A new research group for Knowledge Technology is currently being established in the department of Informatics at the University of Hamburg (from March 2010).
We have now six new job openings in the area of knowledge technology, intelligent systems, neural networks, hybrid neural symbolic systems, ambient intelligence and intelligent robotics. The six posts in various projects are described for the following areas as below: ------------------------------------------------------------ The university has two positions open for research associates (wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in) salary group 13 TV-L (equivalent to Verg.Gr. IIa BAT) with a starting date of as soon as possible. The positions are for 39 (fulltime) hours per week. This contract will end after three years and can be extended for a further 2 years (see also P. 2 of the Academic Fixed-Term Contract Law (Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz)). The university intends to increase the number of women amongst its academic personnel and encourages qualified women to apply. In compliance with the Hamburg Equal Opportunity Law, preference will be given to qualified female applicants. Responsibilities: A research associate’s duties include academic service, primarily in the areas of research and teaching. Within this framework associates have the opportunity to further their academic education, in particular through the completion of a doctoral dissertation. At least one-third (13 hours/week) of the set working hours will be made available for this purpose. Area(s) of Responsibility: The research area is knowledge technology and knowledge management, in particular: Research Associate 1) Hybrid Neural Systems: neural networks in the context of hybrid knowledge-based systems. Application could be in data mining, speech or text mining. Research Associate 2) Neural Knowledge Management: Application could be in adaptive knowledge discovery, ambient intelligence, or learning cognitive robots. Requirements: Academic degree in one of the above academic subject areas qualifying the holder to carry out the above-mentioned responsibilities. In particular, at least an MSc or equivalent in Artificial Intelligence or Computer Science is required. Excellent programming skills are needed and a background in hybrid neural systems is an advantage for these two positions. We are also looking for very good communication skills and teamwork. Preference will be given to disabled applicants with equal qualifications. ------------------------------------------------------------------ The university has further positions open for 1.5 research associates (wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in) - salary group 13 TV-L (equivalent to Verg.Gr. IIa BAT) – with a starting date of as soon as possible for the EU-funded project KSERA. The positions can be filled as either two 0.75 positions or as one fulltime (39h/w) and one halftime (19.5h/w) position. This contract will end 31.1.2013 (see also P 2 of the Academic Fixed-Term Contract Law (Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz)). The university intends to increase the number of women amongst its academic personnel and encourages qualified women to apply. In compliance with the Hamburg Equal Opportunity Law, preference will be given to qualified female applicants. Responsibilities: A research associate’s duties include academic service for the following project: KSERA Knowledgeable SErvice Robots for Aging. Outside of these tasks the research associates have the opportunity to further their academic education, in particular through the completion of a doctoral dissertation. Results obtained by the associate through project work may be used for the dissertation. Area(s) of Responsibility: The research area is intelligent systems and artificial intelligence, in particular socially assistive robots and ambient intelligence. This includes the integration of an ambient environment with a cognitive humanoid robot. A system architecture, new sensor, localization, navigation and monitoring modules for the robotic device will be developed. Requirements: Academic degree in one of the above academic subject areas qualifying the holder to carry out the above-mentioned responsibilities. In particular, at least a MSc or equivalent in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science or Engineering with a focus on Intelligent Computing is required. Excellent programming skills (C++, Python etc) are needed and a background in robotics or sensor technology would be an advantage for the two positions. The posts involve traveling within Europe. We are also looking for good communication skills and teamwork. Preference will be given to disabled applicants with equal qualifications. ------------------------------------------------------------------ The university has two further open positions Early Stage Researcher (ESR) (wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in) - salary group ESR of the EU for Germany – with a starting date of as soon as possible for the following EU-funded project RobotDoc. The positions are for 39 hours per week (fulltime). This short-term contract will end after three years (see also § 2 of the Academic Fixed-Term Contract Law (Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz)). The university intends to increase the number of women amongst its academic personnel and expressly encourages qualified women to apply. In compliance with the Hamburg Equal Opportunity Law, preference will be given to qualified female applicants. Responsibilities: The two associates’ duties include academic service for the project RobotDoc: Robotics for Development of Cognition and pursue doctoral studies. Area(s) of Responsibility: The research area is knowledge technology, intelligent systems and artificial intelligence, in particular neural networks for the development of cognition in robots. The first ESR post is on Neural Emotion and Action and the second ESR is on Neural Cognitive Integration. Requirements: Academic degree in one of the above academic subject areas qualifying the holder to carry out the above-mentioned responsibilities. In particular, at least an MSc or equivalent in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science or Engineering with a focus on Intelligent Computing is required. Excellent programming skills are needed and a background in neural networks and/or robotics would be an advantage for these two positions. The posts involve traveling within Europe. Each PhD student will be expected to spend a study period in at least one of the other partner sites. According to EU mobility rules, applicants must not be nationals of Germany. They must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Germany for longer than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to their recruitment. Early-Stage Researchers are defined as those who are, at the time of selection, in the first four years (full-time equivalent) of their research careers. Preference will be given to disabled applicants with equal qualifications. Applications (application letter, curriculum vitae, degree certificate(s), etc.) are to be submitted electronically as a single pdf file to moraw...@informatik.uni-hamburg.de or to University of Hamburg, MIN-Fakultät, Department Informatik, Annette Morawski, Vogt-Kölln-Str. 30, 22527 Hamburg, Germany by 11.3.2010 but we will accept applications until the jobs are filled. For more information on the context of the first two posts see the department pages http://www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/ . For more information on the KSERA project posts see http://www.ksera-project.eu/ For more information on the RobotDoc project posts see http://robotdoc.org/ For queries or more information please contact Prof. Dr. Stefan Wermter, Head of new Research Group for Knowledge Technology at werm...@informatik.uni-hamburg.de ****************************************** Professor Dr. Stefan Wermter Head of the Research Group for Knowledge Technology Department of Informatics University of Hamburg Vogt Koelln Str. 30 22527 Hamburg Germany email: wermter AT informatik.uni-hamburg.de ******************************************* _______________________________________________ uai mailing list uai@ENGR.ORST.EDU https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai
