[Comp-neuro] PhD Studentships, 3D Active Perception, Genoa, Italy

Two PhD positions (with scholarships) are available at the PSPC-lab of the Department of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics, and System Engineering, University of Genoa, on the following themes:

1) Deep architectures for seeing in depth: Sensorimotor associations through bidirectional couplings between visual and motor primitives. [Curriculum "Bioengineering and Bioelectronics" - THEME 5]

2) Distributed neuromorphic representations of the visual-somatosensory peripersonal space. [ Curriculum "Cognitive Robotics, Interaction and Rehabilitation Technologies" - THEME 15]

The proposed research projects, focused on “sensorimotor integration paradigms in the peripersonal space”, will provide the opportunity to work on neural modeling, visual psychophysics, interaction technologies, robotics, or a combination of them.
Experimental, modeling, and theoretical approaches might be pursued with a different accent according to personal attitude.

The call has been issued under the joint UniGe-IIT PhD Course on "Bioengineering and Robotics".
Full details on the call and the application procedure are available at:  http://www.studenti.unige.it/postlaurea/dottorati/XXIX/bandoGeneraleEN

The PSPC-lab is based at the Department of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics, and System Engineering of the University of Genoa, Italy. The newly established inter-school department (at the intersection between the School of Science and the Polytechnic School) offers an excellent multidisciplinary, interactive and collaborative research environment combining expertise in computer vision, computational neuroscience, neuromorphic computing, robotics and mechatronics.

Successful applicants should have a good honors degree in computer science, engineering, physical sciences, cognitive science, or related disciplines.
An open mind and enthusiasm for interdisciplinary research are required.

Online application available from August 5, 2013 at 12:00 to September 20, 2013 at 12:00 (italian time)

It is highly recommended that prospective students contact Silvio P. Sabatini (silvio.sabatini@unige.it) or Fabio Solari (fabio.solari@unige.it) well ahead of the deadline in case of questions about the research themes, or doubts about the application procedure.

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