From an ua.pt Mon Apr 3 12:20:22 2017 From: an ua.pt (=?UTF-8?B?QW50w7NuaW8gSi4gUi4gTmV2ZXM=?=) Date: Mon Apr 3 12:21:42 2017 Subject: [socios-spr] [CFP - April 13] SIGNAL 2017 - SIVPR (Time-constrained Signal, Image and Video Processing in Robotics) Message-ID: Final submission deadline: April 13 * Time-constrained Signal, Image and Video Processing in Robotics * SIGNAL 2017, May 21 - 25, 2017 - Barcelona, Spain The Second International Conference on Advances in Signal, Image and Video Processing - from Sensing to Applications http://www.iaria.org/conferences2017/SIGNAL17.html ***************************************** [Apologies for any cross-posting] Dear Colleague, The Second International Conference on Advances in Signal, Image and Video Processing, SIGNAL 2017 (http://www.iaria.org/conferences2017/SIGNAL17.html) will take place next May in Barcelona, Spain and will include several special sessions, namely one on Time-constrained Signal, Image and Video Processing in Robotics. This thematic track will provide an opportunity to bring together researchers with interests in signal processing applied to robots and autonomous systems. This special session aims to receive contributions regarding innovative concepts, methodologies and techniques in the field of robotics, computer vision and signal processing, as well applications of these developments to solving practical problems. As chair of that special session, I would like to invite you to submit papers in the following and related areas: * human-robot interaction * localization, mapping and navigation * vision based control * object detection, segmentation and categorization * semantic scene understanding and categorization * robustness and generalization of algorithms to conditions and environments * multimodal sensor fusion * sensor calibration * Signal Processing Architectures * real-time and efficient solutions for applications *PRELIMINARY DATES* * Paper submission: 3rd January, 2017 * Notification of acceptance: 3rd March, 2017 * Camera ready: 9th April, 2017 * CONTRIBUTION TYPES * * Regular papers [in the proceedings, digital library] * Short papers (work in progress) [in the proceedings, digital library] * Posters: two pages [in the proceedings, digital library] * Posters: slide only [slide-deck posted on www.iaria.org] * Presentations: slide only [slide-deck posted on www.iaria.org] * Demos: two pages [posted on www.iaria.org] * REVIEW PROCESS * SIVPR welcomes the submission of application papers with preference to the topics listed in the call for papers. All submitted papers will undergo a thorough review process; each paper will be refereed by at least three experts in the field based on relevance, originality, significance, quality and clarity. The papers must consist of original, relevant and previously unpublished sound research results related to any of the topics of the conference * PUBLICATION * * See: http://www.iaria.org/format.html * Before submission, please check and comply with the editorial rules: http://www.iaria.org/editorialrules.html * Submission site: www.iariasubmit.org/conference s/submit/newcontribution.php?event=SIGNAL+2017+Special * SPECIAL ISSUES * Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions to one of the IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org Print proceedings will be available via Curran Associates, Inc.: http://www.proceedings.com/9769.html Articles will be archived in the free access ThinkMind Digital Library: http://www.thinkmind.org Best Regards, Antonio Neves -- -- António J. R. Neves, Ph.D. Assistant Professor DETI / IEETA, University of Aveiro, Portugal https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajrneves/ -------------- próxima parte ---------- Um anexo em HTML foi limpo... URL: http://lists.sprobotica.pt/pipermail/socios-spr/attachments/20170403/81e084af/attachment.html From pal isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt Thu Apr 20 12:56:16 2017 From: pal isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Pedro U Lima) Date: Thu Apr 20 12:56:24 2017 Subject: [socios-spr] 4th PhD School on AI and Robotics Message-ID: <3DB75853-56A8-4AC4-B905-B1A1869A0119@isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt> ====================================================================== September 4: The Triumph of Light! The Fourth Lucia PhD School on "Artificial Intelligence and Robotics? ISR/IST-Lisbon, Portugal September 4-8, 2017 ====================================================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SYNOPSIS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The fields of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics were strongly connected in the early days of AI, but have since diverged. Today, and with few exceptions, they are regarded as separate fields, with separate communities and scientific traditions. Typical graduate student curricula concentrate on AI or on robotics, but rarely on both. Students in one area are seldom aware of the concepts, methods, and achievements in the other one. This separation is often exacerbated by the barriers among traditional academic disciplines. Despite this separation, many now feel that the two fields ought to be brought together towards the development of fully integrated intelligent robots. The 4th Lucia School on AI and Robotics provides a concrete step to fill this educational gap, and to create the next generation of researchers who will realize integrated intelligent robots. These researchers should be familiar with the methods in the two fields, and should be able to work across their traditional boundaries. They should combine theoretical insights from both areas with practical understanding of physical robotic systems. This School will provide graduate students in AI and in Robotics a unique training and human experience. Students will be exposed to technologies at the forefront of research in AI and in Robotics. They will have the opportunity to discuss their research work with top level scholars as well as other students, and to extend their networks. This School continues the tradition of successful "Lucia" Winter Schools on AI and Robotics started in 2013 (see http://aass.oru.se/Agora/Lucia). This fourth edition of the School is special in two respects: it is the first one taking place in Summer; and it is the first one outside Sweden. In addition, this edition is scheduled between two exciting robotics conference, both taking place in Lisbon: * IEEE RO-MAN 2017, August 28-31, 2017 (http://www.ro-man2017.org/site/) * IEEE ICDL-EPIROB 2017, September 18-21, 2017 (http://www.icdl-epirob.org) You may want to make the most of your time in Lisbon, and stay for those conferences as well! