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<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">===========================================================</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">POST-DOC RESEARCHER POSITION</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">Job reference: MI-PI-46-ARH/2012</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US"></span></font> </div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">Transverse Activity on Intelligent Robotics</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">University of Aveiro</span></font><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">, Portugal</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">===========================================================</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">Apply by 2012/12/31</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US"></span></font> </div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">In the framework of FP7 project RACE (“Robustness by
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">Autonomous Competence Enhancement”), the Institute for
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">Electronics and Telematics Engineering (IEETA), University
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">of Aveiro, intends to fill, in the near future, a post-</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">doctoral research position, under a "Contrato a Termo
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">Resolutivo Certo" (a fixed-term work contract for one year,
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">renewable for a second year, index 195, about 45,000
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">euros / year), in the area of Intelligent Robotics.</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US"></span></font> </div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">The hired person will carry out research work as part of
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">the participation of the University of Aveiro in the
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">mentioned project, focusing on experience gathering and
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">conceptualization for learning about physical objects
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">as well as robot activities. The hired researcher will also
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">contribute to the integration of diverse functionalities
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">for a successful participation of UA in the mentioned project.</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US"></span></font> </div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">To this effect, IEETA is interested in gathering detailed
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">curricula of potential stakeholders in the mentioned
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">position.</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US"></span></font> </div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">Who can apply?</span></font></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US"></span></font> </div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">Candidates should have the following general
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">characteristics:</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US"></span></font> </div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">** Ph.D. degree in Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US"> </span></font><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">Robotics or related field, and, preferably, post-doctoral
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US"> </span></font><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">experience in these areas; the ideal candidate should
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US"> </span></font><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">have a background on at least some of the topics relevant
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US"> </span></font><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">for RACE, namely knowledge representation, AI planning,
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US"> </span></font><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">machine learning, case-based reasoning and computer
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US"> </span></font><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">vision, preferably with experience in the application of
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US"> </span></font><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">such techniques to robotics.</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">** Record of high-quality research in some of the areas
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US"> </span></font><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">relevant for the position;</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">** Hability for, not only performing high-quality research
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US"> </span></font><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">autonomously, but also for participating in collaborative
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US"> </span></font><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">research projects and supervising other researchers,
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US"> </span></font><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">namely at the PhD student level.</span></font></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">How to apply?</span></font></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US"></span></font> </div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">Applications should be addressed to the Rector of the
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">University</span></font><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US"> of Aveiro</span></font><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US"> and submitted electronically by
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">2012/12/31 to the Human Resources Division of the
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">University</span></font><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US"> of Aveiro</span></font><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US"> (</span></font><a href="mailto:sgrhf-concursos@ua.pt" target="_blank"><span lang="en-US"><font face="Times New Roman">sgrhf-concursos@ua.pt</font></span></a><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">
and Cc. </span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">to </span></font><a href="mailto:lsl@ua.pt" target="_blank"><span lang="en-US"><font face="Times New Roman">lsl@ua.pt</font></span></a><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">). Applications must
be presented in .pdf </span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">format, and must include the following documents:</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US"></span></font> </div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">** Detailed curriculum vitae;
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">** Copy of an identification document;
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">** A statement of motivations and objectives of the
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US"> </span></font><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US"> </span></font><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">candidate as far as this position is concerned;
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">** Copies of certificates of academic qualifications;
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">** The names and contact data of three academic
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US"> </span></font><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">references.</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US"></span></font> </div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">The official announcement, with additional information,
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">can be found here:</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">https://www.ua.pt/sgrhf/ReadObject.aspx?obj=27068</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US"></span></font> </div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">The RACE project</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">-----------------------------------------------------------</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">The overall aim of this EU FP7 project is to develop an
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">artificial cognitive system able to build a high-level
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">understanding of the world it inhabits by storing and
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">exploiting appropriate memories of its experiences. Robot
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">competence is obtained by abstracting and generalising
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">from experiences, extending task planning and execution
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">beyond preconceived situations. The project aims to
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">produce the following key results: (i) Robots capable of
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">storing experiences in their memory in terms of multi-level
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">representations connecting actuator and sensory
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">experiences with meaningful high-level structures,
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">(ii) Methods for learning and generalising from experiences
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">obtained from behaviour in realistically scaled real-world
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">environments, (iii) Robots demonstrating superior robustness
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">and effectiveness in new situations and unknown
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">environments using experience-based planning and
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">behaviour adaptation. The project developments will be
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">integrated and demonstrated on a PR2 robot, from Willow
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">Garage.</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US"></span></font> </div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">The University of Aveiro is involved in the development
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">of modules concerned with experience gathering,</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">high-level learning about robot activities and the manipulated
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">objects, and human-robot interaction.</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US"></span></font> </div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">Additional information:</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">http://project-race.eu/</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US"></span></font> </div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US"></span></font> </div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">-----------------------------------------------------------</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">UA and ATRI</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">-----------------------------------------------------------</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">The University of Aveiro is in the top 2% universities
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">in “Times Higher Education World University Rankings
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">2011-2012”, and is also among the top 100 universities
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">in the world with less than 50 years. UA is attended by about
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">15,000 students on undergraduate and postgraduate
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">programmes. ATRI/UA has been conducting projects leading
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">to the development of integrated architectures for intelligent
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">robotic systems. This group is well known for its successful
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">participation in many robotic competitions (RoboCup,
</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri">Portuguese Robotics Festival, AAAI, SRVC, etc.)</font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"></font> </div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="fr">Additional information:</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="fr">http://www.ua.pt/Default.aspx?lg=en</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="fr">http://wiki.ieeta.pt/wiki/index.php/Transverse_Activity_on_Intelligent_Robotics</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="en-US">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aveiro,_Portugal</span></font></div>
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