[Imageworld] 2 PhD Positions open in the Knowledge Technology Research Group, University of Hamburg

[Doreen Jirak]

Faculty: Mathematics, Informatics, and Natural Sciences
Department: Computer Science
Institute: Knowledge Technology Research Group

The Knowledge Technology Research Group has open positions for
2 PhD Studentships (Neural Multimodal Integration & Neural Speech  
Localisation)
The PhD stipend is for three years (2 plus 1) and fulltime.
The Knowledge Technology Research Group is looking to fill two  
fulltime PhD studentships funded by the DFG in the context of the  
International Research Training Group CINACS ( http://www.cinacs.org/  
) . This project offers a 3-year doctoral programme based at the  
University of Hamburg and at Tsinghua University, Beijing. The  
dissertation projects will be carried out at the University of  
Hamburg. A part of the studies (a few months) can be performed at  
Tsinghua University. The interdisciplinary programme provides exciting  
research opportunities in multisensory perception and cross-modal  
information processing.
The university intends to increase the number of women amongst its  
academic personnel and expressly encourages qualified women to apply.  
In compliance with the Hamburg Equal Op-portunity Law, preference will  
be given to qualified female applicants.
Responsibilities:
The candidate is expected to conduct research in the area of Knowledge  
Technology and Neural Network Robotics. In these two projects we are  
particularly focused on working towards a) neural multimodal  
integration based on the superior colliculus and b) neural sound  
localisation for speech processing based on the inferior colliculus.  
We use an attractive humanoid robot scenario where humanoid robots  
interact with humans based on multimodal information. This includes  
the integration of an ambient environment with new cognitive humanoid  
robots.
Requirements:
Academic degree preferably in computer science or related qualifying  
the holder to carry out the above-mentioned responsibilities.
In particular, an MSc or equivalent in computer science, artificial  
intelligence, robotics, engi-neering or equivalent is essential.  
Knowledge of artificial intelligence, neural networks or robotics and  
an interest to work in an interdisciplinary environment will be  
important. The post involves international travel. We are looking for  
excellent programming skills, e.g. in C++, C, Python, Java etc. We are  
also looking for very good communication skills and teamwork,  
including very good knowledge of English.
Preference will be given to disabled applicants with equal qualifications.
For queries or more information please contact Prof. Dr. Stefan  
Wermter, Head of Knowledge Technology or see  
http://www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/WTM/ . Application dossiers  
(ap-plication letter, curriculum vitae, degree certificate(s), etc.)  
are to be submitted electronically in a single pdf file to wermter at  
informatik.uni-hamburg.de and will be accepted until the positions are  
filled.