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Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 16:02:34 +0200
From: Geert-Jan Kruijff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Kruijff Geert-Jan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [robotics-worldwide] Job Opening: machine learning for interactive
cognitive robots
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JOB OPENING
The German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI GmbH) is seeking
for its Language Technology Lab a
SENIOR
RESEARCHER
in the area of cognitive systems, for a research position (Post-Doc, or senior)
in the EU FP7 IP "Cognitive Systems that Self-Understand and Self-Extend"
(CogX).
The CogX project is a European project in the area of cognitive systems and will
run from May 2008 till the end of June 2012. The project (which is a follow-up
to the CoSy project, [http://www.cognitivesystems.org
] and [ http://cosy.dfki.de/ ] ) will have a strong emphasis on the
theoretical and practical integration of capabilities in vision, manipulation,
mobility, spatial cognition, planning, and dialogue processing. CogX will be
focused on the dynamics of a system capable of actively extending itself to
fulfill identified requirements:
"Imagine a cognitive system that models not only the environment, but its own
understanding of the environment and how this understanding changes under
action. It identifies gaps in its own understanding and then plans how to fill
those gaps so as to deal with novelty and uncertainty in task execution, gather
information necessary to complete its tasks, and to extend its abilities and
knowledge so as to perform future tasks more efficiently."
In the cognitive systems we conceive of, a wide and heterogeneous set of
learning problems can be identified. These scenarios typically Involve social
contexts with a rich multimodal communication between human and robot. Across
these potential learning problems, the appropriate representations, learning
models and evaluation criteria differ widely.
To create a unified theory that makes it possible for the robot to reason about
its knowledge and lack thereof, and to communicate the essence of this
reasoning, will most likely require insights from fields such as socially guided
machine learning, traditional and novel forms of machine learning such as active
learning, meta learning, human-robot interaction, and situated dialogue
processing,
We are looking for an experienced researcher with a PhD in computer science (or
equivalent) to work on "interactive continuous learning of crossmodal concepts"
in the CogX project. We need a person with
* a strong background in machine learning,
* preferably with experience in active learning, socially guided learning,
interactive learning;
* preferably with experience in robotics, artificial intelligence, computational
linguistics.
* strong analytical skills,
* strong mathematical skills,
* strong programming skills (e.g. C++, Java, Python),
* experience in collaborative software development (our project software is
usually developed across 6-7 international sites, with up to 15 developers)
* a good command of English, spoken and written
The person will work in an international team. Responsibilities will include
leading the machine learning efforts in our group within the CogX project,
theory development, implementation and evaluation of software in an integrated
(robot) system. The person will be expected to write, or contribute to writing,
scientific papers and articles set in the project context.
Highly valued personal qualities include creativity, open-mindedness, team
spirit, and a willingness to address novel challenges in unknown scientific
territory.
The applicant should have a completed PhD degree on commencing the job.
The earliest starting date of the position is September 2008. The duration of
the contract will probably be until the end of the project (June 2012).
DFKI GmbH [ http://www.dfki.de ] is located on the campus of Saarland University
in Saarbrucken, Germany. The university's research groups and curricula in the
fields of Computational Linguistics and Computer Science are internationally
renowned. The LT-Lab [ http://www.dfki.de/lt/
] offers excellent working conditions in a well-established research
group. The position provides opportunities to collaborate in a variety of
international projects. The competitive salary is calculated according to
qualifications based on DFKI GmbH scales.
For more on our work at DFKI, see [ http://www.dfki.de/lt/ ]. and [
http://cosy.dfki.de
]
Please send your electronic application (preferably in PDF format) to
[EMAIL PROTECTED], referring to this job opening (No. 200820), not later than
June
31, 2008. A meaningful application should include a cover letter, a CV, a brief
summary of research interests, a statement of interest in the position offered,
and contact information for three references.
For questions concerning this job opening, please contact Dr.ir. Geert-Jan
Kruijff [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ http://www.dfki.de/~gj ]
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Dr.ir. Geert-Jan M. Kruijff
Senior researcher/Project leader
Language Technology Lab,
DFKI GmbH,
Stuhlsatzenhausweg 3,
D-66123 Saarbruecken, Germany
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Phone: +49.681.302.5153
Fax: +49.681.302.5338
Mobile: +49.179.479.5892
http: //www.dfki.de/~gj/
http: //www.dfki.de/cosy/
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Geschaeftsfuehrung:
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Wolfgang Wahlster (Vorsitzender)
Dr. Walter Olthoff
Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats:
Prof. Dr. h.c. Hans A. Aukes
Amtsgericht Kaiserslautern, HRB 2313
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