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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#383737">PhD course in Bioengineering and Robotics - Cognitive Robotics, Interaction and Rehabilitation Technologies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#383737">In the spirit of the doctoral School on Bioengineering and Robotics the PhD Program for the curriculum “Cognitive
Robotics, Interaction and Rehabilitation Technologies” provides interdisciplinary training at the interface between technology and life-sciences.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#383737">The
<b>4 fully funded fellowships</b> are offered this year by the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) and Università degli studi di Genova (course code 8638) as part of this curriculum by the
<a href="https://www.iit.it/web/robotics-brain-and-cognitive-sciences"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#383737;text-decoration:none">Robotics Brain and Cognitive Sciences</span></a> Unit (RBCS) guided by Giulio Sandini and by the Unit COgNiTive
Architecture for Collaborative Technologies (CONTACT) guided by Alessandra Sciutti:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:windowtext">ENABLING ROBOTS TO UNDERSTAND AND ADAPT TO HUMANS</span><span style="font-family:Roboto"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#383737;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;padding-left:2rem;margin-bottom:0.25rem;font-size:0.875rem">
<span style="color:windowtext">ASSESSING AND TRAINING VISUO-HAPTIC EXPLORATION</span><span style="font-family:Roboto"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#383737;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;padding-left:2rem;margin-bottom:0.25rem;font-size:0.875rem">
<span style="color:windowtext">PROACTIVE MEMORY IN COGNITIVE ARCHITECTURES FOR HUMAN ROBOT INTERACTION
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<span style="color:windowtext">ADAPTATION IN COGNITIVE ARCHITECTURES FOR HUMAN ROBOT INTERACTION
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<span style="color:windowtext">TRUST AND SHARED PERCEPTION IN COGNITIVE ROBOTICS </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="IT" style="font-family:Roboto;color:#383737"><a href="http://phd.dibris.unige.it/biorob/media/PhD%20themes%2037o%20-%20Cognitive%20Robotics%20Interaction%20and%20RehabilitationTechno.pdf"><span lang="EN-US">http://phd.dibris.unige.it/biorob/media/PhD%20themes%2037o%20-%20Cognitive%20Robotics%20Interaction%20and%20RehabilitationTechno.pdf</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#383737"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0cm;text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#383737"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0cm;text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#383737">All IIT units involved in this curriculum are located in the “Erzelli” site of the Italian Institute of Technology and share research facilities
including, beside two iCub humanoid robots, eye-tracking and motion capture facilities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0cm;text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#383737">All research themes are available at the <a href="http://phd.dibris.unige.it/biorob/index.php/how-to-apply"><span style="color:#1D375F">Admission –
Research Themes 2021</span></a> (<a href="http://phd.dibris.unige.it/biorob/index.php/how-to-apply">http://phd.dibris.unige.it/biorob/index.php/how-to-apply</a>) web page.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#383737">Visit the <a href="http://phd.dibris.unige.it/biorob/index.php" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1D375F">program page</span></a> (<a href="http://phd.dibris.unige.it/biorob/index.php">http://phd.dibris.unige.it/biorob/index.php</a>) for
more information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#383737">To apply</span></strong><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#383737">: full information is available at the general web page of the <a href="https://unige.it/usg/it/dottorati-di-ricerca"><span style="color:#1D375F">37th
cycle Ph.D.call - 2021/2022</span></a> of the Università degli studi di Genova. Applicants can download <a href="https://unige.it/sites/contenuti.unige.it/files/documents/Bando_XXXVII_English.pdf"><span style="color:#1D375F">the complete notice of competition
(the Call for applications)</span></a>, with general condition on Phd Courses and the application, the <a href="https://unige.it/sites/contenuti.unige.it/files/documents/ANNEX_A_XXXVII%20-%20EN.pdf"><span style="color:#1D375F">list of PhD programs</span></a>,
containing the Course description. Please follow the steps listed: 1. Choose the programme, 2. Review the application, 3. Get in contact with the supervisors, 4. Apply, following the <a href="https://unige.it/sites/contenuti.unige.it/files/documents/Guida_eng_XXXVII.pdf"><span style="color:#1D375F">detailed
instructions</span></a> and using the <a href="https://servizionline.unige.it/studenti/post-laurea/dottorato/domanda"><span style="color:#1D375F">online procedure</span></a> .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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