From pal isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt Mon Jun 6 15:33:08 2016 From: pal isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Pedro U. Lima) Date: Mon Jun 6 15:33:30 2016 Subject: [socios-spr] Fwd: [euRobotics-dist] [jobs] Ten fully funded Post-Doc positions at the Institute for Systems and Robotics (IST, Lisbon) Message-ID: <23EC4A41-DC46-45EC-8BFC-4A533A5EF69C@isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt> > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: José Santos-Victor > Subject: Ten fully funded Post-Doc positions at the Institute for Systems and Robotics (IST, Lisbon) > Date: 6 June 2016 at 12:43:58 GMT+1 > > > (please redistribute; apologies for cross-postings) > > Dear all, > > Applications are invited for ten fully funded Post-Doc positions at the Institute for Systems and Robotics (ISR-Lisboa), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon, Portugal. These positions are divided among five profiles of two positions each. The profiles and workplans of the positions are described below: > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > PROFILE P1 (2 Positions) > Scientific Area: Computer and Robot Vision (http://vislab.isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt) > Admission Requirements: PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science or affine areas, with solid knowledge in Vision, Cognitive Robotics and/or machine learning. Experience of research and implementation of complex vision and robotic systems is a plus. > Workplans > (P1.1) ? ?Cognitive Social Robots?: Development of methodologies for sensorimotor coordination and manipulation with humanoid robots able to interact with humans, based on computer vision, perception (tactile and force), machine learning and learning by demonstration. Successful candidates will work with sophisticated humanoid platforms available at ISR: > (P1.2) ? ?Human action understanding and anticipation?: Development of algorithms for image processing and computer vision for detecting people on video streams, gesture analysis and body-head-gaze pose estimation, in the context of human-robot interaction. Successful candidates will work with advanced experimental platforms (e.g. the iCub robot, motion capture systems and gaze trackers). > Advisor: José Santos-Victor and Alexandre Bernardino > > PROFILE P2 (2 Positions) > Scientific Area: Dynamical Systems and Ocean Robotics > Admission Requirements: PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or similar fields, with a solid background in the area of dynamical systems theory and a good track record in topics related to the analysis, design, and implementation of advanced systems for single and networked cooperative navigation and motion control of autonomous air and marine vehicles. > Workplans > (P2.1) ? Design, implementation, and field testing of advanced navigation systems for autonomous marine vehicles using tools from linear and nonlinear filtering, with a strong emphasis on geophysical navigation methods (that is, using terrain and geomagnetic maps). > (P2.2) ? Study of sensor-based control and navigation systems for air and/or marine vehicles resorting to analysis and design techniques rooted in nonlinear systems theory. The work may include system implementation using LIDAR and SONAR in the case of autonomous surface/air and underwater vehicles, respectively. > Advisor: António Pascoal and Carlos Silvestre > > > PROFILE P3 (2 Positions) > Scientific Area: Biomedical Engineering > Admission Requirements: Candidates should have a PhD in Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, Physics, Electrical Engineering or a similar field, preferentially with experience in the acquisition and processing of EEG signals and/or other neuroimaging techniques. > Workplans > (P3.1) Implementation of an EEG setup connected with a virtual reality environment, and development of methodologies for signal acquisition and processing, in studies of evoked potentials and rest, and investigation of neurophysiological biomarkers for health aging. > (P3.2) Implementation of an EEG setup connected with a virtual reality environment, and development of methodologies for signal acquisition and processing, in studies of neurofeedback and the investigation of their impact in healthy and active aging. > Advisor: Patrícia Figueiredo and João Sanches > > > PROFILE P4 (2 Positions) > Scientific Area: Intelligent Robots and Systems > Admission Requirements: PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science