From pedro.lima tecnico.ulisboa.pt Mon Nov 5 07:23:27 2018 From: pedro.lima tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Pedro U Lima) Date: Mon Nov 5 07:23:34 2018 Subject: [socios-spr] [jobs] Two Research Engineer positions at ISR/IST for team participating in MBZIRC 2020 robot competition Message-ID: Applications are invited for two fully funded Research Engineer positions at the Institute for Systems and Robotics (ISR), Instituto Superior Tcnico (IST), University of Lisbon, Portugal. The selected candidates will be part of the U. Seville/CATEC/ISR-IST team participating in the MBZIRC2020 robot competition (http://www.mbzirc.com/) to be held in Abu-Dhabi, UAE, 20-24 February 2020. These Research Engineer positions target candidates holding a Master degree (or equivalent)^1. Each of the selected candidates is expected to work, according to his/her preference, on one of the following two topics: A) Development and integration of outdoor navigation and manipulation skills into tasks carried out by an Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV), required to solve Challenges 2 and 3 of MBZIRC2020. B) Development and management of the software architecture that will support the execution of tasks in A) by the UGV, as well as the development and implementation of the cooperation algorithms with the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) that will cooperate with the UGV on Challenges 2 and 3 (responsible: U. Seville + CATEC). These positions will be supervised by Prof. Pedro U. Lima, Prof. Rodrigo Ventura, Dr. Meysam Basiri, and Dr. Alberto Vale, faculty or research staff 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 Intelligent Robots and Systems group of the Institute for Systems and Robotics (ISR/IST) (http://welcome.isr.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/projects_cat/irsg/). ISR/IST is the 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. (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, information/computer engineering or a mix of the three. Good programming skills in Python and/or C++, and experience with ROS, are also expected. The working language is English, so good written and oral communication skills are also required. Application: Deadline: 30-Nov-2018 Duration: 15 months (full time) ^2 Starting date: January 2019 Place: ISR/IST - IST Alameda campus, Lisbon, Portugal To request further information and to apply for these positions, send an email to pedro.lima@tecnico.ulisboa.pt indicating explicitly the position(s)/topic(s) you are applying to (A and/or B). Please include: ? a CV ? a statement of interest ? grade transcripts for relevant courses ? recommendation letters, and ? any other supporting documents you may consider helpful. all in a single attached zip or pdf file. ^1 - According to the portuguese Law, selected candidates will need to obtain a degree equivalence to a Portuguese degree ^2 - Selected candidates will have a probatory period of 6 months after which the grant will be renewed up to 15 months if both parties agree. From urbano deec.uc.pt Mon Nov 5 12:44:15 2018 From: urbano deec.uc.pt (Urbano J. Nunes) Date: Mon Nov 5 12:44:21 2018 Subject: [socios-spr] =?utf-8?q?AN=C3=9ANCIO_de_3_BOLSAS_DE_INVESTIGA?= =?utf-8?b?w4fDg08gUEFSQSBNRVNUUkU=?= In-Reply-To: <6f0b1cb0-5bdb-2ed7-dfd9-08d1f319798e@deec.uc.pt> References: <6f0b1cb0-5bdb-2ed7-dfd9-08d1f319798e@deec.uc.pt> Message-ID: <19dbd600-a906-66d8-cf35-6bacfddffe93@deec.uc.pt> *ANÚNCIO de 3 BOLSAS DE INVESTIGAÇÃO PARA MESTRE* O Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica - Universidade de Coimbra abre concursos para 3 bolsas de investigação (BI) para Mestre, no âmbito de 2 Projetos de IC&DT **** Concursos abertos de 25 de outubro a 9 de novembro de 2018 ***** ---------- *BOLSA1* - Projeto nº. 030935 - “B-RELIABLE: Métodos para melhoria da fiabilidade e a interação em sistemas de interface cérebro-máquina através da integração da deteção automática de erros”. Consórcio entre ISR-UC (líder), UC-ICNAS e IPT-VITA e colaboração da empresa Altran-Portugal Requisitos de admissão: A este concurso podem concorrer Mestres nas áreas de Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores, Engenharia Biomédica, Engenharia Informática e áreas afins. Os candidatos devem ter bons conhecimentos em programação Matlab e Phyton ou C/C++, machine learning e/ou processamento de sinal. São valorizados conhecimentos em biossinais (EEG, EOG, ECG) e bons conhecimentos de língua inglesa falada e escrita. A bolsa ascende a € 980,00 mensais acrescido de seguro social voluntário. Duração da bolsa: A bolsa terá à duração de 6 meses, eventualmente renovável por períodos de igual duração, até à duração máxima de 24 meses. Edital detalhado disponível no portal Eracareers: http://www.eracareers.pt/opportunities/index.aspx?task=global&jobId=104893&lang=pt ----------- *BOLSA2* - Projeto nº. 030935 - “B-RELIABLE: Métodos para melhoria da fiabilidade e a interação em sistemas de interface cérebro-máquina através da integração da deteção automática de erros”. Consórcio entre ISR-UC (líder), UC-ICNAS e IPT-VITA e colaboração da empresa Altran-Portugal Requisitos de admissão: A este concurso podem concorrer Mestres nas áreas de Engenharia  Electrotécnica e de Computadores, Engenharia Biomédica, Engenharia Informática e áreas afins. Os candidatos devem ter bons conhecimentos em programação C/C++ e experiência em ambiente