The Donders Center for Cognition, Artificial Intelligence Department, Radboud University (Netherlands) is offering one 4-years full-time PhD position in Neuroscience-inspired robotics. The application deadline is 4 January 2021.
More information and applications can be submitted here: https://www.ru.nl/werken-bij/vacature/details-vacature/?recid=1135267 Your application should include the following attachments: · Letter of motivation. · CV including the contact details of at least one reference. We are looking for a PhD candidate to work on neuroscience-inspired neural network models for robots, particularly on spiking neural network models of perception and control for industrial arms. The overall aim of this project is to create biologically plausible models of representing the environment to allow both the discovery of actions by the robot and the generation of plans (sequential actions) to bring the system to the desired world state. You will contribute to our existing research on cognitive robotics and machine learning, including deep active inference, reinforcement learning and spiking neural networks. The successful candidate will be supervised by Pablo Lanillos, Serge Thill and Marcel van Gerven and employed at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, in the Netherlands, where you will have the opportunity to collaborate and interact with renowned experts in the fields of artificial intelligence, psychology and neuroscience. You will also benefit from the extensive training programme offered by the Donders Graduate School and our newly started ELLIS unit. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to supervise MSc and BSc students in their thesis projects. The Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour is a world-class interfaculty research centre that houses more than 700 researchers devoted to understanding the mechanistic underpinnings of the human mind. Research at the Donders Institute is focused around four themes: 1. Language and communication, 2. Perception, action and control, 3. Plasticity and memory, 4. Neural computation and neurotechnology. Excellent, state-of-the-art research facilities are available for the broad range of neuroscience, artificial intelligence and robotics research. The Donders Institute has been assessed by an international evaluation committee as excellent and recognised as a 'very stimulating environment for top researchers, as well as for young talent'. The Donders Institute fosters a collaborative, multidisciplinary, supportive research environment with a diverse international staff. English is the lingua franca at the Institute. Details, requirements and application: https://www.ru.nl/werken-bij/vacature/details-vacature/?recid=1135267 Useful links: Artificial Cognitive Systems: https://artcogsys.com/ AI department: https://www.ru.nl/ai/ Donders Insitute: https://www.ru.nl/donders/ Pablo Lanillos, Serge Thill, Marcel van Gerven. --- Dr Pablo Lanillos www.therobotdecision.com | www.selfception.eu Assistant professor in Cognitive Artificial Intelligence | AI Robotics Lab Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, the Netherlands ELLIS member p.lanillos @ donders.ru.nl
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