PhD Students in Robotics, KTH, Sweden
Assignment
KTH School of Computer Science and Communication (CSC) announces 1-2 PhD positions in Personal care robots.
The students will be officially affiliated with the Computer Vision and Active Perception Lab (CVAP,http://www.csc.kth.se/cvap) and the Centre for Autonomous Systems (CAS, http://www.cas.kth.se) at CSC. This is a shared position with the University of Gävle, Gävle, Sweden and the employment will be at HiG.
We are looking for highly motivated PhD students to research in the area of Physical assistive robotic systems for elderly persons focussing on:
The positions are available immediately and the PhD students will work with Professors Gurvinder Singh Virk and Danica Kragic. The students will be based in Gävle but will attend relevant courses and spend appropriate time at KTH in Stockholm as deemed necessary for the research activities to be carried out.
The term of the first appointment is one year. Appointments as a PhD student may be granted for a maximum of five years, studies 80% and 20% departmental duties, however not longer than the equivalent of full-time postgraduate studies for four years. For further information regarding employment and PhD studies, see Higher Education Ordinance, Chapter 5.
Doctoral students must be registered at KTH. The starting date is open for discussion, though ideally we would like the successful candidate to start as soon as possible. The salary is regulated by a local agreement for PhD students at HiG.
HiG is striving for ethnic and cultural diversity and gender balance in all categories of staff.
Employment
Form of employment: Time-limited
Work time: Full time
The salary follows the directions provided by HiG
Start date: According to agreement
Number of positions: 1-2
Qualifications
The The candidate must have a master's degree in an area such as Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Informatics, Mathematics or Physics. Excellent written and spoken English and programming skills are required. Experience with robotics hardware and software, modelling and simulation, human biomechanics will be useful assets.
Applicants must be strongly motivated for doctoral studies, possess the ability to work independently and perform critical analysis as well as possess good levels of cooperative and communicative abilities.
Application
Application deadline: May 5th , 2013
Employers´s reference: HIG-STÖD 2013/168.
Applications via email are to be sent to registrator@hig.se. Write reference number HIG-STÖD 2013/168 in the email subject. (CV and other documents you wish to enclose, should be sent as attachments, as pdf-files.)
We also accept hard copy applications sent to:
HIG
Registrator
Högskolan i Gävle
801 76 Gävle, Sweden
Application shall include the following documents:
1. Curriculum vitae
2. Transcripts from university/university college
3. Brief description of why the applicant wishes to become a doctoral student.
Please observe that all material needs to be in English, apart from the official document.
We are currently gathering information to help improve our recruitment process. We would, therefore, be very grateful if you could include an answer to the following question within your application: Where did you initially come across this job advertisement?
Contacts
Magnus Isaksson, Head of Department
Electronics, Maths and Natural Sciences
E-mail: min@hig.se
Phone: +46 (0)26 64 82 49
For enquiries about the project please contact:
Professor Gurvinder S Virk
E-mail: gurvinder.virk@hig.se
Phone: +46 (0)26 64 87 04
Union representatives
Lars Abrahamsson, SACO,
E-mail: lars.abrahamsson@ee.kth.se
Phone: +46 (0)8 790 7058.Lili André, Saco-S
E-mail: lae@hig.se Tommy Gaude, Teachers´s Union
E-mail: tge@hig.se Lars Borbos, ST
E-Mail: lbs@hig.se
The union representatives at HiG can be contacted via the University switchboard on +46 (0) 26-64 85 00
Assignment
KTH School of Computer Science and Communication (CSC) announces 1-2 PhD positions in Personal care robots.
The students will be officially affiliated with the Computer Vision and Active Perception Lab (CVAP,http://www.csc.kth.se/cvap) and the Centre for Autonomous Systems (CAS, http://www.cas.kth.se) at CSC. This is a shared position with the University of Gävle, Gävle, Sweden and the employment will be at HiG.
We are looking for highly motivated PhD students to research in the area of Physical assistive robotic systems for elderly persons focussing on:
- Upper body physical assistance for elderly persons
- Lower body physical assistance for elderly persons
The positions are available immediately and the PhD students will work with Professors Gurvinder Singh Virk and Danica Kragic. The students will be based in Gävle but will attend relevant courses and spend appropriate time at KTH in Stockholm as deemed necessary for the research activities to be carried out.
The term of the first appointment is one year. Appointments as a PhD student may be granted for a maximum of five years, studies 80% and 20% departmental duties, however not longer than the equivalent of full-time postgraduate studies for four years. For further information regarding employment and PhD studies, see Higher Education Ordinance, Chapter 5.
Doctoral students must be registered at KTH. The starting date is open for discussion, though ideally we would like the successful candidate to start as soon as possible. The salary is regulated by a local agreement for PhD students at HiG.
HiG is striving for ethnic and cultural diversity and gender balance in all categories of staff.
Employment
Form of employment: Time-limited
Work time: Full time
The salary follows the directions provided by HiG
Start date: According to agreement
Number of positions: 1-2
Qualifications
The The candidate must have a master's degree in an area such as Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Informatics, Mathematics or Physics. Excellent written and spoken English and programming skills are required. Experience with robotics hardware and software, modelling and simulation, human biomechanics will be useful assets.
Applicants must be strongly motivated for doctoral studies, possess the ability to work independently and perform critical analysis as well as possess good levels of cooperative and communicative abilities.
Application
Application deadline: May 5th , 2013
Employers´s reference: HIG-STÖD 2013/168.
Applications via email are to be sent to registrator@hig.se. Write reference number HIG-STÖD 2013/168 in the email subject. (CV and other documents you wish to enclose, should be sent as attachments, as pdf-files.)
We also accept hard copy applications sent to:
HIG
Registrator
Högskolan i Gävle
801 76 Gävle, Sweden
Application shall include the following documents:
1. Curriculum vitae
2. Transcripts from university/university college
3. Brief description of why the applicant wishes to become a doctoral student.
Please observe that all material needs to be in English, apart from the official document.
We are currently gathering information to help improve our recruitment process. We would, therefore, be very grateful if you could include an answer to the following question within your application: Where did you initially come across this job advertisement?
Contacts
Magnus Isaksson, Head of Department
Electronics, Maths and Natural Sciences
E-mail: min@hig.se
Phone: +46 (0)26 64 82 49
For enquiries about the project please contact:
Professor Gurvinder S Virk
E-mail: gurvinder.virk@hig.se
Phone: +46 (0)26 64 87 04
Union representatives
Lars Abrahamsson, SACO,
E-mail: lars.abrahamsson@ee.kth.se
Phone: +46 (0)8 790 7058.Lili André, Saco-S
E-mail: lae@hig.se Tommy Gaude, Teachers´s Union
E-mail: tge@hig.se Lars Borbos, ST
E-Mail: lbs@hig.se
The union representatives at HiG can be contacted via the University switchboard on +46 (0) 26-64 85 00
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