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FORMAT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The School will run for one week, Monday to Friday, September 4-8, and will offer a mixture of traditional advanced lectures and innovative features. The latter include: o Two full-day sessions on specific topics. o One day devoted to applications of integrated AI and Robotics, including industrial perspectives and major EU projects. o An introduction session where students will have an opportunity to present their experience and research topics to everyone. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TOPICS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- o Integration of AI and Robotics o Decision theoretic planning under uncertainty o Semantic mapping o Cooperatve perception o Imitation learning o AI-Robotics competitions o Service robot applications ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ATTENDANCE AND APPLICATIONS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PhD students from any institution in any part of the world can apply to the School. Applications by motivated early-stage postdocs are also welcome. Applicants are not expected to have any specific previous experience in the above topics, but they are expected to have a strong background in robotics or in artificial intelligence, along with the curiosity and drive in exploring the integration between the two. Applications by women and minorities are strongly encouraged. The total number of participants is limited to a maximum of 30. To apply for admission, send the following material to the Chair of the school: 1) a full CV, specifying the start date of the PhD 2) a 1/2 page description of the PhD thesis topic 3) a recommendation letter by the PhD advisor 4) a transcript of records of the BSc and MSc courses 5) a motivation letter: what do you expect to gain from the school, what experience you will bring to the school, not to exceed 1 page Documents should be in PDF format and packed as a single ZIP or TAR archive. Applications must be received by May 10, 2017, strict and sharp deadline. Late applications will not be processed. Admission decisions will be mailed on May 22, 2017. Quality and motivation of the applicant will be the main selection criteria; balance across fields, genders, and geographical areas may be used to break ties. There is no registration fee. Admitted students will be offered accommodation, free admission to courses, course material, coffee breaks, lunches, receptions and a social dinner. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SPONSORSHIP ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This School is supported by Ithe Institute for Systems and Robotics/LARSyS, through its Strategic Funding FCT UID/EEA/50009/2013. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ORGANIZATION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- o Chair: - Pedro U. Lima, Institute for Systems and Robotics, IST, Portugal o Advisory Committee: - Alessandro Saffiotti, University of Örebro, Sweden - Federico Pecora, University of Örebro, Sweden o Local organization: - Rodrigo Ventura, Institute for Systems and Robotics, IST, Portugal - Meysam Basiri, Institute for Systems and Robotics, IST, Portugal - Pedro Miraldo, Institute for Systems and Robotics, IST, Portugal ---------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - May 10, 2017: (sharp) Deadline for applying to the school - May 22, 2017: Admission decisions - Sep 3: Students arrive and check in at the hotel - Sep 4-8, 2017: Lecture days - Sep 9, 2017: Students check out at the hotel and leave ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SCHOOL HOMEPAGE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- http://lucia.isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt ====================================================================== -- Instituto de Sistemas e Robotica, Instituto Superior Tecnico - Torre Norte Av. Rovisco Pais, 1 1049-001 Lisboa Portugal Tel.: +351-218418274 http://www.isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/~pal In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice ... but in practice, there is! From pal isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt Fri Apr 28 10:21:54 2017 From: pal isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Pedro U Lima) Date: Fri Apr 28 10:22:09 2017 Subject: [socios-spr] Research Engineer position - CMU-Portugal project INSIDE Message-ID: <15149601-767F-455A-AADA-BC9A7BF28C58@isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt> [Apologies for multiple postings] The Institute for Systems and Robotics (ISR), a unit of the Laboratory of Robotics and Engineering Systems, located at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), U. Lisboa, Portugal has currently available 1 (one) research engineer position. We are seeking highly motivated people with a MSc degree on Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science and related areas, to integrate the research team for the project "INSIDE: Intelligent Networked Robot Systems for Symbiotic Interaction with Children with Impaired Development" (http://gaips.inesc-id.pt/inside/). The project is a collaboration between Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, USA), INESC-ID (Lisbon, Portugal), ISR/LARSyS/IST-ID (Lisbon, Portugal), and FCT / New University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal), also involving Hospital Garcia da Orta and the companies IDMind; PLUX Biosignals; and VoiceInteraction. The successful candidates are expected to have background and experience in one (or more) of the following areas (in decreasing order of relevance): 1. Decision-theoretic planning under uncertainty; 2. Human-Robot Interaction. 