or affine areas, with solid knowledge in Robotics and/or Artificial Intelligence > Workplans > (P4.1) ? "Networked Robot Systems for Social Interaction": R&D on integration of different technologies (off-the-shelf and developed by the group) - including navigation, cooperative perception, people following, symbiotic interaction, coordinated plan execution - for robots deployed in human-populated environments (e.g., homes, hospitals), so as to interact with the humans in education, entertainment and support to daily activities. A close involvement with the SocRob@Home team (http://socrob_at_home.isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt), with regular participation in the RoboCup@Home competitions is expected. > (P4.2) ? "Planning Under Uncertainty": R&D on the development of novel approaches combining state representation under uncertainty (e.g., using probabilistic logic) and decision-theoretic sequential decision-making (e.g., POMDPs, RL), so as to enable handling large-state and observation spaces by reducing their high dimensional space to low dimensional representations adequate to inference and decision making. > Advisor: Pedro Lima and Rodrigo Ventura > > PROFILE P5 (2 Positions) > Scientific Area: Signal and Image Processing > Admission Requirements: PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science or affine areas, with solid knowledge in signal processing > Workplan > (P5.1) ? ?Signal processing?: candidates should have strong knowledge in distributed algorithms for signal processing, particularly competences on designing distributed and network inference algorithms. Targeted domains are localization in networks/target tracking in sensor networks and source localization. > (P5.2) - ?Computer Vision?: 3D pointcloud processing algorithms with special focus on the design of 3D object recognition. > Advisor: João Paulo Costeira > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > About ISR-Lisboa (http://www.isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt) > The research will be conducted at the Institute for Systems and Robotics (ISR-Lisboa), home to more than 40 PhDs and part of the LARSyS (Laboratory for Robotics and Engineering Systems - http://www.larsys.pt). ISR-Lisboa is engaged in a new generation of research challenges pushing the frontiers of knowledge, while offering world-class doctoral training with top universities (e.g. dual/joint degrees with MIT, EPFL, CMU) and fueling the collaboration with industry. ISR-Lisboa develops state-of- the-art engineering solutions and projects with a clear societal impact, and has a long track record of participation in EU and other international projects. ISR-Lisboa hosts 5 groups working in Robotics and Information Processing, Systems and Control Theory, Signal Processing, Computer Vision, Optimization, Intelligent Systems and Biomedical Engineering. The working language is English. > > About Lisbon > Lisbon is one of the oldest and most charming european capitals, enjoying a multi-cultural and vibrant life-style. Lisbon is an illuminated city. The almost constant presence of sunshine and the River Tagus transforms the Portuguese capital into a mirror of a thousand colours - highlighting the city?s unique architecture and beauty. Its rich history and culture, the sunny climate and the proximity to the ocean and sandy beaches, makes Lisbon a unique place to work and live. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Application: > Deadline: 21-06-2016 > Duration: 12 months, possibly renewed (full time) > Starting date: as soon as possible. > Place: ISR-Lisboa - Instituto Superior Tecnico, Alameda campus, Lisbon, Portugal > > To request further information and to apply, send an email to asantos (at) isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt as soon as possible. > > The application should include the following items: > - Form B1 - Application for Research Grant (www.ist-id.pt); Ref: BPD - Proj RD0461 > http://ist-id.pt/files/sites/43/id_b1_v1-1_candidatura_bolsa-_inv.doc > - Curriculum Vitae; > - Academic degree certificate; > - Letter of motivation / statement of purpose in English: with explicit indication of preferred profile(s); > - Minimum of 2 reference letters. