Connectionists: NSF Research Traineeship Ph.D. positions available in Intelligent Adaptive Systems

[Chris Kello]

Dear Colleagues,

The University of California, Merced has funded Ph.D. positions available as part of a new NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) program in Intelligent Adaptive Systems (Award 1633722).  The program is a collaboration between six of our standing Ph.D. programs:  Applied Mathematics, Cognitive Science, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, and Quantitative and Systems Biology.  The aim is to train the next generation of scientists and engineers who will make breakthroughs in interdisciplinary theories and applications of intelligent adaptive systems.

More information can be found at http://www.nrt-ias.org.

The deadline to apply is January 15th, 2017.

If you are interested, apply to one of the six Ph.D. programs listed above.  You will earn a degree in your home program, and your education will be enhanced with interdisciplinary training and research projects as part of the NRT.  Your degree will also include a designated emphasis in intelligent adaptive systems (pending approval).  In the Statement of Research Interests that is part of your standard Ph.D. program application, include a section entitled "NRT program in Intelligent Adaptive Systems".  In this section, briefly describe how your research interests and educational background fit with the NRT.  If you are accepted into the Ph.D. program you applied to, you will also be considered for the NRT program.

If you have any questions, please contact any of the four faculty members who serve on the NRT executive committee:

Professor Ramesh Balasubramaniam (ramesh at ucmerced.edu<mailto:ramesh at ucmerced.edu>)
Cognitive and Information Sciences
http://www.rameshlab.com

Professor Stefano Carpin (scarpin at ucmerced.edu<mailto:scarpin at ucmerced.edu>)
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
http://robotics.ucmerced.edu

Professor Chris Kello (ckello at ucmerced.edu<mailto:ckello at ucmerced.edu>)
Cognitive and Information Sciences
http://cogmech.ucmerced.edu

Professor Suzanne Sindi (ssindi at ucmerced.edu<mailto:ssindi at ucmerced.edu>)
Applied Mathematics
http://faculty.ucmerced.edu/ssindi

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