3. Networked robot systems; 4. Robot Navigation The selected grantee will be mainly responsible in the project for the activities concerning development of sequential decision-making and planning under uncertainty methods, integrated in the software and hardware architectures of the networked robot system that interacts with autistic chidren in a hospital, where the research results will be demonstrated. The grant has a duration of 12 months, being renewable, and it is expected to start on June 2017. The grantees will work at the Intelligent Robots and Systems group of ISR/IST (http://welcome.isr.ist.utl.pt/labs/irsgroup/), and will also have the opportunity to work in close collaboration with all the other partners of the project, including more research engineers at ISR/IST. Applications should be sent to Pedro U. Lima (pedro.lima@tecnico.ulisboa.pt) until 12 May 2017 by replying to this email and should include * a detailed CV, including a list of publications; * a brief statement about research interests and motivation to join the project, and * the name and contact of 2 references. Pedro U. Lima Professor at Instituto Superior Tecnico -- Instituto de Sistemas e Robotica, Instituto Superior Tecnico - Torre Norte Av. Rovisco Pais, 1 1049-001 Lisboa Portugal Tel.: +351-218418274 http://www.isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/~pal In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice ... but in practice, there is! From pal isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt Sun Apr 30 15:23:53 2017 From: pal isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Pedro U Lima) Date: Sun Apr 30 15:24:23 2017 Subject: [socios-spr] Research Assistant grants available at ISR/IST, Lisbon Message-ID: Dear all, Applications are invited for three fully funded research assistant position at the Institute for Systems and Robotics (ISR), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon, Portugal. These research assistant positions target candidates holding a Master degree (or equivalent) with interest on pursuing a PhD degree. Each one of the selected candidates is expected to develop research, according to his/her preference, on one of the following topics: ? Audio-visual aerial robot localization using ground robot tracking: To develop a rosociobust method for localizing micro aerial robots from a ground robot by exploiting the existing acoustic and visual information. ? Active perception for mobile robot systems: To develop methods for detection and localization of objects using active vision and "Markov Decision Processes"/ "Partially Observed Markov Decision Processes" decision making techniques. ? Vision-based onboard localization system for micro aerial robots: To develop solutions for improving the localization accuracy of micro aerial robots using active vision guiding the robot to target locations while maintaining visual contact with feature-rich areas. These positions will be supervised by Prof. Pedro U. Lima, Dr. Meysam Basiri, and by Dr. Pedro Miraldo, faculty at IST and researchers at the Intelligent Robots and Systems group of ISR/IST (http://welcome.isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/projects_cat/irsg/). The research will be conducted at the Institute for Systems and Robotics (ISR/IST), home to more than 40 PhDs and part of the LARSyS (Laboratory for Robotics and Engineering Systems - http://www.larsys.pt). ISR/IST 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/IST 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/IST hosts 5 groups working in Robotics and Information Processing, Systems and Control Theory, Signal Processing, Computer Vision, Optimization, Intelligent Systems and Biomedical Engineering. (http://www.isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt). Requirements: the candidates are expected to have a MSc of equivalent degree with strong background in robotics, artificial intelligence, and computer science. Good programming skills are also expected. The working language is English, so good written and oral communication skills are also required. Application: Deadline: 11-May-2017 Duration: 6 months (full time) Starting date: no later than 1st of July 2017 Place: ISR/IST - IST Alameda campus, Lisbon, Portugal To request further information and to apply for these positions, send an email to pmiraldo@isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt and basiri@isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt as soon as possible. Please include: * a CV * a statement of interest * grade transcripts * recommendation letters, and * any other supporting documents you may consider helpful, all in a single zip or pdf file. Best regards, Pedro Lima From ninopereira.pt gmail.com Fri Apr 28 13:47:03 2017 From: ninopereira.pt gmail.com (Nino Pereira) Date: Wed May 3 09:45:00 2017 Subject: [socios-spr] Ofertas de emprego - Dyson Message-ID: Saltou-se o conteúdo do tipo multipart/alternative -------------- próxima parte ---------- Um anexo que não estava em formato texto não está incluído... 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