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Pre-doctoral position (PhD Grant) for the development of the PhD in the Research Unit for Collaborative Soft Intelligent Systems at the European Centre for Soft Computing. Reference: ECSC_Offer_2011_CSI_01 Type: FPI Grant of 4 years, two first years of grant and last two years of contract. FPI are grants that the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation awards to research organisations for the development of PhDs by young researchers. Our Centre obtained this one in the last call. Research Unit: Collaborative Soft Intelligent Systems Topic: Abstraction, Synthesis, and Integration of Information for Human-Robot Teams Description: The objective of the project is the development of basic concepts and structures for the abstraction of partial views of the operational environment, the actions and intentions of human-robot teams, and for their integration into common situation estimates. A noteworthy characteristic of the approach is its utilization of qualitative object description tools to extract significant information, at various levels of abstraction, about the characteristics of environment, plans, intentions, and actions of team members. Another significant feature of the proposed approach is its treatment of onboard information abstraction and integration employing the same tools performing those tasks at the team level. During the PhD, the student will develop concepts and algorithms for the generation of qualitative object descriptions, easily understandable by humans, and for the integration of those semantic descriptions into coherent, high-level, descriptions of situations, intentions, and plans. Required academic degree: Computer Science, Industrial Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering. Other advisable requirements: ñ Knowledge about Fuzzy Logic and Soft Computing ñ Knowledge and background in collection/fusion and integration of information. ñ Fluent English (written and spoken) ñ Good inter-personal and analytic skills, ability to concisely formulate and pursue ideas Salary (gross salary; approximate amounts): first two years of grant 1.142 €/month. Last two years of contract 1.173 €/month (14 payments) Send: CV and Cover Letter (limit of one page for the letter) to <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Application period: 03.11.2011 – 12.12.2011 More Information: www.softcomputing.es Roberto Morán Ramallal Project Management Department European Centre for Soft Computing C/ Gonzalo Gutiérrez Quirós, s/n Edificio de Investigación, 3ª Planta (Campus de Mieres-Universidad de Oviedo) 33600 Mieres, Asturias Tlf +34 985 456 545 Fax: +34 985 456 699 <http://www.softcomputing.es/> www.softcomputing.es -- Aviso legal: http://www.softcomputing.es/legal_ES/ --- Legal warning: http://www.softcomputing.es/legal_EN/
