Connectionists: PhD Position in Human-Robot Teamwork @ Delft University of Technology

[Joachim de Greeff]

Dear all,

At Delft University of Technology, we are looking for a PhD candidate 
with a background in computer science/Artificial Intelligence, 
experience with semantic web languages and ontology design, and 
experience with human-robot interaction.

The PhD project is part of the EU project Long-Term Human-Robot Teaming 
for Robot-Assisted Disaster Response (TRADR; see 
http://www.tradr-project.eu/).

Using a human-centred design methodology, we develop decision support 
for human-robot teams to assist in disaster response efforts over 
multiple sorties during a mission. Semantic web technologies will be 
used to make the experience of the team persistent and to support 
establishing situation awareness within a team of human operators and 
robots over multiple, possibly asynchronous sorties. An ontological 
knowledge base and agent-based reasoning mechanisms are being developed 
to harmonise the team's work and information processes with the 
available human-robot resources and the dynamic context of these sorties.

The focus of the PhD will be on the development of tools to enhance team 
awareness and to support coordination of the human-robot team. Part of 
the work will therefore involve developing the display logic of a user 
interface for exchanging and sharing information within the team. The 
situational awareness tools and components will be integrated into the 
cognitive agent framework that supports coordination of the team. The 
goal of this work is to establish a more seamless interaction between 
robots and humans in human-robot teamwork situations.

Deadline for application May 31.

Please visit http://ii.tudelft.nl/?q=node/8201 for more information on 
how to apply.

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Dr Joachim de Greeff - Postdoctoral researcher
EU FP7 TRADR project (http://tradr-project.eu)

Delft University of Technology
Interactive Intelligence Group
Delft, The Netherlands
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