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-- Position -- The Group of Intelligent Agents and Synthetic Characters (GAIPS – gaips.inesc-id.pt) of INESC-ID currently has available 1 (one) research position in Computer Science/Electrical Engineering. We are seeking highly motivated researchers to integrate the research team for the project "MAIS+S: Multiagent Intelligent Surveillance Systems" (gaips.inesc-id.pt/mais-s) The researchers are expected to contribute to the project MAIS+S in the following topic: * Deployment of planning/decision algorithms for decentralized and automated control of the network (in terms of robot control, recovery from failure, etc.) The grant has duration of 9 months, and may be renewed up to 1 year maximum. The grant is expected to start on November 2012, and will include accident insurance and social security contributions and is under an exclusivity contract according to the FCT “Regulations for Advanced Training and Qualification of Human Resources” and INESC-ID Lisbon grant regulations. The research activity will be supervised by Professor Francisco S. Melo, Assistant Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico, and Principal Investigator for the project. The project is collaboration between INESC-ID (Lisbon, Portugal), Instituto Superior Técnico/UTL (Lisbon, Portugal), Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, USA), and ObservIT (Lisbon, Portugal), a company working in the area of intelligent surveillance systems. The grantee is expected to work with the Group of Intelligent Agents and Multiagent Systems, at INESC-ID, and will also have the opportunity to work in close collaboration with our partners at Instituto Superior Técnico and ObservIT. -- Application -- The successful candidate is expected to have a Master degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related area, with experience in one (or more) of the following areas: * Decision-theoretic planning under uncertainty; * Multiagent systems; * Robotics and computer vision * Sensor networks; The selection will be based on the academic record of the candidate, interest for multidisciplinary areas of research related to the project and possible publications and experience in the area of intelligent agents. Programming skills and english language level will also be considered as criteria. Applications should be sent to Francisco S. Melo ([email protected]) and should include a detailed CV, including a list of publications, a brief statement about research interests and motivation to join the project, and the name and contact of 3 references. Applications will be considered from September 20th until October 22th, 2012. For further information and proposal submission, please contact: Professor Francisco Melo GAIPS - INESC-ID IST TagusPark Av. Prof. Dr. Cavaco Silva Room 2N7.15 2780-990 Porto Salvo PORTUGAL E-mail: [email protected] More details can be found at: http://www.eracareers.pt/opportunities/index.aspx?task=global&jobId=31691 _______________________________________________ uai mailing list [email protected] https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/uai