ROS. São também valorizados conhecimentos em sistemas de microprocessadores e robótica móvel, machine learning e bons conhecimentos de língua inglesa falada e escrita. A bolsa ascende a € 980,00 mensais acrescido de seguro social voluntário. Duração da bolsa: A bolsa terá à duração de 6 meses, eventualmente renovável por períodos de igual duração, até à duração máxima de 18 meses, consoante a avaliação de desempenho, em regime de exclusividade. Edital detalhado disponível no portal Eracareers: http://www.eracareers.pt/opportunities/index.aspx?task=global&jobId=104894&lang=pt ----------- *BOLSA3* - Projeto  nº. 030852 – “BCI-CONNECT: Conectividade efetiva dos circuitos de decisão e de monitorização de erro na saúde e na doença: da neurocognição às interfaces homem-máquina”. Consórcio entre UC-ICNAS (líder) e ISR-UC Requisitos de admissão: A este concurso podem concorrer Mestres nas áreas de Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores, Engenharia Biomédica, Engenharia Informática e áreas afins. Os candidatos devem ter bons conhecimentos em programação Matlab e Phyton ou C/C++, machine learning e/ou processamento de sinal. São valorizados conhecimentos em biossinais (EEG, EOG, ECG) e bons conhecimentos de língua inglesa falada e escrita. A bolsa ascende a € 980,00 mensais acrescido de seguro social voluntário. A bolsa terá à duração de 6 meses, eventualmente renovável por períodos de igual ou menor duração, até à duração máxima de 29 meses, consoante a avaliação de desempenho, em regime de exclusividade. Edital detalhado disponível no portal Eracareers: http://www.eracareers.pt/opportunities/index.aspx?task=global&jobId=104910&lang=pt -- Prof. Urbano J. Nunes ISR - Institute of Systems and Robotics and Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering • University of Coimbra Orcid.org/0000-0002-7750-5221 Universidade de Coimbra - Pólo 2 | P 3030-290 Coimbra • PORTUGAL -------------- prxima parte ---------- Um anexo em HTML foi limpo... URL: http://lists.sprobotica.pt/pipermail/socios-spr/attachments/20181105/388848a6/attachment.html From jllima ipb.pt Thu Nov 29 23:42:04 2018 From: jllima ipb.pt (=?UTF-8?Q?Jos=c3=a9_Lima?=) Date: Thu Nov 29 23:42:12 2018 Subject: [socios-spr] Call for Special Sessions - ROBOT'19 Message-ID: Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement --------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Special Sessions ROBOT'2019 - Fourth Iberian Robotics Conference http://web.fe.up.pt/~robot2019/ November 20-22, 2019 Porto ? Portugal --------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- Conference Scope ---------------- ROBOT'2019 - Fourth Iberian Robotics Conference will take place at Porto, Portugal, 20 - 22 November 2019, http://web.fe.up.pt/~robot2019/ and follows the three previous editions of the Iberian Robotics Conference held in Madrid in 2013, Lisbon 2015 and Seville 2017. Robot'2019 is Organized by: SPR ? Sociedade Portuguesa de Robtica, SEIDROB ? Sociedad Espaola para la Investigacin y Desarrollo en Robtica. ROBOT'2019 main goal is to continue the precedent efforts in showing the robotic research and development of new applications in the Iberian Peninsula. Although focused on the works developed at Iberia the conference is open for good quality submissions from any country in the world. As in previous editions we plan to publish the conference proceedings with Springer - Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing Series, indexed by Thomson ISI Web of Knowledge and SCOPUS. Extended versions of the conference best papers will also be published in Special Issues from several top Journals. We are hereby announcing the conference and distributing the call for special sessions. Please pass on the information and we hope to see you in Porto. --------------- Important Dates --------------- Special Session Proposals: April 15, 2019 Special Session Acceptance: April 22, 2019 Paper Submission: June 21, 2019 Notification: July 22, 2019 Early Registration: September 6, 2019 Camera Ready: September 6, 2019 Conference: November 20-22, 2019 ------------------- Proposal Submission ------------------- Special Session proposal must be submitted electronically, at easychair following the link https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=robot2019. The proposal should contain the following information: Title - Proposed Name of the session Asbtract/Description - Brief description (one/two paragraphs) of the special session Topics - List of the main topics covered by the special session Organizers - Organizers of the session (Name, Affiliation, Country and Email) Program Committee - Tentative Program Committee for the session (Name, Affiliation and Country) Papers - If already available include the already contacted authors and titles for tentative papers for the session All special sessions will be managed as conference tracks chaired by the session organizers, using the easychair conference management system of Robot 2019 at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=robot2019 ---------------------------- Robot?2019 Conference Chairs ---------------------------- Manuel F. Silva - ISEP, Porto Polythecnic, Portugal Jos Lus Lima - Polythecnic of Bragana, Portugal Lus Paulo Reis - University of Porto, Portugal Alberto Sanfeliu - University Politcnica de Catalua, Spain Danilo Tardioli - Centro Universitario de la Defensa / I3A University of Zaragoza, Spain