Connectionists: Two PostDoc or PhD Positions in Robotics and/or Computer Vision

[Tobias Niemann]

Job Offer: Two PostDoc or PhD Positions (Duration 3 years)

At the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience (BCCN) at the 
University of Göttingen (Germany) there are two Postdoc openings in the 
fields of

Robotics and/or Computer Vision

based on neural information processing principles.

In our group we are concerned with sensori-motor integration as well as 
motor-coordination problems towards solving complex robotic tasks like 
goal directed movement generation, reaching, grasping or bipedal 
walking. Central focus lies on dynamic robot systems that use adaptive 
methods (“learning”) solving these tasks employing neural network 
control. An example of this is RunBot (Manoonpong et al., PLoS CB, July 
2007), a fast biped robot, which is able to adapt to novel situations 
using a multi-layered neural control structure. Its flexibility and 
dynamic performance has created quite some resonance in the press and on 
the internet. Information on our group and its research can be found at:
http://www.bccn-goettingen.de/Groups/GroupCN.

The goal of our future research is to extend these methods solving 
increasingly complex problems by integrating better sensorial 
information and by improving control and adaptivity.

Our group at the BCCN works together with several groups in Europe 
(Glasgow, Odense, Barcelona) and Germany (Karlsruhe, Jena) offering the 
successful applicant interesting cooperation possibilities.  Göttingen 
itself 
(http://www.goettingen-tourismus.de/index.php?lang=en&menuid=2&topmenu=2&keepmenu=inactive 
) is a beautiful, small, old university town in the center of Germany 
with a student community of more than 20,000 and a highly supportive 
research infrastructure especially in the neurosciences 
(http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/sh/1.html).

Salaries are based on the German TVÖD system and start for a Postdoc at 
about 35,500 Euro before deductions annually. PhD students will be paid 
according to their experience. Desired starting date before 01/01/2008 
(negotiable).

Both openings will allow the successful applicant to develop his/her own 
line of research. Hence applications with an own research plan fitting 
to the above described scenarios are strongly encouraged. Good 
programming skills are absolutely essential and we are especially 
interested in candidates with expertise in electronic and/or mechanical 
hardware design.

For further information call or write to:
Prof. Dr. F. Wörgötter
+49 551 5176528

Or send your application with CV, publication list, and research 
interests/plan (preferably as PDF) to:
Prof. Dr. F. Wörgötter (worgott at bccn-goettingen.de)
Bunsenstr. 10, D-37073 Göttingen, Germany.