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<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US">===================================</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US"><br>
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</span><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US">RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIPS</span>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US">Transverse Activity on Intelligent Robotics</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US">University of Aveiro</span><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US">, Portugal</span><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US">===================================</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US">Apply by 2014/08/15</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">Through previous projects, the Transverse Activity on
</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">Intelligent Robotics of the University of Aveiro (ATRI/UA)
</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">has been working on the integration of reactivity, deliberation,
</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">learning and interactivity for intelligent robots. We address the
</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">development of artificial cognitive systems able to build a
</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">high-level understanding of their world by storing and exploiting
</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">appropriate memories
<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>of their experiences.</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">In this context, the following
</span><span style="mso-ansi-language:
EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US">research scholarships
</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US">are open for applications:</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US">1) Post-doctoral research scholarship on open-ended
</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US">learning for intelligent service robots:
</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US">The work will focus on open-ended learning for intelligent
</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US">service robots, addressing methods for continually learning
</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US">and refining knowledge by gathering and conceptualizing
</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US">different types of experiences. In collaboration with the
</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US">existing research team, the work will address open-ended
</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US">learning for different domains, including visual object learning
</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US">and recognition, affordance learning, human activity
</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US">learning for improved responsiveness and robot activity
</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US">learning for improved task execution performance.</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US">Additional information on the scholarship:
</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US">http://uaonline.ua.pt/pub/detail.asp?lg=en&c=39284</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US">2) Research assistant scholarship for the development
</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US">of mechanisms to conceptualize activities in service robotics</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US">applications:</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span lang="EN-GB">This scholarship focuses on the design and development
</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span lang="EN-GB">of mechanisms for conceptualizing activities in service robotics
</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span lang="EN-GB">applications, including robot activities and human activities in
</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span lang="EN-GB">the robot's environment. As far as robot activities are concerned,
</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span lang="EN-GB">there is a focus on problem solving and failure recovery, as
</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span lang="EN-GB">well as on human-robot interaction for guiding plan-based
</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span lang="EN-GB">robot experiences. Concerning human activities, the learned
</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span lang="EN-GB">activity models can be used for anticipating future events and
</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span lang="EN-GB">improving the reactivity of a robot to user needs.</span><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US">Additional information on the scholarship:
</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US">http://uaonline.ua.pt/pub/detail.asp?lg=en&c=39283</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US">Applications must be submitted by August 15, 2014, via e-mail
</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US">to Luís Seabra Lopes (lsl at ua dot pt). The evaluation and ranking
</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US">of candidates will be communicated via e-mail.</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US">-----------------------------------------------------------</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US">UA and ATRI</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US">-----------------------------------------------------------</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US">The University of Aveiro is in the top 2% universities
</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US">in “Times Higher Education World University Rankings
</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US">2011-2012”, and is also among the top 100 universities
</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US">in the world with less than 50 years. UA is attended by about
</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US">15,000 students on undergraduate and postgraduate
</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US">programmes. ATRI/UA has been conducting projects leading
</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US">to the development of integrated architectures for intelligent
</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US">robotic systems. This group is well known for its successful
</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-US">participation in many robotic competitions (RoboCup,
</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:PT;mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB">Portuguese Robotics Festival, AAAI, SRVC, etc.)</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:PT;mso-fareast-language:
EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:FR;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="FR">Additional information:</span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:FR;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="FR"><a href="http://www.ua.pt/">http://www.ua.pt</a></span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:FR;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="FR"><a href="http://wiki.ieeta.pt/wiki/index.php/Transverse_Activity_on_Intelligent_Robotics">http://wiki.ieeta.pt/wiki/index.php/Transverse_Activity_on_Intelligent_Robotics</a></span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-ansi-language:FR;
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="FR"> </span></p>
<p class="Estilo8ptJustificado"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt;
mso-ansi-language:FR;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB" lang="FR"> </span></p>
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