Connectionists: 2 PhD/PostDoc positions in Machine Learning and Robotics, TU Berlin

[Marc Toussaint]

The Berlin Machine Learning and Robotics group has 2 openings for PhD
candidates/PostDocs. Salary will be a full BAT IIa for up to 4 years,
starting earliest in May 2007.

The group, headed by Dr. Marc Toussaint, is funded by the Emmy Noether
excellence programme and is embedded in Prof. Klaus-Robert Müllers'
Machine Learning group at the TU Berlin. The group's research focuses
on the intersection between the fields of Machine Learning and
applications involving the interaction with real world
environments. We seek for excellent candidates with a strong own
interest in Machine Learning, autonomous robotics, or natural and
artificial intelligence in general.

The project goal are robotic systems that are able to control and
manipulate objects in a physical environment in a planned manner. We
are interested in both theoretical and application-driven approaches
(e.g. ``probabilistic inference and planning in structured MDPs'',
``relational models of interactive environments with objects'',
``motor primitives and dynamics systems as abstract representations
for movement planning''). Collaborations to demonstrate principles on
high performance robotic systems (e.g., Honda's Asimo humanoid robot)
are possible.

Please see http://www.marc-toussaint.net/bmr for more information.


Education:

Masters (or Dipoma) degree in any of Computer Science, Mathematics,
Physics. A strong mathematical background is highly
desirable. Advantageous is experience in Machine Learning, applied
statistics, robotics, excellent programming skills (Matlab or C).

Applying:

Please send applications via email, including the
regular CV, your research interests, and list of publications,
preferably in a single pdf. Links to download publications
and thesis are also welcome. Applications are send to

To:      sekr AT ml.cs.tu-berlin.de
Cc:      mtoussai AT inf.ed.ac.uk
subject: application BMR