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From eaps lsa.isep.ipp.pt Wed Jun 8 22:09:47 2016 From: eaps lsa.isep.ipp.pt (Eduardo Silva) Date: Wed Jun 8 21:59:17 2016 Subject: [socios-spr] Bolsas para Mestre ou licenciados Message-ID: Caros Sócios chamo a vossa atenção pata dois concursos para atribuição de duas Bolsas de Mestre pu licenciado para a Ãrea de Robótica aérea Uma de preferência da àrea da Informática outra para a área da Electrotécnia *Nome do Projecto*: INESC TEC - EEA/50014 *Valor Mensal de Referência*: €745,00 (Licenciatura) ou 980,00 (Mestrado) *Período de Candidatura*: 2016-06-01 até 2016-06-15 Por favor seguir os seguintes links https://www.inesctec.pt/seja-nosso-colaborador/bolsas-inesctec/concurso-para-a-atribuicao-de-1-bolsa-de-investigacao-para-mestre-ou-licenciado-area-de-robotica-aerea/ https://www.inesctec.pt/seja-nosso-colaborador/bolsas-inesctec/concurso-para-a-atribuicao-de-1-bolsa-de-investigacao-para-mestre-ou-licenciado-na-area-de-robotica/ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eduardo Alexandre Pereira da Silva INESC TEC Robotics Unit Manager Prof. Adjunto DEE at ISEP. Telef.: +351 22 8340546 Fax: +351 22 8321159 eduardo.silva@inescporto.pt www.inescporto.pt and www.lsa.isep.ipp.pt ROBOTICS@INESCTEC Polo do ISEP Laboratório de Sistemas Autónomos Rua Dr.António Bernardino de Almeida 431 4200-072 PORTO PORTUGAL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- próxima parte ---------- Um anexo em HTML foi limpo... URL: http://lists.sprobotica.pt/pipermail/socios-spr/attachments/20160608/34a7404d/attachment.html From eduardo.silva inescporto.pt Wed Jun 8 22:01:43 2016 From: eduardo.silva inescporto.pt (Eduardo Silva) Date: Thu Jun 9 09:29:35 2016 Subject: [socios-spr] Robotics Post-Doc Grants Message-ID: *CALL FOR APPLICATIONS * *Reference: **AE2016-0123 (UNEXMIN - CRAS)* *INESC TEC - Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Tecnologia e Ciência* INESC TEC is accepting applications to award 1 Postdoctoral Grant *Project*: Autonomous Underwater Explorer for Flooded Mines *Scientific Advisor*: Eduardo Silva *Duration Grant*: from 2016-07-11 to 2017-06-10 (11) . The grant may be renewed for additional periods up to the maximum duration of the project or the duration of the grant for which the candidate was selected. It can also be renewed due to another project provided that it is entirely or partly related to the work area in the call and that it contributes to the ongoing training. *Location*: INESC TEC, Porto, Portugal *Job description*: *Work Area*: Underwater Robotics and acoustic systems of navigation *Project overview*: To develop a 3D mapping solution for usage in flooded and deep mines, by using science and robotics technology. *Objectives*: Development of the navigation and perception's system. *Academic Qualifications*: PhD in Electrical Engineering or related fields. *Preference factors*: Experience manifested on the Curriculum Vitae and adequacy of the candidate's experience to the project. *Monthly Grant*: €1495 according to the Stipends values of the grants awarded directly by the FCT, paid by bank transfer. The grant holder may also benefit from additional incomes in the sequence of a quarterly evaluation process (Clauses 12 and 13 of INESC TEC Grants Regulation and Annex II), up to a maximum of 50% of the monthly grant. *Project duration*: 2016-02-01 a 2019-10-31 *Funding Entity*: CE The grant contract shall be submitted to the legislation concerning the Research Grant Holder Statute , approved by Law n 40/2004, dated 18 August, amended and republished by Decree-Law No. 202/2012 of 27 August and amended by Decree-Law No. 233/2012 of 29 October and by Law No. 12/2013, of January 29, and Decree-Law No. 89/2013 of July 9 as well as by INESC TEC Grant Regulation , approved by FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Science and Technology Foundation) in 12 January 2011 and FCT current Grant Regulation. *Additional information about INESC TEC Grants Regulation and relating annexes may be found at www.inesctec.pt/grants * *Selection Criteria*: Curriculum evaluation based on the criteria referred to in Clause 7o INESC TEC Grants Regulation and will include individual interviews in the final stage of the selection process, with its valuation: 85% curriculum evaluation (35% CV, 30% scientific domains and 20% Expertise) and 15% interview. *Selection Jury*: President of the Jury: Prof. Prof. Eduardo Silva; Permanent Member: Prof. Prof. Hugo Miguel Silva; Substitute Member: Prof. Prof. André Dias; *Notification of results*: The results of the selection process will be disseminated to interested parties by mail, as referred to in Clause 8 of INESC TEC Grants Regulation. *Application period*: >From 2016-06-02 to 2016-06-30 *Application submission*: Fill in the electronic form in the section Work with Us at