[iva] 2 PhD positions (ITN Cobra) on human-robot interaction with Furhat Robotics

[Gabriel Skantze]

In the context of the European ITN Project Cobra
(https://www.cobra-network.eu/), two PhD positions at Furhat Robotics
in Stockholm, Sweden are now open.

Full-time three-year contract, starting September 2020.

Deadline for application is 31 March 2020, 5 pm GMT.

ESR14: Gender and vocal alignment in speakers and robots
Main supervisors: Prof Gabriel Skantze (Furhat Robotics/KTH) and Dr
Magalie Ochs (Aix-Marseille University, France)
Read more and apply:
https://www.cobra-network.eu/the-project/topics/esr14-gender-and-vocal-alignment-in-speakers-and-robots/

ESR15: Endowing robots with high-level conversational skills
Main supervisors: Prof Gabriel Skantze (Furhat Robotics/KTH) and Prof
Peter Hagoort (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen)
Read more and apply:
https://www.cobra-network.eu/the-project/topics/esr15-endowing-robots-with-high-level-conversational-skills/

Eligible applicants must be in the first 4 years of their research
careers (full-time equivalent research experience) at the signature of
the contract (measured from the time the Master’s degree has been
obtained).

Furhat Robotics is an artificial intelligence and robotics startup
from KTH in Sweden. Our vision is to create technology that is built
fundamentally on principles of social intelligence and to empower
people by designing computer interfaces that are socially aware. Our
forerunner innovation is the Furhat robot, an award-winning and
patented social human-like robot head.