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RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIPS<br>
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Transverse Activity on Intelligent Robotics<br>
University of Aveiro, Portugal<br>
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Apply by 2015/04/07<br>
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Through previous projects, the Transverse Activity on<br>
Intelligent Robotics of the University of Aveiro (ATRI/UA)<br>
has been working on the integration of reactivity, deliberation,<br>
learning and interactivity for intelligent robots. We address the<br>
development of artificial cognitive systems able to build a<br>
high-level understanding of their world by storing and exploiting<br>
appropriate memories of their experiences.<br>
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In this context, the following research scholarships<br>
are open for applications:<br>
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1) Post-doctoral research scholarship<br>
The work will focus on open-ended learning for<br>
intelligent service robots, addressing methods for<br>
continually learning and refining knowledge by<br>
gathering and conceptualizing different types of<br>
experiences. In collaboration with the existing research<br>
team, the work will address open-ended learning for<br>
different domains, including visual object learning<br>
and recognition, affordance learning, human activity<br>
learning for improved responsiveness and robot<br>
activity learning for improved task execution performance.<br>
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Additional information on the scholarship:<br>
<a href="http://uaonline.ua.pt/pub/detail.asp?c=41863&lg=en" target="_blank">http://uaonline.ua.pt/pub/detail.asp?c=41863&lg=en</a><br>
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2) Research assistant scholarship<br>
This scholarship focuses on the design and<br>
development of mechanisms for conceptualizing activities<br>
in service robotics applications, including robot activities<br>
and human activities in the robot’s environment. As far<br>
as robot activities are concerned, there is a focus on<br>
problem solving and failure recovery, as well as on<br>
human-robot interaction for guiding plan-based robot<br>
experiences. Concerning human activities, the learned<br>
activity models can be used for anticipating future events<br>
and improving the reactivity of a robot to user needs.<br>
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Additional information on the scholarship:<br>
<a href="http://uaonline.ua.pt/pub/detail.asp?c=41800&lg=en" target="_blank">http://uaonline.ua.pt/pub/detail.asp?c=41800&lg=en</a><br>
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Applications must be submitted by April 7th, 2015, via e-mail<br>
to Luis Seabra Lopes (lsl at ua dot pt). The evaluation and ranking<br>
of candidates will be communicated via e-mail.<br>
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UA and ATRI<br>
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The University of Aveiro is in among the top 100 universities<br>
in the world with less than 50 years, according to<br>
"Times Higher Education". UA is attended by about<br>
15,000 students on undergraduate and postgraduate<br>
programmes. ATRI/UA has been conducting projects leading<br>
to the development of integrated architectures for intelligent<br>
robotic systems. This group is well known for its successful<br>
participation in many robotic competitions (RoboCup,<br>
Portuguese Robotics Festival, AAAI, SRVC, etc.)<br>
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Additional information:<br>
<a href="http://www.ua.pt" target="_blank">http://www.ua.pt</a><br>
<a href="http://wiki.ieeta.pt/wiki/index.php/Transverse_Activity_on_Intelligent_Robotics" target="_blank">http://wiki.ieeta.pt/wiki/index.php/Transverse_Activity_on_Intelligent_Robotics</a><br>
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