[humaine news] job opening: dialogue management in HRI

[Kruijff Geert-Jan]

apologies for multiple positings
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JOB OPENINGS

The German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI GmbH) is  
seeking for its Language Technology Lab a

                                               Senior Researcher (full- 
time) on dialogue management

in the area of cognitive systems. The research position is shared  
between an ongoing EU project (EU FP7 CogX) and a new EU project on  
human-robot interaction (HRI) for urban search & rescue (EU FP7 NIFTi  
[pending]).

The researcher on this position will be responsible for leading the  
efforts in developing strategies for managing task-oriented dialogue  
in human-robot interaction. This includes dialogue management, and  
production of such dialogue. The researcher will work together with  
several other researchers (junior and senior).

An ideal candidate has a background in Artificial Intelligence,  
Robotics, or Computational Linguistics, and has experience with  
practical system development. The candidate should have experience in  
Java and/or C/C++ programmer, and feel confident with using UNIX-based  
platforms. A broader interest in issues related to cognitive aspects  
of language comprehension and production, embodied agents and  
communication, cognitive vision, (probabilistic) robotics, machine  
learning, and the relation between communication and other cognitive  
processes such as vision and action planning would be highly welcome.  
Highly valued personal qualities include creativity, open-mindedness,  
team spirit, and a willingness to address novel challenges in unknown  
scientific territory.

The applicant must have a completed PhD degree in Computer Science or  
a related discipline.

The envisioned starting date of the position is around January 2010  
(pending funding for NIFTi). The duration of the contract will be  
until the end of the project (NIFTi ends in 2014, pending funding).

DFKI GmbH [ http://www.dfki.de ] is located on the campus of Saarland  
University in Saarbrucken, Germany. The university's research groups  
and curricula in the fields of Computational Linguistics and Computer  
Science are internationally renowned. The LT-Lab [ http://www.dfki.de/lt/ 
  ] offers excellent working conditions in a well-established research  
group. The position provides opportunities to collaborate in a variety  
of international projects. The competitive salary is calculated  
according to qualifications based on DFKI GmbH scales.

For more about research on human-robot interaction at DFKI, see [ http://talkingrobots.dfki.de 
  ]. For more information on NIFTi, please contact Geert-Jan Kruijff  
(email below).

Please send your electronic application (preferably in PDF format) to lt-jobs at dfki.de 
, referring to job opening number 33-09, not later than October 1,  
2009. A meaningful application should include a cover letter, a CV, a  
brief summary of research interests, a statement of interest in the  
position offered, and contact information for three references.

For questions concerning this job opening, please contact Dr.ir. Geert- 
Jan Kruijff gj at dfki.de / http://www.dfki.de/~gj.

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Dr.ir. Geert-Jan M. Kruijff
Senior researcher/Project leader

Language Technology Lab,
DFKI GmbH,
Stuhlsatzenhausweg 3,
D-66123 Saarbruecken, Germany

Email:     gj at dfki.de
Phone:   +49.681.302.5153
Fax:         +49.681.302.5338
Mobile:    +49.179.479.5892

http://www.dfki.de/~gj/
http://talkingrobots.dfki.de/
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Deutsches Forschungszentrum fuer Kuenstliche Intelligenz GmbH
Firmensitz: Trippstadter Strasse 122, D-67663 Kaiserslautern

Geschaeftsfuehrung:
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Wolfgang Wahlster (Vorsitzender)
Dr. Walter Olthoff

Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats:
Prof. Dr. h.c. Hans A. Aukes

Amtsgericht Kaiserslautern, HRB 2313
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