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The Idiap research institute (http://www.idiap.ch) seeks several PhD
students in the field of brain-computer interfaces (BCI) to work in the
team of Prof. José del R. Millán (http://people.epfl.ch/jose.millan).

The doctoral student will work in the framework of European and Swiss
projects related to the development of noninvasive brain-actuated
devices in areas ranging from communication to neuroprostheses, and from
interaction to rehabilitation. Projects aim at developing practical BCI
technology, but will also investigate basic questions such as online
adaptation, cognitive processes, multimodal signal fusion, and
brain-robot interaction.

Interested candidates should apply through the Idiap online recruitment
system http://jobs.idiap.ch and send the requested material.

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At CSIRO, we have an open position for a Sensor and Sensor Networks Platform Leader.

CSIRO has identified four capability platforms of strategic importance to its future. One of these is Sensors & Sensor Networks which has the potential to radically transform the way science is done by measuring parameters at spatial and temporal scales not previously feasible. Improved data will lead to improved models and understanding of natural systems and to greatly improved management outcomes. The platform has a strong research program comprising sensor development, energy harvesting, communications, programming tools, signal processing and semantic query to drive real-world applications. With more than 50 scientists and engineers working across CSIRO we are building one the largest Sensor and Sensor Networks research team in the world. See the whole advertisement here.

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There’s an open Postdoctoral Fellowship in Robotics software, tools, systems and evaluation at the Robotics Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.The description sais “The Robotics Laboratory’s long term goal is to produce intelligent robotic assistants for humans. Currently our work focuses in three areas. Human robot interaction is a key area for robot assistants. Robot programming systems are also important because humans often need to resort to programming robots for new tasks. Thirdly we focus on two application areas, agriculture and healthcare, where we can explore our ideas in human robot interaction and robot programming systems. More details are available at: http://robotics.ece.auckland.ac.nz.” 

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Two post-doctoral jobs are open at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense working on biologically based robotics. Closing date for applications is 28 January 2008. The first post is related to a project on active sonars, the second is associated with a project studying the principles underpinning the use of hair sensors in three animal groups.

A postdoctoral position is available for an inventive Mechanical Engineer to spearhead a team designing and building a new type of robot composed of soft materials. The work will be carried out in a new multidisciplinary facility (the Advanced Technologies Laboratory, ATL) at Tufts University in Medford, part of the greater Boston area in Massachusetts, USA. More information is available at: http://ase.tufts.edu/bdl.

Finally, a postdoctoral research position is available immediately in the Distributed Robotics Laboratory at CSAIL, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge MA USA (PI Prof. Daniela Rus, groups.csail.mit.edu/drl). Interested applicants should send a CV(with a brief research statement) and a list of references by email to Marcia Davidson.