Connectionists: Postdoc in neural network and robot models of body representations

[Matej Hoffmann]

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*Dear colleagues, *

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there is a postdoc openingin the humanoid, cognitive, neuro-, and 
collaborative robotics group 
(https://cyber.felk.cvut.cz/research/groups-teams/humanoids/) 
coordinated by Dr. Matej Hoffmann 
(https://sites.google.com/site/matejhof/) at the Department of 
Cybernetics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical 
University in Prague.


In the context of a 5-year project entitled “Whole-body awareness for 
safe and natural interaction: from brains to collaborative robots” for 
excellence in fundamental research from the Czech Science Foundation 
(seehttps://cyber.felk.cvut.cz/news/new-gacr-expro-project 
<https://cyber.felk.cvut.cz/news/new-gacr-expro-project/>for more 
information), we seek a postdoctoral researcher to conduct research in 
some of the following areas:

- Neural network models of multisensory integration, body schema, and 
reaching development

- Employing humanoid robots with artificial skin to construct embodied 
computational models of body and peripersonal space representations


The postdoc will independently conduct research and will also be 
involved in shaping the research of the group and supervising students.


Robots and infrastructure

The humanoids group has at its disposal several humanoid robots (iCub, 2 
Naos - 1 with whole-body sensitive skin) and collaborative or 
lightweight manipulators (KUKA LBR iiwa, UR10e with Airskin, Kinova 
Gen3). Additional infrastructure includes several robot hands (Barrett 
Hand BH8-282, QB Soft Hand) and grippers, a 3D Motion Capture System, 
impact measuring devices, etc. The group has also access to the 
facilities of the Research Center for Informatics such as a 
high-performance computational cluster.


International collaborations

There is a large group of international experts who have agreed to act 
as collaborators/advisors on the project. These include experts in

- developmental psychology: Dr. Kevin O’Regan (CNRS, Paris), Prof. 
Jeffrey J. Lockman (Tulane University, New Orleans)

- cognitive psychology and neuroscience: Prof. Matthew Longo (Birkbeck 
University, London), Prof. Tobias Heed (Bielefeld), Prof. Andrea Serino 
(University of Lausanne), Dr. Jean-Paul Noel (Center for Neural Science 
at New York University), Drs. M.Gori and Giulia Cappagli (Italian 
Institute of Technology, Dr. S. Signorini (IRCSS Fondazione Mondino Pavia)


Prague

There is currently a very lively international ecosystem in the areas of 
robotics and AI - at the Department and in Prague in general. See, for 
example, http://rci.cvut.cz/or https://prg.ai/en/.


We seek applicants with a background in computational modeling, 
artificial neural networks or machine learning, with interest in 
neuroscience. Background in robotics is not required.


How to apply. The application should include:

-Motivation letter (max. 1 page)

- CV (including 2 reference persons)

-1 Letter of recommendation (can be from 1 of the reference persons above)

Please send the application or inquiries to 
matej.hoffmann at fel.cvut.czwith (“postdoc application” in the subject). 
The position is open until filled. *

-- 
Matej Hoffmann, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Cybernetics
Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Czech Technical University in Prague
Karlovo namesti 13
121 35 Praha 2, Czech Republic
+420 224 357 387
https://sites.google.com/site/matejhof/home
https://cyber.felk.cvut.cz/humanoids

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