Connectionists: Robotics Faculty Position: Tenured: University of Edinburgh, UK (Application Deadline: June 02, 2015)

[Sethu Vijayakumar]

University of Edinburgh Faculty Hire in Robotics (Reader/Lecturer)
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The School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh is recruiting a
tenured faculty in Robotics and Control (Keywords: Adaptive Control,
Humanoids, Locomotion, High DOF Planning, Machine Learning) -- at
Lecturer (US equivalent Assistant Professorship - but with tenure) or
where appropriate, at Reader (Associate Professorship) level.

Applications are invited from leading researchers and rising stars with
a demonstrated track history of world class publications and hands-on
experience with real world platforms.

We have made significant investments in establishing the Edinburgh
Centre for Robotics (www.edinburgh-robotics.org) and the EPSRC Centre
for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Robotics and Autonomous Systems, with
flagship hardware such as the NASA-UoE Valkyrie Humanoid Platform
(http://valkyrie.inf.ed.ac.uk/) and over 65 fully funded PhD
studentships in Robotics over the next 8 years. We are particularly keen
on candidates who can exploit these unique facilities (e.g, with a
strong interest in real-time control on humanoid platforms) and
complement our existing strengths.

Edinburgh is an exciting place to live and work. There is a strong
tradition of excellence and leadership, with the School of Informatics
being consistently ranked as one of the top departments in the country.
Please follow the links for more details.

University of Edinburgh: www.ed.ac.uk
School of Informatics: www.inf.ed.ac.uk
IPAB: www.ipab.inf.ed.ac.uk

Deadline for application: June 02, 2015
Interviews: Late June - early July 2015

More details and application procedure from:
http://goo.gl/U9TWNq

Informal enquiries may be addressed to: Prof. Sethu Vijayakumar
(sethu.vijayakumar at ed.ac.uk <mailto:sethu.vijayakumar at ed.ac.uk>)
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Professor Sethu Vijayakumar FRSE        Personal Chair in Robotics
Director, Edinburgh Centre for Robotics   [edinburgh-robotics.org]
Director, IPAB, School of Informatics, The University of Edinburgh

1.28 Informatics Forum, 10 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AB,  UK
URL: http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/svijayak Ph: +44(0)131 651 3444
SLMC Research Group URL: http://www.ipab.informatics.ed.ac.uk/slmc
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Adjunct Faculty, Department of Computer Science
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA 90089-0781
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Microsoft Research & Royal Academy of Engg. Senior Research Fellow
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