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background-color: rgb(237, 236, 232);">Post Graduate School
"Cognitive Computing in Socio-Technical Systems" <br>
of Ulm University and University of Applied Sciences Ulm</h1>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">In 2016 Ulm University
and the University of Applied Sciences Ulm award </font></p>
<p><b><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">12 scholarships to
highly-qualified scientific talents</font></b></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> for preparing the
doctoral degree in accordance with the
Landesgraduiertenförderungsgesetz (LGFG). Scholarships will be
granted for 12 doctoral projects for initially one year,
starting – if possible – on 1st October 2016. There will be the
option of a two-year extension (i.e. standard funding term is 3
years). The 12 doctoral projects aim at tightly linking the
fundamental pillars of cognitive computing, i.e., (i)
perception, (ii) planning & reasoning, (iii) learning, and
(iv) interaction. Applications include service robotics,
Industry 4.0, logistics, and adaptive process management
systems. </font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">A scholarship can be
granted provided that the following conditions are met:</font></p>
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<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">an outstanding
qualification, <br>
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<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">acceptance as a
doctoral candidate in the respective department of Ulm
University, and <br>
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<li><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">scientific support
by a professor of Ulm University / University of Applied
Sciences Ulm. <br>
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<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Please submit your
application <b>no later than 1st August 2016</b>. You may send
it, together with the required attachments (e.g., certificates),
as PDF file to Prof. Manfred Reichert (email:
manfred.reichert(at)uni-ulm.de). Please use the application
template provided on our website (see below). As subject of the
email use "Application KPK Cognitive Systems". </font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Alternatively, you may
send your application to the following postal address: </font></p>
<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Prof. Dr. Manfred Reichert
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Universität Ulm, </font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Institut
für Datenbanken und Informationssysteme </font><br>
<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">D-89069 Ulm, Germany </font>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">On your cover letter
please write code number 68, KPK "Cognitive Computing" as well
as the supervisors of the projects you are interested in. You
may find additional Information and the application template on
the following website: </font></p>
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href="http://www.uni-ulm.de/KPK_Cognitive_Computing">http://www.uni-ulm.de/KPK_Cognitive_Computing</a><br>
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<li><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.hs-ulm.de/KPK_Cognitive_Computing">http://www.hs-ulm.de/KPK_Cognitive_Computing</a><br>
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PD Dr. Friedhelm Schwenker
University of Ulm
Institute of Neural Information Processing
D-89069 Ulm, Germany
phone: +49-731-50-24159
fax: +49-731-50-24156
email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:friedhelm.schwenker@uni-ulm.de">friedhelm.schwenker@uni-ulm.de</a>
www: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.uni-ulm.de/in/neuroinformatik/mitarbeiter/f-schwenker.html">http://www.uni-ulm.de/in/neuroinformatik/mitarbeiter/f-schwenker.html</a></pre>
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