www.inesctec.pt -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eduardo Alexandre Pereira da Silva INESC TEC Robotics Unit Manager Prof. Adjunto DEE at ISEP. Telef.: +351 22 8340546 Fax: +351 22 8321159 eduardo.silva@inescporto.pt www.inescporto.pt and www.lsa.isep.ipp.pt ROBOTICS@INESCTEC Polo do ISEP Laboratório de Sistemas Autónomos Rua Dr.António Bernardino de Almeida 431 4200-072 PORTO PORTUGAL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- próxima parte ---------- Um anexo em HTML foi limpo... URL: http://lists.sprobotica.pt/pipermail/socios-spr/attachments/20160608/b8ae605f/attachment.html From pal isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt Fri Jun 17 16:53:19 2016 From: pal isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Pedro U. Lima) Date: Sat Jun 18 17:13:24 2016 Subject: [socios-spr] Fwd: [euRobotics-dist] Press release: European Robotics League to launch at RoboCup 2016 in Leipzig References: Message-ID: <7E91FCE5-CF4D-4919-9092-ADB4FEA102C4@isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt> > Begin forwarded message: > > From: "lavinia.cinca@eu-robotics.net" > Subject: [euRobotics-dist] Press release: European Robotics League to launch at RoboCup 2016 in Leipzig > Date: 17 June 2016 at 13:48:55 GMT+1 > To: "euron-dist@iais.fraunhofer.de" > Reply-To: "lavinia.cinca@eu-robotics.net" > > Press release: European Robotics League to launch at RoboCup 2016 in Leipzig > > Brussels, 17th June 2016 - A novel pan-European competition format – the European Robotics League (ERL) – will be launched under the umbrella of SPARC – the Partnership for Robotics in Europe – at this year’s RoboCup on 30th June in Leipzig. The ERL will pit a host of international teams against each other in three vibrant fields of robotics: industrial, service and emergency robotics. Competitors will engage in local matches and major tournaments distributed across Europe and organised by Europe’s most prestigious research institutes. “The European Robotics League will spur innovation and entrepreneurship and both maintain and extend European leadership in roboticsâ€, says Dr. Rainer Bischoff, Vice-President Industry of euRobotics aisbl and Head of Corporate Research at KUKA. “It is a unique opportunity to break down real-world challenges into a competition format, similar to the UEFA Champions League in football, which is exciting for robotics scientists, the robotics industry and the general public alike.†Dr Anne Bajart, Programme Officer, DG CONNECT – Robotics, European Commission – adds: “The EU has been funding research in robotics since 2004, helping Europe to become a world leader in this field. Amongst those projects and initiatives, competition and benchmarking are recognised as key leading to Europe's excellence and competitiveness. Those efforts are now cumulating in the launch of the European Robotics League.†> > Competitions and benchmarking in three industrially and socially relevant fields > The European Robotics League is a common framework for three competitions in the fields of Industrial Robots (ERL-IR), Service Robots (ERL-SR) and Emergency Robots (ERL-ER). Easy-to-communicate and convincing user stories, which catch the interest of the general public, scientific research, and industry, pose a range of open societal, scientific, and industrial challenges. The competitions are designed to address these challenges and to thoroughly assess, compare, and evaluate competing innovative approaches. > The main purpose of ERL-IR is to foster innovation in industrial robotics. The focus is on manipulation, handling, assembly and transport of work pieces. The league uses a scaled-down factory environment and desktop-size robots for mobile manipulation. The challenges addressed include performing a variety of work steps at different locations on the shop floor and automating high-mix low-volume production using a limited number of, but flexible production equipment. > ERL-SR focuses on the domain of service robotics for home and healthcare applications. The challenges in this field are designed around the idea to support an elderly person in mastering his/her daily life at home. Typical task benchmarks include getting to know the home, welcoming visitors, and performing a large variety of general-purpose service robot tasks. > In ERL-ER, the competitions demands innovations in robot sensing, locomotion, autonomy and robot-robot cooperation. Challenges are inspired by the 2011 Fukushima accident and require teams of land, underwater, and flying robots to collaborate