Assistant professor in robotics
Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för informationsteknologi / Högskolejobb / Halmstad
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Halmstad University is seeking to appoint a full-time assistant professor, with expertise in social robotics research and teaching. This position offers a unique opportunity for an outstanding researcher to join and work with internationally leading researchers on innovative interdisciplinary projects about intelligent social robot systems.
Research focus
The successful candidate will work on intelligent system tasks related to social robotics, at the interface between human-robot interaction, sensors/computer vision, pattern recognition, and health technology, and will both contribute to research and teaching as well as engaging with debates in academic scholarship in relation to this.
The duties will be, in the field of robotics and computer science:
• To do research in cooperation with industry and the public sector.
• To participate in the writing of high quality research publications and new research proposals.
• To carry out high-quality teaching, and supervision of Bachelor 's, Master 's, and/or PhD students.
Qualification
This position is suited to applicants with a PhD and post-doctoral experience in intelligent systems or an equivalent field, related to designing social robots capable of recognizing human actions and generating behaviours which humans can understand.
Candidates will also ideally have research experience related to health (affective computing and supporting people 's well-being), as well as humanoid robotics and prototyping, using av wide range of sensors (e.g. cameras (RGB, thermal, depth), touch, olfaction, brain machine interfaces, etc), tools (e.g. Robot Operating System, OpenCV, Rasperry Pi, and Arduino), and algorithms (e.g. Support Vector Machines).
Assessment criteria
For employment as assistant professor the following assessment criteria are in place:
- Ability to develop, lead and carry out research of the high international quality.
- Ability to collaborate with other researchers within academia and industry.
- Ability to attract external research funding.
- Ability to develop courses on different academic levels and to carry out high-quality teaching.
Application
The application package shall consist of:
1) a cover letter stating the purpose of the application and a brief statement of why you belive that your goals are well-matched with the goals of this position, together with a decription of future research plans.
2) an attested CV that includes at least:
- a list of previous degrees, dates and institution, transcripts for higher -education studies until most recent available
- a complete list of publications and a description of previous research and other work experience and links to online copies of the most important publications.
3) contact information for at least three references
We value the qualities that gender balance and diversity bring to our organisation. We therefore welcome applicants with different backgrounds, gender, functionality and, not least, life experience.
General Information:
Halmstad University prepares people for the future by creating values, driving innovation and developing society. Founded in 1983, the University has long been associated with new ways of thinking, relevant degree programmes and small student groups. Research at Halmstad University is internationally acclaimed as cutting-edge and with a multi-disciplinary approach. The University actively participates in social development through extensive and renowned collaboration with both the business and the public sector.
The working language is English and no knowledge of Swedish is required to start working at the University. Also for daily life, English is spoken widely and Sweden has the highest English Proficiency index in the world. Of course, it's advisable that the employee learn Swedish.
Halmstad is a popular summer destination located on the Swedish west coast. It is situated halfway between two cosmopolitan areas: the Copenhagen-Malmö-Lund area and the Gothenburg area, making it a well-connected, yet a pleasantly calm place to live. Halmstad can be reached by a direct train connection from the Copenhagen Kastrup Airport, as well as other local airports (e.g., Gothenburg Landvetter Airport, Halmstad, and Helsingborg/Ängelholm airports). Read more about Halmstad and Halmstad University.
Varaktighet, arbetstid
100 %. Tillträde: 2018-09-01 Visstidsanställning
Publiceringsdatum2018-04-18ErsättningMånadslön
Så ansöker duSista dag att ansöka är 2018-05-07
Ange följande referens när du ansöker: 2018/30
Klicka på denna länk för att göra din ansökanKontaktAntanas Verikas 035-167140
Jenny Söderberg 035-167100
FöretagHögskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för informationsteknologi
AdressHögskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för informationsteknologi
Kristian IV:s väg 3
30118 Halmstad
KontorsadressKristian IV:s väg 3
Jobbnummer 4091180
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