Job information for Post-doctoral Fellow (JST CREST)

Emergent System Lab. in Ritsumeikan University invites a post-doctoral fellow for the following project.
JST CREST Project on "Symbol Emergence in Robotics for Future Human-Machine Collaboration" in Research Area of "Intelligent Information Processing Systems Creating Co-Experience Knowledge and Wisdom with Human-Machine Harmonious Collaboration".

 

[Number of positions]
1 position

 

[Address of work location and other information]
Ritsumeikan University Biwako Kusatsu Campus (1-1-1 Noji-higashi, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan)
Department of Human & Computer Intelligence, College of Information Science and Engineering

 

[Job details (duties, subject responsible for, etc.)]
The employed researcher is expected to contribute to research topics about Symbol Emergence in Robotics for
Future Human-Machine Collaboration. Especially. the researcher is expected to be involved in a research project related to hierarchical formation of spatial and linguistic knowledge by a robot that enables human-robot collaboration.

The ideal candidate should have a strong background in Machine Learning, Robotics, Human-machine Interaction, Natural Language Processing, Intelligent Information Processing, and other research fields related to Symbol Emergent Robotics.

 

Web sites of our project are as follows:

 

Emergent System Lab. in Ritsumeikan Univ.
http://www.em.ci.ritsumei.ac.jp/

 

JST CREST "Intelligent Information Processing Systems Creating Co-Experience Knowledge and Wisdom with
Human-Machine Harmonious Collaboration"
http://www.jst.go.jp/kisoken/crest/research_area/ongoing/bunyah26-2.html

 

[Qualifications]
Applicants must have a Ph.D or doctoral degree in a related field.

 

[Starting date]
April 1st, 2016 or later.

 

[Employment status]
One year contract (Maximum of 5 years)

 

[Compensation]
JPY 330,000 yen/month (SS2 Class Based on the Regulations for Ritsumeikan Univ.)
If applicants have sufficient publications and capability for achieving important contribution to this project, Payment will be JPY 380,000 yen/month (SS1 Class Based on the Regulations for Ritsumeikan Univ.)
Commuting allowance, family allowance, house allowance are not paid.
Employment insurance of Promotion and mutual aid corporation for Private Schools of Japan
Other conditions are decided by appointment contract.

 

[Selection process (selection method and hiring decision),notification of result]
Preliminary screening by reviewing documents, and secondary screening by presentation and interview

 

[Application method (including where to send documents)]

1. Curriculum vitae including e-mail address, academic experience, and work experience, etc.)

2. List of publications [peer-reviewed original papers, proceedings papers, review articles, books, patents, and others]

3. Copies of 3 major publications

4. Outline of past research (within 2 pages in A4 format)

5. Motivation letter (within 1 page in A4 format)

6. Outline of prospective research (within 1 page in A4 format)

7. Name and contact addresses of two references.

-Please write in English or Japanese.
-Please contact us if you need electronic submission. (see below)
-Please send the application documents by registered post mail or express shipping service.
-Please write "Application Forms for CREST Researcher" on front page of the envelope.
-Application documents are not returned.
-If the applicant does not want to obtain SS2 position, and only wants to be employed as SS1 researcher, please declare so in the application.
-The submitted private information is not used except for the selection process.

 

[Application period]
December 20th, 2015.

 

[Contact details (department, official position, name, e-mail address, and phone number of the responsible person)] *Important
1-1-1 Noji-higashi, Kusatsu, Shiga
525-8577
Tadahiro Taniguchi, Associate Professor
Yoshinobu Hagiwara, Assistant Professor
Email: adm"at"em.ci.ritsumei.ac.jp
(Please use "@" instead of "( at )".)
TEL: 077-561-5745
Web: http://www.em.ci.ritsumei.ac.jp/en

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Applicants who live outside of Japan can use electronic submission.

 

[Electronic submission]

Please send us the following documents via email. We recommend that an applicant prepare each document as a PDF file.

 

The applicant shoud submit curriculum vitae (CV) including e-mail address, academic experience, work experience,

list of publications [peer-reviewed original papers, proceedings papers, review articles, books, patents, and others],

and outline of past research.

He/she should also submit name and contact addresses of two references, and copies of 3 major publications.

A motivation letter and an outline of prospective research is also highly recommended to provide.

 

Tadahiro Taniguchi, Associate Professor

Yoshinobu Hagiwara, Assistant Professor

Contact Email: adm"at"em.ci.ritsumei.ac.jp
(Please use "@" instead of "( at )".)