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<p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt">Apologies for cross-posting <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">Two fully founded PhD stipends (3 years) are available at the Unit for the Visually Impaired People of the Italian Institute of Technology
<a href="https://www.iit.it/lines/unit-for-visually-impaired-people">https://www.iit.it/lines/unit-for-visually-impaired-people</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">***Theme 1: FROM SCIENCE TO TECHNOLOGY FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED CHILDREN***
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">The goal of the project is to develop technologies to support the inclusion of adults and children with visual disabilities through:
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">• The development of a new set of devices to rehabilitate spatial cognition, mobility and social interaction of children and adults with visual deficits through natural sensory-motor
associations. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0cm"><span lang="EN-GB">• The demonstration and the validation of the technology through user, experimental and clinical studies.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">Requirements: A successful candidate holds a master degree in engineering. Basic neuroscience, and programming skills are required.
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<p><b><span lang="EN-GB">***</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">Theme 2: CORTICAL MECHANISMS OF MULTISENSORY INTEGRATION IN CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH AND WITHOUT VISUAL DISABILITY***<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">The goal of this project are:
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">• to study multisensory integration development in children;
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">• to study how multisensory integration develops in absence of visual input;
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">• to investigate the neural mechanisms that subserve the cross-modal development.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">Requirements: A successful candidate holds a master degree in engineering, neuroscience, psychology or equivalent. Basic programming skills are required. Previous experience with the EEG technique is preferred.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-GB">The ** DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION IS JUNE 10, 2016, NOON (CET) ** and the stipends are open for appointment from November 1, 2016.<br>
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The successful candidate for a U-VIP PhD-stipend will be part of a multidisciplinary team composed of neuroscientists, engineers, psychologists, and physicists working together to investigate brain functions and realize intelligent machines and rehabilitation
protocols. More infos here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiSsDLUS_UQ">
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiSsDLUS_UQ</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">The Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) supports the student's research activities including the realization of ad-hoc experimental set-ups and mechatronic devices. The experimental facilities include, besides the humanoid platform iCub,
a fully equipped motion capture room with simultaneous electromyography recording and force-platforms, a Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Lab, an Electrophysiology Lab for EEG recording, haptic devices for ergonomic measures of individual and dyadic interaction,
robot rehabilitation devices and many more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">IIT working language is English, and we are located in the beautiful city of Genoa, on the Mediterranean sea.
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<p><span lang="EN-GB">You may obtain further information from Dr. Monica Gori, email:
</span><a href="mailto:monica.gori@iit.it"><span lang="EN-GB">monica.gori@iit.it</span></a><span lang="EN-GB"> concerning the scientific aspects of the stipend.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#00B050;mso-fareast-language:IT">Think before you ink – Green IT!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:IT">Sara Finocchietti, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:IT">Postdoc <br>
U-VIP: Unit for Visually Impaired people<br>
Italian Institute of Technology (IIT)<br>
via morego 30 <br>
16163 Genova, Italy<br>
phone +39 01071781761<br>
fax </span><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:IT">+39 (0)10 71781208</span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:IT"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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