<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> </head> <body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""> <div class="">The School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology announces several Ph.D positions in Social Robotics at the division of Robotics, Perception and Learning (RPL).</div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">ABOUT KTH</div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm has grown to become one of Europe’s leading technical and engineering universities, as well as a key center of intellectual talent and innovation. We are Sweden’s largest technical research and learning institution and home to students, researchers and faculty from around the world. Our research and education covers a wide area including natural sciences and all branches of engineering, as well as in architecture, industrial management, urban planning, history and philosophy.</div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">PROJECT DESCRIPTION</div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">The scientific work will be conducted in the scope of one of the following projects:</div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">- Interactive semi-situated robot learning: this project addresses the challenge of how to enable robots to learn in a scalable and cost-efficient manner by gradually acquiring new knowledge from a non-expert, semi-situated teachers. To achieve this, computational methods will be developed for robots to query the semi-situated teachers (e.g. crowd workers) and incorporate the newly acquired knowledge into their existing decision-making to further use in situ. This project is funded by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research.</div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">- Safe human-robot collaboration: this project aims to explore the relationship between safety and perceived safety in human-robot collaboration. Safe systems may not be necessarily be perceived as safe, whereas unsafe systems might be perceived as safe, depending on their type, form, and structure of the feedback provided to the user. Understanding these tradeoffs is vital to good robot design and acceptance. This project is part of a recently established competence center on Trustworthy Edge Computing Systems and Applications (TECoSA) focusing on research paving the way for novel edge computing systems and applications, emphasizing challenges related to safety, security, and predictability.</div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">The starting date for the positions is flexible, but preferably during the fall of 2020. </div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">QUALIFICATIONS</div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">The candidate must have a degree in Computer Science or related fields. Documented written and spoken English and programming skills are required. Experience with robotics, human-robot interaction, human-computer interaction, and machine learning are important.</div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">HOW TO APPLY</div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">The application should include:</div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">1. Curriculum vitae. </div> <div class="">2. Transcripts from University/College. </div> <div class="">3. Brief description of why the applicant wishes to become a doctoral student. </div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">The application documents should be uploaded using the KTH's recruitment system. More information here:</div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class=""><a href="https://www.kth.se/en/om/work-at-kth/lediga-jobb/what:job/jobID:332336/where:4/" class="">https://www.kth.se/en/om/work-at-kth/lediga-jobb/what:job/jobID:332336/where:4/</a></div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class="">The application deadline is ** June 23, 2020 **</div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class=""> <div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""> <div>-----------------<br class=""> Iolanda Leite<br class=""> Associate Professor<br class=""> KTH Royal Institute of Technology<br class=""> School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science<br class=""> Division of Robotics, Perception and Learning (RPL)<br class=""> <br class=""> Lindstedtsvägen 24, 4th floor, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden<br class=""> <a href="https://iolandaleite.com" class="">https://iolandaleite.com</a></div> </div> </div> <br class=""> </body> </html>