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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear Colleagues,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this call.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Please, feel free to distribute it to potential candidates who might be interested.]</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: white;">One PhD and one Postdoc Research Fellow in Psychology-Inspired Computing for Robot Assistants</span></b> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We are pleased to announce one PhD and one Postdoc position at the University of Oslo, Norway. The application deadline is 14 June 2023. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The goal of the </span><span lang="EN-US">position is to create <b>prediction methods</b> for proactive planning of future robot actions and to design robot acting mechanisms for <b>adaptive response</b> ranging from
quick and intuitive to slower well-reasoned. We combine sensing across multiple modalities with learned knowledge to predict outcomes and choose the best actions. The goal is to transfer these skills to <b>human-robot interaction </b>in home scenarios, including
the support of everyday tasks and physical rehabilitation. Thus, it is relevant to work with implementation and research within robot perception and control for the robot tasks. User studies through human-robot interaction experiments are to be performed.</span><span lang="EN-US"> A
PhD fellow and a researcher are already hired for the project and will complement in performing the above outlined research.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The position is a part of the research project </span><a href="https://www.uio.no/ritmo/english/projects/pirc/"><span lang="EN-US">Predictive and Intuitive Robot companion (PIRC)</span></a><span lang="EN-US"> funded by
the Research Council of Norway. The project is affiliated with </span><a href="https://www.uio.no/ritmo/english/"><span lang="EN-US">RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion</span></a><span lang="EN-US"> at the University of Oslo
(see </span><a href="https://www.uio.no/ritmo/english/projects/pirc/"><span lang="EN-US">https://www.uio.no/ritmo/english/projects/pirc/</span></a><span lang="EN-US"> and </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.uio.no/ritmo/english">https://www.uio.no/ritmo/english</a> </span><span lang="EN-US">).<br>
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The PhD fellowship will be for a period of three years and the Postdoc position two years and six months. There is an option for extension of the employments depending on the qualifications of the recruited candidate, the department’s need for teaching, and
the centre’s need for assistance. The <b>planned start date is 15 August 2023 for the PhD position and preferably at the latest November 1, 2023 for the Postdoc position</b>. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We have several international collaborators and having a stay of up to 6 months with one of these can be relevant. The University of Oslo is Norway’s oldest and highest rated institution of research and education with
28 000 students and 7500 employees.<br>
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<b>Qualifications</b>: Applicants must have a MSc (for the PhD fellowship) or a PhD degree (for the Postdoc position) or other corresponding education equivalent to a Norwegian MSc/doctoral degree in computer science, robotics, computational psychology or other
relevant field. Thus, applicants should have a strong background in programming, as well as machine learning/artificial intelligence and robotics. Skills in psychology-inspired computing models, working with different types of real-world sensor data, multimodal
sensor data processing/classification, addressing ethical challenges, perception and control are considered advantageous. A number of partners are involved in the project so collaboration skills would also be assessed.<br>
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<b>Pay grade</b> (depending on qualifications and seniority):<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">PhD: NOK 532 200 – 575 400 per year, approx.: € 44,350 – 47,950 or $ 47,097 – 50,920 </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Postdoc: NOK 575 400 – 657 300 per year, approx.: € 47,950 – 54,775 or $ 50,920 – 58,168</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: white;">Announcements:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: white;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#222222">PhD: <a href="https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/245886/phd-research-fellow-in-psychology-inspired-computing-for-robot-assistants">https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/245886/phd-research-fellow-in-psychology-inspired-computing-for-robot-assistants</a> </font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#222222">Postdoc: <a href="https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/245895/postdoctoral-research-fellow-in-psychology-inspired-computing-for-robot-assistants">https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/245895/postdoctoral-research-fellow-in-psychology-inspired-computing-for-robot-assistants</a> </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: white;"><b>Deadline</b> for applications: <b>14 June</b><b>, 2023</b><br>
Applications are to be submitted through a web page and NOT by e-mail.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: white;">Contact for more information: Prof. Jim Torresen E-mail: </span><a href="mailto:jimtoer@ifi.uio.no"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white;">jimtoer@ifi.uio.no</span></a></p>
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