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4 Available PhD Positions in Artificial Intelligence and Neuro/Cognitive Robotics at the Emergent Systems Laboratory, Ritsumeikan University, Japan

The Emergent Systems Laboratory [Link] at Ritsumeikan University in Japan (nearby Kyoto) announces 4 available PhD positions in artificial intelligence and neuro/cognitive robotics for the new projects: R-GIRO “AI and Semiotics” and KAKEN “AI and Brain”. 

1-  R-GIRO “AI and Semiotics”: (3 Positions)

"The Next-generation of Artificial Intelligence and Semiotics"

The successful PhD candidates will be involved in a research about: Developing AI Technologies for Enhancing Everyday Human-Robot Collaboration, under the supervision of Tadahiro Taniguchi (Project Coordinator) [Link].

* Further details about the available positions and admission procedures are available on:  R-GIRO Project "AI and Semiotics"

2- KAKEN  “AI and Brain”: (1 Position)

"Correspondence and Fusion of Artificial Intelligence and Brain Science"

The successful PhD candidate will be involved in a research about: Understanding Neural Computation for Double Articulation Analysis Bridging Sensory-Motor Information and Natural Language in Human Brain, under the supervision of Tadahiro Taniguchi [Link].

* Further details about the available position and admission procedures are available on:  KAKEN Project "AI and Brain"

I. Candidate Profile

• Good mathematical background.

• English communication skills for daily discussion and writing papers: IELTS 6 (TOEIC 740).
• Programming skills in C++, Python, Matlab for machine learning and intelligent robots. Knowledge about the related frameworks or libraries (e.g., tensorflow, scikit-learn, ROS,  etc.) will be highly appreciated.
  
• Applicants are expected to be interested in natural language, language acquisition, and the human neural system for cognition and social behavior [for the KAKEN Project] (preferably with an academic background).

II. Application

Please send your application to (adm@em.ci.ritsumei.ac.jp) no later than 10 May 2017, including (refer to the project applied for clearly at the top of the email):

• Curriculum vitae.
  

• List of publications.
  
• Copies of major publications (Maximum 3).
• Outline of past research (free format).
• Motivation letter (free format).
• Outline of prospective research (free format).
• 2 Reference letters.

Ritsumeikan University is a fast growing international research environment with interdisciplinary research areas, and is the biggest private university in the west of Japan. The College of Information Science and Engineering is the biggest college in the field of Information Science in Japan, and the Graduate School receives a large number of KAKENHI Japanese governmental research grants.

III. Related Papers

[1] Tadahiro Taniguchi, Takayuki Nagai, Tomoaki Nakamura, Naoto Iwahashi, Tetsuya Ogata, and Hideki Asoh, Symbol Emergence in Robotics: A Survey, Advanced Robotics, Vol.30, (11-12) pp. 706-728 .(2016) DOI:10.1080/01691864.2016.1164622

[2 Tadahiro Taniguchi, Ryo Nakashima, Hailong Liu and Shogo Nagasaka, Double Articulation Analyzer with Deep Sparse Autoencoder for Unsupervised Word Discovery from Speech Signals, Advanced Robotics, Vol.30 (), (11-12) pp. 770-783 .(2016) DOI:10.1080/01691864.2016.1159981

[3] Tadahiro Taniguchi, Shogo Nagasaka, Ryo Nakashima, Nonparametric Bayesian Double Articulation Analyzer for Direct Language Acquisition from Continuous Speech Signals, IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, Vol. PP (99) .(2016) DOI: 10.1109/TCDS.2016.2550591

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