/it/linee/unit-for-visually-impaired-people</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Description:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt">The human brain is highly plastic, able to modify its structure and functions to adapt to changes within the body or in the external environment. How spatial representation develops is still unclear. We have recently
demonstrated that blind children have problems on many audio spatial processing.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt">The goals of this Ph.D. theme are:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt">- studying spatial development from infancy to childhood.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt">- studying development of spatial representations with EEG technique.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt">- studying the relationship between spatial processing and sensory-motor skills.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt">The work of the Ph.D. will be within the ERC MySpace project (<a href="http://www.MySpaceproject.eu">www.MySpaceproject.eu</a>).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Requirements:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt">The Ph.D. student will be involved in doing psychophysical and EEG experiments with infants and children. A background in experimental psychology, EEG techniques and cognitive neuroscience are required. The Ph.D.
will be financed within the MySpace ERC project (G.A. N. 948349) .<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Contacts:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt">Applicants are strongly encouraged to contact the prospective tutors before they submit their application:
<a href="mailto:Monica.gori@iit.it">Monica.gori@iit.it</a> .<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt"><a href="https://www.iit.it/it/research/lines/unit-for-visually-impaired-people">https://www.iit.it/it/research/lines/unit-for-visually-impaired-people</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>*2) From science to technology for visually impaired children*<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="IT">Tutor: Monica Gori<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="IT">Institute: IIT (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Research Unit: Unit for Visually Impaired People (<a href="https://www.iit.it/it/linee/unit-for-visually-impaired-people">https://www.iit.it/it/linee/unit-for-visually-impaired-people</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Description:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt">The goal of the project is to understand the perceptual and motor abilities of children with visual impairment to develop and validate new multisensory technology for rehabilitation. Unit for Visually Impaired
People (IIT) in collaboration with Mondino Hospital (IRCCS, Pavia) is looking for a PhD in the field of multisensory development in young children and adults with visual disability. The goal of the project is to understand brain principles and develop technologies
to support the inclusion of children with visual disabilities through:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:108.0pt">-The study of motor and perceptual abilities of visually impaired and blind children.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:108.0pt">-The demonstration and the validation of the technology through user, experimental and clinical studies.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Requirements:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt">The PhD student will be involved in doing psychophysical and motor tracking experiments with children and to help in the development and validation of device from the electronic and software point of view. A background
in basic neuroscience, motion tracking analysis and programming skills are required.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Contacts:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt">Applicants are strongly encouraged to contact the prospective tutors before they submit their<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt">application: <a href="mailto:Monica.gori@iit.it">
Monica.gori@iit.it</a> .<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt"><a href="https://www.iit.it/it/research/lines/unit-for-visually-impaired-people">https://www.iit.it/it/research/lines/unit-for-visually-impaired-people</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>*3) From science to technology for mental diseases*<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="IT">Tutor: Monica Gori<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="IT">Institute: IIT (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Research Unit: Unit for Visually Impaired People (<a href="https://www.iit.it/it/linee/unit-for-visually-impaired-people">https://www.iit.it/it/linee/unit-for-visually-impaired-people</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Description:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt">The goal of the project is to develop and validate new multisensory technology for rehabilitation and screening of people with mental diseases.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt">Unit for Visually Impaired People (IIT) in collaboration with section of Psychiatry DINOGMI, San Martino Hospital (IRCCS, Genoa) is looking for a PhD in the field of multisensory technology for psychiatric patients
(e.g. schizophrenic and bipolar).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt">The goal of the project is to understand brain principles and develop technologies to support the rehabilitation and early screening of people with mental diseases:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:108.0pt">-The study of motor and multisensory perceptual abilities of psychiatric patients.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:108.0pt">-The demonstration and the validation of the technology through user, experimental and clinical studies.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Requirements:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt">The PhD student will be involved in doing psychophysical and motor tracking experiments with children and to help in the development and validation of device based on virtual reality. A background in informatics
or biomedical engineering and programming skills are required.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Contacts:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt">Applicants are strongly encouraged to contact the perspective tutors before they submit their application:
<a href="mailto:Monica.gori@iit.it">Monica.gori@iit.it</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt"><a href="https://www.iit.it/it/research/lines/unit-for-visually-impaired-people">https://www.iit.it/it/research/lines/unit-for-visually-impaired-people</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="IT">*4) Interindividual differences modeling*<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="IT">Tutor: Monica Gori<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="IT">Institute: IIT (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Research Unit: Unit for Visually Impaired People (<a href="https://www.iit.it/it/linee/unit-for-visually-impaired-people">https://www.iit.it/it/linee/unit-for-visually-impaired-people</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Description:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt">The goal of the project is to develop new approaches to model interindividual differences and to develop and validate new multisensory technology for characterize the human behaviour. Unit for Visually Impaired
People (IIT) is looking for a PhD in the field of informatics and artificial intelligence.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt">The goal of the project is to understand brain principles and develop methods to quantify the inter-individual abilities:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt">-The study of motor and perceptual interindividual difference in humans.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:108.0pt">-Development of new intelligent technology to measure it.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Requirements:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt">The PhD student will be involved in doing perceptual human measures, modelling and development of new applications and technological solutions. A background in informatics and artificial intelligence are required.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Contacts: <a href="mailto:Monica.gori@iit.it">
Monica.gori@iit.it</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt"><a href="https://www.iit.it/it/research/lines/unit-for-visually-impaired-people">https://www.iit.it/it/research/lines/unit-for-visually-impaired-people</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>*5) iREACH: a new multisensory device for blind infants*<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="IT">Tutor: Monica Gori<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span lang="IT">Institute: IIT (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Research Unit: Unit for Visually Impaired People (<a href="https://www.iit.it/it/linee/unit-for-visually-impaired-people">https://www.iit.it/it/linee/unit-for-visually-impaired-people</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Description<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt">The goal of the project is to develop new and to validate a new multisensory technological solution to improve perceptual skills of visually impaired infants. Unit for Visually Impaired People (IIT) is looking
for a PhD in the field of neuroscience or biomedical engineering. This project is part of the iREACH ERC-PoC project related to the MySPACE ERC-StG project.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt">The goal of the project is to understand brain principles and develop new approaches for evaluation and training:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:108.0pt">-The study of motor and perceptual abilities before and after the use of the technology.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:108.0pt">-Validation of new technology.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Requirements:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt">The PhD student will be involved in doing perceptual human measures and validating a new<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt">multisensory technological solution. A background in neuroscience or biomedical engineering<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt">are required.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Contacts: <a href="mailto:Monica.gori@iit.it">
Monica.gori@iit.it</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt"><a href="https://www.iit.it/it/research/lines/unit-for-visually-impaired-people">https://www.iit.it/it/research/lines/unit-for-visually-impaired-people</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Claudio Campus, PhD<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Data science and technical support<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">U-VIP Unit for Visually Impaired People<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT">FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT">Center for Human Technologies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT">Via Enrico Melen, 83 Edificio B - 16152 Genova<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT">www.iit.it/it/people/claudio-campus<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">t: +39 010 2897 208<o:p></o:p></p>
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