Transregional Collaborative Research Centre SFB/TRR 62
Companion-Technology for Cognitive Technical Systems
Overview
- Chair:
- Prof. Dr. Susanne Biundo-Stephan
Institute of Artificial Intelligence
Ulm University
- Vice-Chair:
- Prof. Dr. Andreas Wendemuth
Institute for Electronics, Signal Processing and Communications Technology
Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
- Consortium Institutions:
- Ulm University
Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
Job offer
The new Transregional Collaborative Research Centre SFB/TRR 62 ``Companion-Technology for Cognitive Technical Systems´´ with sites in Ulm and Magdeburg is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).
The centre offers
9 Research Positions
in the areas of Informatics, Electrical and Information Engineering, and Neurosciences.
SFB/TRR 62 is an interdisciplinary research activity to investigate the communication between technical systems and human users. It is particularly focused on the consideration of so-called Companion-features – properties like individuality, adaptivity, accessibility, co-operativity, trustworthyness, and the ability to react to the user's emotions appropriately and individually. The research program comprises the theoretical and experimental investigation as well as the practical implementation of advanced cognitive processes in order to achieve Companion-like behavior of technical systems. With that, it will lay the foundations for a technology which opens a completely new dimension of interaction between man and technical systems.
We are seeking qualified collaborators with outstanding graduate university degrees. The successful candidate will participate in our Graduate School, working towards a PhD degree in his/her project. Postdoc positions can be provided exceptionally, where candidates will extend their previous expertise in collaborative projects.
The positions are to be filled as soon as possible.
Information on the individual projects, profiles of positions and modalities of application can be found below.
The participating institutions are equal opportunity employers. Qualified women are especially encouraged to apply.
Disabled persons will be privileged, given comparable qualifications.
The Centre's funding period is 4 years, extension is possible.
Please send your application also in electronic form (PDF 
) to the respective contact person.
Project: Adaptive Planning and Decision-Making
- Area of Expertise:
- Artificial Intelligence: Intelligent Planning
- Project Leader:
- Prof. Biundo-Stephan, Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Ulm University
- Location:
- Ulm University
- Job Description:
- The post-doc position is still open.
Project: Knowledge Modelling
- Area of Expertise:
- Artificial Intelligence: Symbolic Knowledge Modelling; Neural Information Processing: Neural Modelling
- Project Leader:
- Prof. Biundo-Stephan, Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Ulm University
Prof. Palm, Institute of Neural Information Processing, Ulm University
- Location:
- Ulm University
- Job Description:
- The positions are already filled.
Project: Detection and Avoidance of Failures in Dialogues
- Area of Expertise:
- Psychosomatic Medicine, Medical Communication, Informatics, Knowledge-based Systems and Document Processing
- Project Leader:
- Prof. Frommer, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Prof. Rösner, Knowledge-based Systems and Document Processing, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
- Location:
- Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
- Job Description:
- The positions are already filled.
Project: Neurophysiology of Stimulus Evaluation and Change of Behavioral Strategy
- Area of Expertise:
- Neurobiologie, Kognitive Neurobiologie, Computational Neuroscience, Systemische Neurobiologie, Lern- und Gedächtnisforschung
- Project Leader:
- Prof. Ohl, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg
- Location:
- Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg
- Job Description:
- The positions are already filled.
Project: Assistive and Adaptive Dialogue Management
- Area of Expertise:
- Information Technology, Knowledge and Speech Processing, Human Computer Interaction
- Project Leader:
- Prof. Minker, Institute of Information Technology, Ulm University
- Locations:
- Ulm University
- Job Description:
- The positions are already filled.
Project: Neural Mechanisms of Information Processing in Dialogs
- Area of Expertise:
- Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuroimaging
- Project Leader:
- Prof. Scheich, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg
Dr. Brechmann, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg
- Location:
- Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg
- Job Description:
- The positions are already filled.
Project: Multimodal Interaction
- Area of Expertise:
- Human Computer Interaction, Multimodal Interaction, Model-based Development of Adaptive Computer Human Interfaces
- Project Leader:
- Prof. Weber, Institute of Media Informatics, Ulm University
Prof. Minker, Institute of Information Technology, Ulm University
- Location:
- Ulm University
- Job Description:
- The positions are already filled.
Project: Environment perception and people tracking
- Area of Expertise:
- Model-based Signal Processing, Dynamical Modeling, Estimation Methods, Classification Methods
- Project Leader:
- Prof. Dietmayer, Institut für Mess-, Regel- und Mikrotechnik, Ulm University
J.-Prof. Al-Hamadi, Institute for Electronics, Signal Processing and Communications Technology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
- Locations:
- Ulm University
Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
- Job Description:
- The positions are already filled.
Project: Emotion Recognition from Speech
- Area of Expertise:
- Speech Recognition, Emotion Recognition, Prosodic Speech in Learning and Dialogue Situations, Pattern Recognition, Neural Networks
- Project Leader:
- Prof. Wendemuth, Institute for Electronics, Signal Processing and Communications Technology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Prof. Palm, Institute of Neural Information Processing, Ulm University
- Locations:
- Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Ulm University
- Job Description:
- The position at the University of Magdeburg is still open.
Project: Mechanisms of nonverbal communication: Mimic emotion recognition
and analysis of head and body posture
- Area of Expertise:
- Image and Signal Processing, Neural Networks, Neuro-Sciences of Visual Perception
- Project Leader:
- Prof. Michaelis, Institute for Electronics, Signal Processing and Communications Technology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Prof. Neumann, Institute of Neural Information Processing, Ulm University
- Locations:
- Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Ulm University
- Job Description:
- The positions are already filled.
Project: Psychobiological Emotion Recognition
- Area of Expertise:
- Psychobiology, Emotion Regulation
- Project Leader:
- Prof. Traue, University Hospital for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Section of Medical Psychology, Ulm University
Dr. Kessler, University Hospital for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Section of Medical Psychology, Ulm University
- Location:
- Ulm University
- Job Description:
- The positions are already filled.
Project: Information Fusion
- Area of Expertise:
- Speech, image, and signal processing, emotion recognition, pattern recognition, artificial neural networks, kernel methods
- Project Leader:
- Prof. Michaelis, Institute for Electronics, Signal Processing and Communications Technology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Dr. Schwenker, Institute of Neural Information Processing, Ulm University
Prof. Wendemuth, Institute for Electronics, Signal Processing and Communications Technology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
- Locations:
- Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Ulm University
- Job Description:
- The positions are already filled.
Project: Project Management and Coordination
- Project Leader:
- Prof. Biundo-Stephan, Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Ulm University
Prof. Wendemuth, Institute for Electronics, Signal Processing and Communications Technology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
- Locations:
- Ulm University
Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
- Job Description:
- The positions are already filled.
Project: Systems Integration and Optimization
- Project Leader:
- Prof. Wendemuth, Institute for Electronics, Signal Processing and Communications Technology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Prof. Biundo-Stephan, Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Ulm University
- Locations:
- Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Ulm University
- Job Description:
- The positions are already filled.
bs - August 17th, 2009
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