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ISCApad Archive » 2018 » ISCApad #239 » Jobs » (2017-12-13) PhD position in Conversational systems and Social robotics, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden |
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| Friday, May 11, 2018 by Chris Wellekens |
6-27 (2017-12-13) PhD position in Conversational systems and Social robotics, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden
PhD position in Conversational systems and Social robotics, KTH, Sweden KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm has grown to become one of Europe?s leading technical and engineering universities, as well as a key centre of intellectual talent and innovation. We are Sweden?s largest technical research and learning institution and home to students, researchers and faculty from around the world. We are looking for a doctoral student that will work on situated spoken interaction between humans and robots, under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Gabriel Skantze, at the Department of Speech Music and Hearing. A central research question will be how social robots should adapt their conversational behavior to the users' level of attention, understanding and engagement. This means that the robot must be able to monitor gaze and feedback behaviour from the user, and then for example adjust the pace of information delivery, in real time. The work will involve implementation of components for conversational systems, collecting data and doing experiments with users interacting with the system, and using this data to build models of the users' behaviours. Applicants should have a Master degree (or similar) in a subject relevant for the research, such as computer science, language technology, or cognitive science. Applicants are expected to have good skills in programming, and knowledge in either experimental methods and statistics, or machine learning. Applicants must be strongly motivated for doctoral studies, possess the ability to work independently and perform critical analysis, and possess good levels of cooperative and communicative abilities. Good command of English, in writing and speaking, is a prerequisite for presenting research results in international periodicals and at conferences. We also expect applicants to have a deep interest in spoken language interaction between humans and between humans and machines. The position is mainly a research position for 4-5 years, with a small fraction of departmental duties (e.g. teaching). The starting date is open for discussion, though ideally we would like the successful candidate to start as soon as possible. For more information, see: https://www.kth.se/en/om/work-at-kth/lediga-jobb/what:job/jobID:178626/where:4/ |
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