in order to survey the disaster scene, collect environmental data, and identify critical hazards. > Teams participating in the ERL must compete in at least two tournaments per year, which can take place either in a certified testbed located in a European research laboratory, or as part of a major robot competition event. The scores accumulated by the teams are used to rank them. The top-ranked teams will be awarded prizes during the annual European Robotics Forum event, organised by euRobotics. > > Developing skills of future engineers and scientists > All too often education begins with knowledge that has settled over decades. This leaves a huge untapped potential for innovation: the open-minded adventurous spirit and the curiosity of students. Robot competitions meet educational as well as research needs and can serve as an excellent platform for developing the skills of future engineers and scientists. Having robots perform numerous task and benchmarks in competing situations and under varying circumstances creates awareness and understanding of real-world research and development problems in robotics. Students participating in competitions are well aware of such problems, while students only exposed to robots in the lab lack such experiences. > > Partnership with RoboCup Federation and the European Commission > The RoboCup Federation has agreed to a partnership, under which some of the tasks and functionalities of the two indoor challenges, ERL-SR and ERL-IR, will be shared with RoboCup leagues, but will be scored differently and in parallel for both competitions. The objective is to achieve convergence of both competitions to a common set of rules and scoring methods. The first local tournament of ERL-SR took place at IST, Lisbon, May 31-June 3. RoboCup 2016 in Leipzig, June 30-July 3, will host the first major ERL tournament for the 2016/17 season. The ERL will be officially launched at a kick-off event on June 30 during RoboCup 2016, at the Leipziger Messe fair grounds, marking the beginning of a new era in robot competitions. > The European Commission is supporting the ERL activities through funding a Coordination Action (RockEU2) for two years (2016-2017) under the H2020 SPARC robotics work programme. It is enabling a set of key partners from academia and industry to define the rules for the European Robotics League and organise the first training workshops and competitions. These key partners and the ERL concept are the natural evolution of a series of highly successful previous competitions that were established via the EC’s 7th Framework Programme funded projects RoCKIn, euRathlon and EuRoC. All three projects aimed to foster scientific progress and innovation in robotics and cognitive systems through the design and implementation of new challenges and competitions. > > Additional Information > > > > Websites: > > http://www.sparc-robotics.eu/ > http://www.european-robotics-league.eu > https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/dg-connect > https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/robotics > > > Media inquiries: > > media@sparc-robotics.eu > > Contact: Philip Piatkiewicz - philip.piatkiewicz@eu-robotics.net > > > Social Media: > > euRobotics > > Twitter: http://twitter.com/eu_Robotics > > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/euRobotics > > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/eurobotics-aisbl > > > EC DG CONNECT Robotics > > Twitter: http://twitter.com/RoboticsEU > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/RoboticsEU > > > About euRobotics and SPARC > > euRobotics aisbl is a non-profit organisation based in Brussels with the objective to make robotics beneficial for Europe's economy and society. With more than 250 member organisations, euRobotics also provides the European robotics community with a legal entity to engage in the SPARC public-private partnership with the European Commission, represented by DG CONNECT. SPARC aims to maintain and extend Europe’s leading position in robotics, securing major benefits for the European economy and society at large. > > > Lavinia Cinca > Marketing / PR Manager > euRobotics > ========================================================== > This email comes from the euRobotics mailinglist. You can edit your personal > mailinglist profile (including unsubscription) via > https://lists.iais.fraunhofer.de/sympa/info/euron-dist -- Instituto de Sistemas e Robotica, Instituto Superior Tecnico - Torre Norte Av. 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