Connectionists: Ph.D position in cognitive neuro-robotics at KAIST in spring 2013

[Jun Tani]

** Ph.D position in neuro-robotics at KAIST in spring 2013 **

 

There are a few Ph.D positions with salary and scholarship associated with
projects in Cognitive Neuro-Robotics Lab newly established by Prof. Jun Tani
in EE Dept. of KAIST in South Korea. The position starts from spring 2013.

http://neurorobot.kaist.ac.kr/

 

The candidate will develop neuro-dynamic models in the framework of
generative model/predictive coding which are experimented with humanoid
robots under various cognitive tasks. Our focus on the neuro-robotic
synthetic experiments include developments of actional compositionality and
functional hierarchy, language and sensory-motor interactions, social
cognition by mutual reading of other's intentions, reconstruction of
psychiatric disease symptoms (schizophrenia and autism), developmental
educational learning of robots with large-scale brain network models and
etc.

 

The candidate should be highly motivated and have a Master's degree in
Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Cognitive Science, Physics, or a
related field of study. The ideal candidate has excellent programming skills
in C or C-plus preferably in Unix environments and a clear interest in
neural network modeling, cognitive neuroscience and nonlinear dynamics.

 

An interested candidate should apply for KAIST admission for Ph.D study with
scholoship through the web page
http://admission.kaist.ac.kr/web/intl/2013-spring-semester

The deadline is middle of September.

KAIST is an English speaking institute.

 

Contact should be made to:

 

Jun Tani, Ph.D

Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, KAIST

http://neurorobot.kaist.ac.kr/

tani1216jp at gmail.com

+82-42-350-7428

 

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