25 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Stockholm University

Deadline: December 17th, 2012

25 Positions as Postdoctoral Research Fellow in subject areas within the Faculties of Science, Humanities, Law, and Social Sciences. Ref. No. SU 619-2974-12. Deadline for applications: December 17, 2012.

By investing in international recruitement of eminemt researchers and students, international exchanges and increased collaborations, Stockholm University intends to stimulate the academic environment and strengthen the position of the University in the international market.

5 PhD position in cognitive Science in University of Osnabruck, Germany

The application deadline (for start in the winter semester 2010) will be 1st of June 2010. Scholarships

If you are interested in registering for the Cognitive Science PhD Programme you are welcome to send your application.

Academic requirements
Master's degree (or equivalent) in Cognitive Science or a sub-discipline is required. This must include at least basic qualifications in at least two of the following disciplines: artificial intelligence, biology, computer science, (computational) linguistics, neuroscience, philosophy, or psychology. (For details see the admission regulations .)

Dissertation proposal
We recommend that you do not send a worked out dissertation proposal with your initial application but only a short description of one or two topics you are interested in. Subsequently we will put you in contact with one of the principal investigators of the programme who will develop a full dissertation proposal with you interactively.

Application documents

• application form (download doc-version or pdf-version)
• all documents as required in the application form (educational certificates etc.)
• curriculum vitae
• papers published or submitted for publication
• previous theses (Bachelor, Master, etc.)
• names and addresses of two referees

Please send an electronic version of these documents to Dr. Carla Umbach (email below). Officially authenticated photocopies of certificates will be required on admission.

Upon application PhD students can be provided with a three years scholarship of normally 1500 € per month (plus extras). After the first year there is an assessment of the progress of the dissertation project. The continuation of the scholarship in the second and third year depends on the results of the assessment.There are no study fees for PhD students but only an administration fee of appr. 160 € per semester. Students have to provide proof of health insurance upon registration.

Contact:
Dr. Carla Umbach, email: pbosch@uos.de
Tel. (+49 541) 969 3369 (+49 541) 969 3369

Source: http://cogsci.uni-osnabrueck.de/en/cogsci/phd/application

PhD Position in Cognitive Robotics at TUM, Germany

Application deadline: the position should be filled as soon as possible

We are now accepting applications for a 3-year PhD position in the fields of cognitive robotics, languages for modelling of situations, actions and perception, and system integration at the Department of Informatics at TU Munich, Germany.

Project Title: RoboEarth - Robots sharing a knowledge base for world model-ling and learning of actions .

The European project "RoboEarth" is a research project in the area of cognitive robotics and system integration. Several European partners from industry and academia are participating in this four year project. The Chair of Robotics and Embedded Systems is responsable for language definition and implementation that allows for the representation and communication of actions and situations on different levels of abstraction. The relevant research topic includes develop-ment of a language together with the overall architecture with a focus on com-ponent integration.

In particular, the objectives are

• to specify and develop a high-level language for the communication between RoboEarth and individual systems,
• to get an abstract representation of labelled situations and actions, and
• to provide interfaces for platform-specific representations (individual robots and the RoboEarth platform) and for human-robot interaction.

Applicants should have an M.Sc. degree in Computer Science (or equivalent, from a well-known university). The successful candidates should have experi-ence in one or more of the following areas:

• cognitive robotics or automation systems,
• representation of complex actions and/or situations, and
• Ontol-ogy-based world modelling.

TU Munich enjoys an excellent international reputation as an academic leader and has been consistently ranked as one of the three best universities in Ger-many. The Munich area itself offers high-quality of living, with unparalleled out-door recreational opportunites and a great night-life at a reasonable price.

Interested applicants should submit a curriculum vitae and an academic tran-script. A statement of the broad area of your research interest should also be included.
For application, enquiries or further information, send an E-mail to: Dr. Reinhard Lafrenz (lafrenz@in.tum.de) or visit our web site at http://wwwknoll.in.tum.de

Source: http://www6.in.tum.de/pub/Main/OpenPositions/job_position_RoboEarth-final.pdf