Connectionists: One PhD position at University of Namur, Belgium

[Elio Tuci]

*PhD scholarship within the BABots project, University of Namur, Namur,
Belgium*

The University of Namur, with Faculty of Computer Science and Robotics Lab (
https://www.naxys.be/robotics/) of the Namur Institute for Complex Systems
naXys (www.naxys.be), are looking for applications for 1 Doctoral Candidate
Researcher in the topic of Modelling of Collective Behaviour and Swarm
Robotics.

The position is part of the new Horizon Europe project: BABots – “The
design and control of small swarming biological animal robots”. BABots is
an interdisciplinary collaborative project that promotes an innovative,
disruptive technology bases on Biological Animal roBots. BABots are small
animals (worms) whose nervous system will be reprogrammed to execute new
and useful behaviours. BABots will be designed to perform delicate tasks
within miniature complex biological environments. The BABots project,
funded by the European Innovation Council (EIC), will be run by an
international consortium of experts in neurobiology, synthetic biology,
robotics and ethics, together with a commercial partner from the agrotech
industry. More information on the project can be found at https://babots.eu/

The position is open to candidate of any nationality who intend to obtain a
PhD degree in Science at the University of Namur. The scholarship will be
for four years, and is based in Namur, Belgium. The PhD candidate will work
under the supervision of prof E. Tuci.

The candidate should have a Master degree (equivalent to 120 ETCS credits)
in science (or in a field judged equivalent by the selection committee)
with solid programming skills (e.g. Python, C++, Machine Learning
Frameworks, ROS etc.). Any further experience in mathematical modelling of
biological phenomena will be positively evaluated. The candidate should
also have and excellent oral/written communication skills in English.
French is the official language of the University of Namur. However,
knowledge of French is not required to carry out the activities of this
project.

The selected candidate will be offered a competitive fellowship covering a
monthly salary in accordance with the Belgian regulations. PhD degrees in
Belgium are generally affordable with low tuition fees. However, this can
increase substantially for some international students and for some areas
of research. For more information on tuition fees we suggest to contact
admission.international at unamur.be

To apply for this position, please send by email a CV, a motivation letter
(max length one page), and the names of three referees to Prof Elio Tuci
elio.tuci at unamur.be
The short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview by
videoconference. We will keep on processing applications as soon as we
receive them and until a suitable candidate is found. The project starting
date is the 01-10-2023.

UNamur’s personnel management policy is geared towards diversity and equal
opportunities. We recruit candidates on the basis of their skills,
irrespective of age, gender, sexual orientation, origin, nationality,
beliefs, disability, etc.

For further information on the project, you can contact the project
coordinators:
Prof Elio Tuci – elio.tuci at unamur.be
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