ujayjcjcsbhamacuk university birmingham school computer science two research fellowships work cognitive robotics projects applications invited two research fellowships starting soon possible 1 february 2008 project due end 30 june 2012 posts work two major eu funded projects cosy cognitive systems cognitive assistants cogx cognitive systems selfunderstand selfextend first post ref s43238 concerned learning affordances objects via simple manipulation work later stages look modular motor learning framework carrying activity research concerned integrating novel methods computer vision manipulation abilities allow robot acquire knowledge behaviour objects experimental manipulation strong background robotic manipulation computer vision second post ref s43237 concerned planning information processing information gathering within cognitive architecture person appointed post work new methods reasoning planning sensing perceptual processing mobile robot able manipulate objects emphasis visual processing one goal work develop new methods choosing sensing actions making inferences scene robot make decisions look visual processing perform another goal develop new planning techniques combine benefits decision theoretic planning symbolic planning support robot reason learn cope uncertainty action sensing strong background probabilistic reasoning preferably planning algorithms work team six researchers birmingham along partner groups five universities cosy project described following sites wwwcognitivesystemsorg wwwcsbhamacukresearchprojectscosy information cogx project available wwwcsbhamacukresearchrobotics intelligent robotics lab growing centre research robotics cognition machine learning uk collaborate engineers psychologists biologists develop new ideas techniques group currently 13 members including 3 faculty 4 postdoctoral researchers six doctoral students holds 19m pounds external research funding part duties also encouraged contribute grant writing setting research agenda future work group strong communication management skills therefore essential must hold working towards achievement phd computer science ai cognitive science engineering related subject equivalent research experience including possible roboticsvision research experience linux expertise exceptional circumstances consider appointment someone related field relevant experience psychology neuroscience need excellent programming skills cc java together ability engineer software high standards reliability informal enquiries preferably email dr jeremy wyatt email ujayjcjcsbhamacuk tel 44 121 414 4788 dr richard dearden email afpbculkacsbhamacuk tel44 121 414 6687 prof aaron sloman email cszyxmccsbhamacuk tel 44 121 414 4775 applications sent preferably email ms jo gerald fwcjqcekbhamacuk tel 0121 414 7415 postal address ms jo gerald human resources university birmingham edgbaston birmingham b15 2tt united kingdomplease also send email copy application possible dr wyatt prof sloman dr dearden appointment 30 september 2009 first instance view extension june 30 2012 subject normal requirements successful project reviews funding late applications considered appointments process gone far starting salaries posts range 25134 32796 year potential progression performance post 34813 closing date applications 9 january 2008 refs s43238 s43237 details also 0121 415 9000 wwwhrbhamacukjobs hr university birmingham edgbaston birmingham b15 2tt university fairness diversity fri 08 aug 2008 090819 0000 uai two postdocs available cognitive robotics university birmingham uk