Short-term fellowship on Humanoid Robotics and Cognitive Developmen

[Giulio Sandini]

Humanoid Robotics and Cognitive Development 
Short- term Fellowship for PhD Candidates 
LIRA-Lab – Department of Communication, Computer and System Sciences –
University of Genoa - Italy
http://www.liralab.it/projects/fellowship/fellowship.htm

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POSITION OFFERED
Within the framework of the internationalization of the university
system the University of Genoa has established grants for  the purpose
of conducting short-term research (three months). These grants are
reserved for students of foreign nationality  who are not resident in
Italy and are interested in pursuing a PhD program in Genoa.

The three months period will be used to define the topic of the PhD and
to allow the candidate to get acquainted with the  research and living
environment.

This specific fellowships is aimed at defining a PhD program in the
field of: "Humanoid robotics: study of cognitive  development in natural
and artificial beings". The activity will be carried out at the LIRA-Lab
in Genoa  (http://www.liralab.it) under the supervision of Prof. Giulio
Sandini.

The background of the candidate could either be in
bioengineering/computer-science/robotics (in this case good programming
skills are required) or in computational and cognitive neuroscience (and
possibly both).

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PERSPECTIVE
The start of the fellowship coincides with the beginning of a five-ye
ar
research project supported by the European Union aimed  at realizing an
"open" humanoid robot to study the development of cognitive manipulation
skills (project RobotCub). Within  this project the LIRA-Lab will hire
other post-docs and technicians for the duration of the project.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION AND APPLICATION PROCEDURES
The grants, available from the University of Genoa, are reserved for
students of foreign citizenship who are not resident in  Italy. The
grants last three months and are paid in monthly installments deferred
starting from the beginning of the research  period as certified and
transmitted by the tutor. The monthly salary is €1,000.00 and it is paid
for the effective duration of  the research project. In addition to the
grant, upon arrival in Italy, a payment is scheduled amounting to a lump
sum of  € 500.00 for citizens of the European Union and € 1,500.00
for citizens from countries outside the EU, as reimbursement for travel
expenses.

Important Dates
Deadline for application is JULY 30
Position will start not later than SEPTEMBER 24. The start date for the
research will not be later than 24th Sep 2004. Applicants are asked to
read carefully the full text of the call and its attachments that can be
found here: http://www.liralab.it/projects/fellowship/fellowship.htm


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FURTHER INFORMATION

Requests for scientific information can be addressed to:
Prof. Giulio Sandini (sandini at dist.unige.it) or Dr. Giorgio Metta
(pasa at dist.unige.it) LIRA-Lab, DIST – Università degli Studi di Genova
Viale Francesco Causa, 13 16145 Genova Italy
Tel: +39 0103532779
Fax: +39 0103532948

Information regarding application procedures and preparation of
documents can be addressed to: Ms. Ingrid Sica Tel. +39 0103532994 Fax
+39 0103532948
E-mail: ingrid at dist.unige.it

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Prof. Giulio Sandini
LIRA-Lab, DIST - University of Genova
Viale F. Causa, 13 - 16145 Genova - Italy www.lira.dist.unige.it
Ph: +39 010 353 2779   Fax: +39 010 353 2948